Prehistoric fires and land-cover change in western Kenya: Evidences from pollen, charcoal, grass cuticles and grass phytoliths

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-417

  Mworia Maitima, Joseph ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Charcoal; East Africa; Gramineae; Grass cuticles; Holocene; Kenya; Lowland savannah; Palaeoecology; Phytoliths; Pollen; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; MICROFOSSIL; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; SAVANNAH; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

KENYA; LAKE SIMBI;

POACEAE;

EID: 0031463960     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700404     Document Type: Article

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