通过杂草看到田地:引入WeedEco R包,用于比较使用功能性杂草生态学的过去和现在的耕作农业系统
Elizabeth Stroud1, Michael Charles1, Glynis Jones2
1School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3TG UK.
概括
本研究介绍了WeedEco,这是一个R包,用于分析古老的杂草种子,以重建过去的农业实践和环境条件. 它帮助研究人员将考古植物学数据与现代杂草模型进行比较,以推断生育和干扰水平.
科学领域:
- 考古植物学 考古植物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
背景情况:
- 耕地杂草的功能生态提供了对历史农业系统的洞察力.
- 为了比较过去和现在的农业制度,需要强大的分析工具.
研究的目的:
- 介绍R包WeedEco,这是一个开源工具,用于考古植物数据分析.
- 为了使考古植物学数据集与已建立的耕地杂草模型进行比较.
- 为了方便解释过去的农业肥力和干扰.
主要方法:
- 开发了R包WeedEco. 的开发工作.
- 集成用于数据组织,分类和可视化的功能.
- 区分分析和绘图与现代杂草模型的应用.
主要成果:
- WeedEco允许用户处理原始的考古植物数据并检索功能性特征值.
- 该软件包促进了对过去环境进行分辨分析,以对过去环境进行分类.
- 一个来自英国中世纪早期遗址的案例研究证明了该包的实用性.
结论:
- WeedEco为考古植物学家研究过去的农业景观提供了宝贵的资源.
- 该套餐通过杂草生态学增强对历史农业实践的理解.
- 它提供了一种标准化的方法来解释与生育和干扰有关的考古植物学发现.
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