Late Quaternary vegetation dynamics in a biodiversity hotspot, the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania

Quaternary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-122

  Finch, Jemma ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Marchant, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Eastern Arc Mountains; Environmental stability; Isotopes; Last glacial maximum; Pollen; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ULUGURU MOUNTAINS;

EID: 67349091789     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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