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1 online resource |
| Series |
Palaeoecology of Africa : international year book of landscape evolution and palaeoenvironments, 0168-6208 ; v. 31 |
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Palaeoecology of Africa ; v. 31.
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| Contents |
Scientific background and capacity building in the framework of a German-Cameroonian research project on long- and short-term landscape dynamics / Jürgen Runge -- Geological and tectonic history of western Central Africa since the Palaeozoic / Boniface Kankeu [and others] -- Geomorphic evolution of the Nyong and Ntem river basins in southern Cameroon considering neo-tectonic influences / Joachim Eisenberg -- Late quaternary palaeoenvironments in southern Cameroon as evidenced by alluvial sediments from the tropical rain forest and savanna domain / Mark Sangen -- Challenges of climate change, landscape dynamics and environmental risks in Cameroon / Mesmin Tchindjang . [and others] |
| Summary |
Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 31 presents two compressed English versions of the PhD thesis by J. Eisenberg and M. Sangen, produced in the framework of the German Research Foundation, s funded "Rain Forest Savanna Contact" project that has been carried out between 2004 and 2009 in Southern Cameroon (Central Africa). A complementary introductory, as well as summing up articles by two Cameroonian colleagues (B. Kankeu, M. Tchindjang) complete the results of this joint German-Cameroon research project. This book will be of interest to all concerned with ecosystems dynamics, tropical fo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Paleoecology -- Cameroon
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Paleoecology -- Quaternary.
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Rain forest ecology -- Cameroon
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Savanna ecology -- Cameroon
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NATURE -- Animals -- Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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SCIENCE -- Paleontology.
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Paleoecology
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Quaternary Geologic Period
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Rain forest ecology
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Savanna ecology
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Cameroon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Runge, Jürgen, 1962-
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| ISBN |
9780203120200 |
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0203120205 |
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9781299992306 |
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1299992307 |
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