BIP! Finder - The Impact of Climate on the Spread of Rice to North-Eastern China: A New Look at the Data from Shandong Province

2015 • The Impact of Climate on the Spread of Rice to North-Eastern China: A New Look at the Data from Shandong Province

Authors: R. Kyle Bocinsky; Guiyun Jin; Jade d'Alpoim Guedes

Venue: PLOS ONE

Type: Publication

Abstract: Moving crops outside of their original centers of domestication was sometimes a challenging process. Because of its substantial heat requirements, moving rice agriculture outside of its homelands of domestication was not an easy process for farmers in the past. Using crop niche models, we examine the constraints faced by ancient farmers and foragers as they moved rice to its most northerly extent in Ancient China: Shandong province. Contrary to previous arguments, we find that during the climatic optimum rice could have been grown in the region... (read more)

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Topics: Agroforestry

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130430

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