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The passage reports significant correlations between ancient Maya features and modern forest structure, with distinct metric suites for wetlands, settlements, and upland walls. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: The enduring legacy of the ancient Maya on tropical forests · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:6732d5e1266a6f9e396d2d3e0a72f4d3e620ee1973a71ad6916d1b35599aba2f

We show that ancient Maya intensive land use features have significant correlations to modern forest structure metrics. Rather than exhibiting a homogenous signature, relict Maya wetland field complexes, settlements, and upland walls are each associated with a specific suite of forest structural metrics, reflecting distinct long-term ecological legacies of these land-use systems.