Influence of rainfall seasonality on African lowland vegetation during the Late Quaternary: Pollen evidence from Lake Masoko, Tanzania

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1274-1288

  Vincens, Annie ^a   Garcin, Yannick ^a   Buchet, Guillaume ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Intertropical Convergence Zone; Lacustrine environments; Late Quaternary; Palynology; Rainfall seasonality; Southern Tanzania; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LAKE MASOKO; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34250715987     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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