A record of vegetation dynamics and lake level changes from Lake Emakat, northern Tanzania, during the last c. 1200 years

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 583-601

  Ryner, Maria ^a   Holmgren, Karin ^a   Taylor, David ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Lake level change; Palaeoecology; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; EMPAKAAI CRATER; LAKE EMAKAT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

HAGENIA ABYSSINICA; NUXIA CONGESTA;

EID: 46649115538     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9184-0     Document Type: Article

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