Late Quaternary vegetation history of the Nyika Plateau, Malawi
Dambo ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Histoire de la végétation ; Holocène ; Malawi ; Montagne ; Nyika Plateau ; Palynologie ; Quaternaire zone chaude ; Variation climatique ; Végétation ; Zone intertropicale
Pollen analysis of peat sediments found in valley-head'dambos'of the Nyika Plateau has yielded a vegetation history spanning the last 5 000 years. The somewhat surprising conclusion of relative environmental stability during the Holocene
A study of contemporary pollen rain on the Nyika Plateau reveals that both pollen hap and surface spectra reflect the present day vegetation pattern very closely. Fossil pollen spectra can be expected to give a good indication of regional changes
This article presents a review of the contemporary and recent environments of the Nyika Plateau, an area of high altitude in northern Malawi. Present day vegetation, a mosaic of grassland with patches of montane forest superficially appears to have