Vegetation history inferred from pollen in Late Quaternary faecal deposits (hyraceum) in the Cape winter-rain region and its bearing on past climates in South Africa

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 941-953

  Scott, Louis ^a   Woodborne, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOISTURE; RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYRAX DUNG SAMPLES; MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN DATA;

VEGETATION;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GROWING SEASON; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOISTURE; PALYNOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 34248219494     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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