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Virah-Sawmy, Willis, Gillson
Aim There remains some uncertainty concerning the causes of extinctions of Madagascar's megafauna. One hypothesis is that they were caused by over-hunting by humans. A second hypothesis is that their extinction was caused by both environmental…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Josefsson, Gunnarson, Liedgren, Bergman, Ostlund
In studies on natural dynamics, biodiversity and reference conditions legacies of preindustrial human land use are often neglected. In this study, using archaeology and dendrochronology combined with field surveys on present forest characteristics,…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Blarquez, Bremond, Carcaillet
Summary1. Relationships between vegetation, climate and disturbance are likely to be altered in the near future as a result of changes in both climate and human impacts on ecosystems. These changes could trigger species losses and distribution…
Type: Document
Year: 2010
Heusser
[from the text] The science of palynology has come a long way since the presentation of the first paper on modern pollen analysis by Lennart von Post at Oslo in 1916. Like many sciences it was initiated as a rather narrow discipline and consisted…
Type: Document
Year: 1960