The evolution and subsequent ecological expansion of grasses (Poaceae) since the Late
Cretaceous have resulted in the establishment of one of Earth's dominant biomes, the …

Abstract The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Africa was drier than today and was followed
by rapid step-wise climate changes during the last deglacial period. In much of Africa, these …

We present a synthesis of modern phytolith studies from Africa, to infer the potential and
limitations of phytolith assemblages to reconstruct vegetation and tree cover density. The …

Around 8500 cal years BP, at the time of the maximum of the African Humid Period, lakes
and wetlands expanded in the present-day Sahara while large paleodrainages were formed …

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 …

Paleoenvironmental records derived from pollen, fungal spores, and microscopic charcoal
from Lake Baringo, Kenya, reveal a largely dry environment in the East African region since …

A paleo-environmental record covering the last 16 ka (16,000 cal yrs BP) from the eastern
areas of the summer rainfall region in South Africa is presented. This area is until now …

To reconstruct the response of vegetation to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial
we have compiled pollen records from the circum-Atlantic tropics between 23° N and 23° S …

Fossil pollen analyses from northern Lake Malawi, southeast Africa, provide a high-
resolution record of vegetation change during the Pleistocene/Holocene transition (~ 18–9 …

Aim To determine if changes in the key bioclimatic parameters associated with rainfall
seasonality can be quantified from fossil sequences and to distinguish them from changes in …