Vegetation dynamics in central Africa since, 18,000 yr BP: Pollen records from the interlacustrine highlands of Burundi, Rwanda and western Uganda

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 492-512

  Jolly, Dominique ^a,b   Taylor, David ^c   Marchant, Robert ^c   Hamilton, Alan ^d   Bonnefille, Raymonde ^a,e   Buchet, Guillaume ^a   Riollet, Guy ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

^e FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Holocene; Human impact; Last glacial; Pollen; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

FOREST CLEARANCE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN RECORD; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BURUNDI; RWANDA; UGANDA;

EID: 0030663636     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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