Articles | Volume 5, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-647-2009
© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-647-2009
© Author(s) 2009. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
26 Oct 2009
Western equatorial African forest-savanna mosaics: a legacy of late Holocene climatic change?
A. Ngomanda
Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, IRET/CENAREST, BP. 13354, Libreville, Gabon
A. Chepstow-Lusty
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, cc 61, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
M. Makaya
Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Département de Géologie, BP. 901, Franceville, Gabon
C. Favier
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, cc 61, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
P. Schevin
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, cc 61, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
J. Maley
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, cc 61, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
M. Fontugne
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR CEA/CNRS 1572, Domaine du CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France
R. Oslisly
IRD – Cameroun, BP. 1857, Yaoundé, Cameroun
D. Jolly
formerly at: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, cc 61, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
deceased
Viewed
Total article views: 5,325 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 01 Feb 2013, article published on 09 Feb 2009)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,057 | 3,022 | 246 | 5,325 | 283 | 248 |
- HTML: 2,057
- PDF: 3,022
- XML: 246
- Total: 5,325
- BibTeX: 283
- EndNote: 248
Total article views: 4,387 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 01 Feb 2013, article published on 26 Oct 2009)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,788 | 2,381 | 218 | 4,387 | 255 | 234 |
- HTML: 1,788
- PDF: 2,381
- XML: 218
- Total: 4,387
- BibTeX: 255
- EndNote: 234
Total article views: 938 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 01 Feb 2013, article published on 09 Feb 2009)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | 641 | 28 | 938 | 28 | 14 |
- HTML: 269
- PDF: 641
- XML: 28
- Total: 938
- BibTeX: 28
- EndNote: 14
Cited
32 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Tropical monodominant forest resilience to climate change in Central Africa: A Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest pollen record over the past 2,700 years C. Tovar et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12746
- Pollen, vegetation change and climate at Lake Barombi Mbo (Cameroon) during the last ca. 33 000 cal yr BP: a numerical approach J. Lebamba et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-59-2012
- Spatial patterns in the global distributions of savanna and forest J. Aleman & A. Staver https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12739
- High-Resolution Study of the Late Holocene from Pollen of a Marine Core in the Gulf of Guinea (Cameroon): Paleoenvironmental and Ecological Dynamics in Central Africa during the Last 2,500 Years M. Bengo et al. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojf.2026.161006
- Comparison of Small- and Large-Footprint Lidar Characterization of Tropical Forest Aboveground Structure and Biomass: A Case Study From Central Gabon C. Silva et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2816962
- Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo) K. Neumann et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-021-00865-8
- Restoration goals: Insights from antiquity and dynamics of forest–savanna mosaics in Central India during the Holocene M. Agarwala et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70188
- Past environmental and climatic changes during the last 7200 cal yr BP in Adamawa plateau (Northern-Cameroun) based on fossil diatoms and sedimentary carbon isotopic records from Lake Mbalang V. Nguetsop et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-1371-2011
- Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route E. Koile et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112853119
- Palaeo-trajectories of forest savannization in the southern Congo J. Aleman et al. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0284
- Hunter-gatherers on the basin’s edge: a preliminary look at Holocene human occupation of Nangara-Komba Shelter, Central African Republic K. Lupo et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2020.1865636
- Archaeological charcoals as archives for firewood preferences and vegetation composition during the late Holocene in the southern Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) W. Hubau et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-013-0415-1
- A further contribution to the knowledge of Pectiniunguis minutus (Demange, 1968), a little known dwarf schendylid centipede from western equatorial Africa (Chilopoda: geophilomorpha) L. Pereira https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492011002000001
- Widespread forest-savanna coexistence but limited bistability at a landscape scale in Central Africa A. Zwaan et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad8cef
- Diversity patterns of plant functional types in the Holocene of Central India: A case study on the Lonar Crater Lake pollen record T. Utescher et al. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231151801
- Two contrasting swamp forest succession pathways in central Congo Basin peatlands D. Hawthorne et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109637
- Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa G. Bayon et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215400
- Climatic and cultural changes in the west Congo Basin forests over the past 5000 years R. Oslisly et al. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0304
- Ancient charcoal as a natural archive for paleofire regime and vegetation change in the Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo W. Hubau et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.04.006
- Latest Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction of three Cameroonian lakes, SW Africa A. Ekoa Bessa et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-026-00289-2
- Comment on “Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa” K. Neumann et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221747
- Histoire récente de la forêt littorale du sud du Cameroun A. Biwolé et al. https://doi.org/10.4000/afriques.3837
- The environmental drivers of tree cover and forest–savanna mosaics in Southeast Asia E. Pletcher et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06280
- Abrupt shifts in African savanna tree cover along a climatic gradient C. Favier et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00725.x
- Ancient origin of a rainforest in Gabon as revealed by carbon isotope data of vegetation and soil S. Pietsch & S. Gautam https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613505341
- On Intensive Late Holocene Iron Mining and Production in the Northern Congo Basin and the Environmental Consequences Associated with Metallurgy in Central Africa K. Lupo et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132632
