Dynamics of forest ecosystems in Central Africa during the Holocene : past - present - future /

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 Ra...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Runge, Jürgen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2008
Series:Palaeoecology of Africa ; v. 28.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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].