Pollen records, late pleistocene | Africa

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2606-2613

  Meadows, M E ^a   Chase, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afromontane region; Arid and semiarid biomes; Biomes; Climate change; Last glacial maximum; Mediterranean climate regions; Palynology; Refugium hypothesis; Savannas; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902204241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00196-4     Document Type: Chapter

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