- Charcoal identification in species-rich biomes: A protocol for Central Africa optimised for the Mayumbe forest W. Hubau et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.11.002
- Insights into the biogeographical history of the Lower Guinea Forest Domain: evidence for the role of refugia in the intraspecific differentiation of Aucoumea klaineana C. BORN et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04919.x
- Bantu expansion shows that habitat alters the route and pace of human dispersals R. Grollemund et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503793112
- Late Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Dynamics on the Cameroonian Continental Shelf (Gulf of Guinea): Palynological and Sedimentary Insights M. Bengo et al. https://doi.org/10.4236/gep.2025.1312006
- Monsoon forced evolution of savanna and the spread of agro-pastoralism in peninsular India N. Riedel et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88550-8
- Past tree cover of the Congo Basin recovered by phytoliths and δ13C along soil profiles L. Bremond et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.150
32 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Tropical monodominant forest resilience to climate change in Central Africa: A Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest pollen record over the past 2,700 years C. Tovar et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12746
- Pollen, vegetation change and climate at Lake Barombi Mbo (Cameroon) during the last ca. 33 000 cal yr BP: a numerical approach J. Lebamba et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-59-2012
- Spatial patterns in the global distributions of savanna and forest J. Aleman & A. Staver https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12739
- High-Resolution Study of the Late Holocene from Pollen of a Marine Core in the Gulf of Guinea (Cameroon): Paleoenvironmental and Ecological Dynamics in Central Africa during the Last 2,500 Years M. Bengo et al. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojf.2026.161006
- Comparison of Small- and Large-Footprint Lidar Characterization of Tropical Forest Aboveground Structure and Biomass: A Case Study From Central Gabon C. Silva et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2816962
- Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo) K. Neumann et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-021-00865-8
- Restoration goals: Insights from antiquity and dynamics of forest–savanna mosaics in Central India during the Holocene M. Agarwala et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70188
- Past environmental and climatic changes during the last 7200 cal yr BP in Adamawa plateau (Northern-Cameroun) based on fossil diatoms and sedimentary carbon isotopic records from Lake Mbalang V. Nguetsop et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-1371-2011
- Phylogeographic analysis of the Bantu language expansion supports a rainforest route E. Koile et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112853119
- Palaeo-trajectories of forest savannization in the southern Congo J. Aleman et al. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0284
- Hunter-gatherers on the basin’s edge: a preliminary look at Holocene human occupation of Nangara-Komba Shelter, Central African Republic K. Lupo et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2020.1865636
- Archaeological charcoals as archives for firewood preferences and vegetation composition during the late Holocene in the southern Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) W. Hubau et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-013-0415-1
- A further contribution to the knowledge of Pectiniunguis minutus (Demange, 1968), a little known dwarf schendylid centipede from western equatorial Africa (Chilopoda: geophilomorpha) L. Pereira https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492011002000001
- Widespread forest-savanna coexistence but limited bistability at a landscape scale in Central Africa A. Zwaan et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad8cef
- Diversity patterns of plant functional types in the Holocene of Central India: A case study on the Lonar Crater Lake pollen record T. Utescher et al. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231151801
- Two contrasting swamp forest succession pathways in central Congo Basin peatlands D. Hawthorne et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109637
- Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa G. Bayon et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215400
- Climatic and cultural changes in the west Congo Basin forests over the past 5000 years R. Oslisly et al. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0304
- Ancient charcoal as a natural archive for paleofire regime and vegetation change in the Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo W. Hubau et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.04.006
- Latest Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction of three Cameroonian lakes, SW Africa A. Ekoa Bessa et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-026-00289-2
- Comment on “Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa” K. Neumann et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221747
- Histoire récente de la forêt littorale du sud du Cameroun A. Biwolé et al. https://doi.org/10.4000/afriques.3837
- The environmental drivers of tree cover and forest–savanna mosaics in Southeast Asia E. Pletcher et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06280
- Abrupt shifts in African savanna tree cover along a climatic gradient C. Favier et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00725.x
- Ancient origin of a rainforest in Gabon as revealed by carbon isotope data of vegetation and soil S. Pietsch & S. Gautam https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613505341
- On Intensive Late Holocene Iron Mining and Production in the Northern Congo Basin and the Environmental Consequences Associated with Metallurgy in Central Africa K. Lupo et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132632
- Charcoal identification in species-rich biomes: A protocol for Central Africa optimised for the Mayumbe forest W. Hubau et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.11.002
- Insights into the biogeographical history of the Lower Guinea Forest Domain: evidence for the role of refugia in the intraspecific differentiation of Aucoumea klaineana C. BORN et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04919.x
- Bantu expansion shows that habitat alters the route and pace of human dispersals R. Grollemund et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503793112
- Late Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Dynamics on the Cameroonian Continental Shelf (Gulf of Guinea): Palynological and Sedimentary Insights M. Bengo et al. https://doi.org/10.4236/gep.2025.1312006
- Monsoon forced evolution of savanna and the spread of agro-pastoralism in peninsular India N. Riedel et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88550-8
- Past tree cover of the Congo Basin recovered by phytoliths and δ13C along soil profiles L. Bremond et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.150
Saved (final revised paper)
Latest update: 24 Aug 2026
