Fire is a key ecosystem process in tropical and subtropical savannas, with a varying role that
depends on hydroclimate but also on feedbacks between fire and vegetation. In savannas …

The vast tropical rainforests of West and Central Africa were impacted by marked climatic
deterioration, which mainly developed between 2500 and 2000 cal yr BP. However, the …

While paleoclimate records show that the Earth System is characterized by several different
tipping points, their representation within Earth System models (ESMs) remains poorly …

Narratives of landscape degradation are often linked to unsustainable fire use by local
communities. Madagascar is a case in point: the island is considered globally exceptional …

Most emissions scenarios suggest temperature and precipitation regimes will change
dramatically across the globe over the next 500 years. These changes will have large …

Pollen taxonomic harmonisation involves the standardisation of the nomenclature of pollen
and fern spores with similar morphotypes at the determination level that is common to all …

Numerous palaeoclimatic and prehistoric reconstructions have been reported at both the
local scale and across the very large area of tropical Central Africa, clearly highlighting the …

The Maasai Mara and the wider Mau River Basin in East Africa provide fundamental
ecosystem services that support people, wildlife, livestock and agriculture. The historical …

ABSTRACT The Mau Forest Complex is Kenya's largest fragment of Afromontane forest,
providing critical ecosystem services, and has been subject to intense land use changes …

Local diversity of soil units and properties in a semi-arid tropical climate is controlled by a
number of interacting factors, whose contribution to the final form of individual soil …