Erosion, Geological History, and Indigenous Agriculture: A Tale of Two Valleys

• Published in: Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Vitousek, PM, Chadwick, OA, Hilley, G, Kirch, PV, Ladefoged, TN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Ecology; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; erosion; geomorphology; Hawai'i; human-environment interaction; intensive agriculture; irrigation; soil fertility; subsidence; weathering; HAWAIIAN-ISLANDS; VOLCANIC SOILS; LANDSCAPE; EVOLUTION; CHRONOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; CLIMATE; Young Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/20920; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-010-9354-1

Irrigated pondfields and rainfed field systems represented alternative pathways of agricultural intensification that were unevenly distributed across the Hawaiian Archipelago prior to European contact, with pondfields on wetter soils and older islands and rainfed systems on fertile, moderate-rainfal...