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New Studies on Former and Recent Landscape Changes in Africa - Palaeoecology of Africa 32 (Hardcover, New)
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New Studies on Former and Recent Landscape Changes in Africa - Palaeoecology of Africa 32 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Palaeoecology of Africa
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Volume 32 (2013) of the internationally recognized and acclaimed
yearbook series 'Palaeoecology of Africa' publishes 9 new
interdisciplinary scientific papers on former and recent landscape
evolution and on past environments of the African continent (e.g.
climate change, vegetation dynamics and growing impact of humans on
ecosystems). These papers expand horizons and interconnections to
various types and methodologies of research on environmental
dynamics from the Pliocene up to the present: review articles and
regional case studies cover Nigeria, Cameroon, selected areas of
the Congo basin, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and South Africa. This
volume also gives space to researchers from Africa to present their
findings to a wider international audience. Today, by growing
awareness of the worldwide impact of Global Change, it has become
obvious that aside of the northern and southern hemisphere Polar
region also the environmental setting in Africa was subject to
considerable changes over time. Natural shifts in climate at least
since the Pliocene have caused repeated and strong modification in
the area dynamics of ecosystems located in lower latitudes. By a
variety of so-called 'proxies' - researched and applied by the
different authors from numerous disciplines - an attempt is made to
reconstruct the evolution of landscapes over space and time.
Besides such spatio-temporal oscillations in forested and savanna
areas of Africa this volume of 'Palaeoecology of Africa' also
focuses on possible relationships between environmental change and
human impact, also on the perception of this phenomenon of recent
'climate changes' by different stakeholders. This book will be of
interest to all concerned with low latitudes ecosystem changes and
their respective interpretation in the framework of natural climate
and vegetation change evidenced by a variety of methods that allow
us to read and learn from 'proxy data' archives. Archaeologists,
Palynologists, Palaeobotanist, Geographers, Geologists and
Geomorphologists will find this edition equally useful for their
work.
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