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1 online resource (xviii, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Palaeoecology of Africa ; v. 28 |
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Palaeoecology of Africa ; v. 28.
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Contents |
DFG-research unit 510 on 'ecological and cultural change in West and Central Africa', Yaounde Workshop Report, and Outlook for 2007-2009 / Jurgen Runge -- Of deserts and forests: insights into Central African palaeoenvironments since the last glacial maximum / Jurgen Range -- Settling the rain forest: the environment of farming communities in southern cameroon during the first millennium B.C. / Alexa Holm [and others] -- Recent archaeological investigations in the tropical rain forest of South-West Cameroon / Conny Meister -- Batie palaeopodzol and its palaeoclimatic and environmental significance / Mesmin Tchindjang [and others] -- New evidence on palaeoenvironmental conditions in SW Cameroon since the Late Pleistocene derived from alluvial sediments of the Ntem River / Mark Sangen -- Evolution of the Holocene palaeoenvironment of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon: evidence from sediments from two Crater Lakes near Ngaoundere / Simon Ngos III [and others] -- Palaeoenvironmental studies in the Ngotto forest: alluvial sediments as indicators of recent and holocene landscape evolution in the Central African Republic / Marion Neumer, Eva Becker and Jurgen Range -- Extension of former tree cover in the today's sudano-sahelian milieu as evidence for late holocene environmental changes in Northern Cameroon / Anselme Wakponou, Bienvenu Denis Nizesete and Frederic Dumay -- Application of organic carbon and carbonate stratigraphy to the reconstruction of lacustrine palaeoenvironments from Lake Magadi, Kenya / Brahim Damnati [and others] -- Forest-Savanna dynamics in Ivory Coast / Dethardt Goetze [and others] -- Impact of land use on species distribution changes in North Benin / Konstanin Konig [and others] -- Potentials of Nigeriasat-1 for sustainable forest monitoring in Africa: a case study from Nigeria / Ayobami T. Salami -- Landscape and vegetation patterns studied by remotely sensed data analysis in rain forest ecosystems near, Ebolowa (Southern Cameroon) / Thorsten Herold and Jurgen Range -- Remote sensing based forest assessment: recent dynamics (1973-2002) of forest-savanna boundaries at Ngotto Forest, Central African Republic (CAR) / Jurgen Range -- Late neoproterozoic palaeogeography of central Africa: relations with holocene geological and geomorphological setting / Boniface Kankeu and Jurgen Runge --Palaeoecological approach to neotectonics: the geomorphic evolution of the ntem river in and below its interior Delta, SW Cameroon / Joachim Eisenberg -- Effects of forest clearings around Bangui: urban floods in densely populated districts of the Central African Capital / Cyriaque-Rufin Nguimalet -- Non Woody forest products (NWFPs) and food safety: sustainable management in the Lobaye Region (Central African Republic) / Cyriaque-Rufin Nguimalet [and others] |
Summary |
Preface and Introduction 1. Dfg-Research Unit 510 on 'Ecological and Cultural Change in West and Central Africa', Yaoundé Workshop Report, and Outlook for 2007-2009 2. OF Deserts and Forests: Insights into Central African Palaeoenvironments since the Last Glacial Maximum 3. Settling the Rain Forest: The Environment of Farming Communities in Southern Cameroon During the First Millennium BC 4. Recent Archaeological Investigations in the Tropical Rain Forest of South-West Cameroon 5. The Batie Palaeopodzol and its Palaeoclimatic And Environmental Significance 6. New Evidence on Palaeoenviro |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Paleoecology -- Africa, Central
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Paleoecology -- Holocene.
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Paleoecology -- Pleistocene.
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Paleobotany -- Africa, Central
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Paleobotany -- Holocene.
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Paleobotany -- Pleistocene.
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Forest ecology -- Africa, Central
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
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SCIENCE -- Paleontology.
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Forest ecology
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Holocene Geologic Period
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Paleobotany
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Paleoecology
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Pleistocene Geologic Epoch
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Waldökosystem
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Holozän
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Regenwald
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Central Africa
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Zentralafrika
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Jaunde <2006>
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Runge, Jürgen.
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ISBN |
9780203930427 |
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0203930428 |
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