The Dahomey Gap: an abrupt climatically induced rain forest fragmentation in West Africa during the...
The Dahomey Gap: an abrupt climatically induced rain forest fragmentation in West Africa during the late Holocene
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Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications
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The Dahomey Gap, a savanna corridor interrupting the zonal West African rain forest, did not exist during the mid-Holocene. The pollen diagram from Lac Sélé (7°9'N, 2°26'E) indicates that in southern Benin a semi-evergreen rainforest prevailed between c. 8400 and 4500 cal. yr BP. The mid-Holocene marine transgression caused a spread of mangrove for...
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The Dahomey Gap: an abrupt climatically induced rain forest fragmentation in West Africa during the late Holocene
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_17610720
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_17610720
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0959-6836
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1477-0911
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10.1191/0959683605hl799rp
