| Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa During the Holocene: Past - Present - Future Contributor(s): Runge, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415426170 ISBN-13: 9780415426176 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Bringing together experts from several disciplines, this volume collects the best papers presented at the ??international workshop on "'Environmental and Cultural Change in West and Central Africa," organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Yaounde, Cameroon, March 2006. Problems of Holocene and Late Pleistocene modifications of the rain forest savanna fringe and their possible influence on cultural innovations are discussed. This is an important resource for all those concerned with tropical forests and related development problems of third world countries, especially ecologists, botanists and earth scientists. It is an excellent source of information for new original manuscripts on the topic of Late Pleistocene and Holocene landscape evolution in the lower latitudes of Africa. Palaeobotanists, Palynologists and Quaternarists equally will find this edition useful for their work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecology - Science | Paleontology - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
| Dewey: 560.453 |
| LCCN: 2007013654 |
| Series: Palaeoecology of Africa |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 7.05" W x 9.8" (1.57 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book consists of scientific papers resulting from an international workshop: 'Environmental and Cultural Change in West- and Central Africa' organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, March 2006. Problems of Holocene and Late Pleistocene modifications of the rain forest savanna fringe and their possible influence on cultural innovations are discussed. The book will be of interest to all concerned with tropical forests and related development problems of third world countries, especially ecologists, botanists and earth scientists. It will be valuable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as a reference for review and overview articles as well as a source of information for new original manuscripts on the topic of Late Pleistocene and Holocene landscape evolution in the lower latitudes of Africa. Palaeobotanists, Palynologists and Quaternarists equally will find this edition useful for their work. |