Twentieth century changes in montane vegetation in the eastern Free State, South Africa, derived from palynology of hyrax dung middens

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Carrión, Jose S ^a   Scott, Louis ^b   Vogel, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grazing; Hyrax middens; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MIDDEN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032956928     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199902)14:1<1::AID-JQS412>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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