Mid- to late-Holocene vegetation dynamics on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 837-846

  Taylor, D ^a   Lane, P J ^b   Muiruri, V ^c   Ruttledge, A ^a   Gaj McKeever, R ^a   Nolan, T ^a   Kenny, P ^a   Goodhue, R ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b British Institute in Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

C3 C4; Charcoal; Eastern Africa; Fluvial sediments; Holocene; Isotope; Kenya; Pastoral Neolithic; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURNING; CHARCOAL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 25444446342     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl857ra     Document Type: Article

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