Climate-driven ecosystem succession in the Sahara: The past 6000 years

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5877, 2008, Pages 765-768

  Kropelin S ^a   Verschuren, D ^b   Lezine A M ^c   Eggermont, H ^b   Cocquyt, C ^b,d   Francus, P ^e,f   Cazet, J P ^c   Fagot, M ^b   Rumes, B ^b   Russell, J M ^g   Darius, F ^a   Conley, D J ^h   Schuster, M ⁱ   Von Suchodoletz, H ^j,k   Engstrom, D R ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^j GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^l ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; DESICCATION; DUST; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TREE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; AFRICA; DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; PLANT; TIME; WEATHER;

AFRICA; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PLANTS; TIME; WEATHER;

EID: 44049087992     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154913     Document Type: Article

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