Fire is a key ecosystem process in tropical and subtropical savannas, with a varying role that
depends on hydroclimate but also on feedbacks between fire and vegetation. In savannas …

Fire regimes differ across tropical and subtropical biomes depending on multiple parameters
whose interactions and levels of importance are poorly understood, particularly at …

Quaternary climatic changes have been invoked as important drivers of species
diversification worldwide. However, the impact of such changes on vegetation and animal …

Understanding eastern African paleoclimate is critical for contextualizing early human
evolution, adaptation, and dispersal, yet Pleistocene climate of this region and its governing …

We identified four climatic stages between 6.2 and 1.3 cal kyr before present (BP) based on
pollen and charcoal concentrations by high‐resolution Accelerated mass spectrometer …

African ecosystems are at great risk. Despite their ecological and economic importance, long‐
standing ideas about African forest ecology and biogeography, such as the timing of …

Megaherbivores are keystone species whose removal from landscapes can cause
cascading ecosystem changes, yet the consequences of Late Quaternary megaherbivore …

Episodes of forest mortality attributed to extreme climate variability (eg droughts, heatwaves)
associated with climate change are increasingly reported in most biomes. The severity and …

Pterocarpus erinaceus is a native tree species of the Guineo-Sudanian and Sudano-
Sahelian zones where natural stands are under constant pressure and heavily exploited for …

Abstract During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) lowland forests contracted throughout the
tropics but, by contrast, many montane forest taxa moved to lower elevations. These taxa are …