Vegetation changes over palaeo-time scales in Africa

Climate Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2 SPECIAL 8, 2001, Pages 105-121

  Olago, Daniel O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Palaeoclimate; Palaeovegetation

Indexed keywords

PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035880383     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr017105     Document Type: Article

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