Mycological maestros From: Natural History | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright American Museum of Natural History May 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

NATURALIST AT LARGE

In the Ecuadorean rainforest, a "missing link" in the evolution of termite agriculture?

From the vantage of our laboratory at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, the eye can wander over the majestic landscape of the Connecticut River Valley. It is a landscape profoundly shaped by cultivation: field bound-- aries are marked, the soil is tilled and fertilized, and specially selected crops (strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes, apples) grow in patches and rows. Farming has been carried on full tilt by people somewhere in the world for the past 10,000 years.

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