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A sediment-based history of medium altitude forest in central Africa: a record from Kabata Swamp, Ndale volcanic field, Uganda

  1. D. Taylor1,
  2. R. A. Marchant2,
  3. P. Robertshaw3

Article first published online: 24 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00347.x

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Journal of Ecology

Journal of Ecology

Volume 87, Issue 2, pages 303–315, March 1999

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Taylor, D., Marchant, R. A. and Robertshaw, P. (1999), A sediment-based history of medium altitude forest in central Africa: a record from Kabata Swamp, Ndale volcanic field, Uganda. Journal of Ecology, 87: 303–315. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00347.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 129260;

  2. 2

    Hugo de Vries Laboratorium, Faculty of Biology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and

  3. 3

    Department of Anthropology, California State University, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407–2397, USA

* D. Taylor (e-mail geodmt@nus.edu.sg).

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