Dynamics of montane forest in central Africa during the late Holocene: A pollen-based record from western Uganda

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-381

  Marchant, Robert ^a   Taylor, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Africa; Climatic change; Human impact; Late Holocene; Montane forest; Pollen analysis; Tropical forest; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UGANDA;

EID: 0031826397     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398672993971     Document Type: Article

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