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Historical Ecology in Brazil: A Systematic Mapping of Scientific Articles (1998–2021)

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  • Adi Estela Lazos-Ruíz

    (Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sanatorio Rendón Peniche, Calle 43, Col. Industrial, Mérida 97150, Yucatán, Mexico
    Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil)

  • Aline Furtado Rodrigues

    (Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina,124, Horto, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil)

  • Gabriel Paes da Silva Sales

    (Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil)

  • Lucas Santa Cruz de Assis Brasil

    (Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil)

  • Joana Stingel Fraga

    (Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil)

  • Martim D’Orey

    (Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, R. Branca Edmée Marques, 1600-276 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Alexandro Solórzano

    (Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina,124, Horto, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil)

  • Rogério Ribeiro de Oliveira

    (Laboratory of Biogeography and Historical Ecology (LABEH)–PUC-Rio, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
    Department of Geography and Environment, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil)

Abstract

Historical Ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies long-term relationships between humanity and the environment. There is a missing synthesis effort to organize and present the state of the scholarship in Historical Ecology in Brazil. We aimed to characterize by whom, when, where, what, and how research in Historical Ecology has been conducted in Brazil. We made a systematic mapping of 118 scientific articles published in Portuguese, Spanish, and English that fit our inclusion criteria. The results showed articles from 1998 to May 2021, published in 79 different journals. We found 264 national and international authors (60% men and 40%women); 91% of all investigations were carried out in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes. There are few works about Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pampa, and none for Pantanal. The most mentioned keywords were historical ecology, Amazon, forest, and archaeology. Twenty-three articles focused on a particular species, primarily plants; 37% of all articles used Historical Ecology as its central axis of research, and 63% as auxiliary. We found more than 35 methodological procedures, both from the social and natural sciences. This overview revealed achievements, research gaps, and opportunities in this field.

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  • Adi Estela Lazos-Ruíz & Aline Furtado Rodrigues & Gabriel Paes da Silva Sales & Lucas Santa Cruz de Assis Brasil & Joana Stingel Fraga & Martim D’Orey & Alexandro Solórzano & Rogério Ribeiro de Olivei, 2021. "Historical Ecology in Brazil: A Systematic Mapping of Scientific Articles (1998–2021)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-23, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:20:p:11526-:d:659512
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