{"product_id":"changing-climates-ecosystems-and-environments-within-arid-southern-africa-and-adjoining-regions-9780367377335","title":"Changing Climates Ecosystems and Environments within Arid Southern Africa and Adjoining Regions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is volume 33 of the yearbook series Palaeoecology of Africa' presenting the outcome of a tribute conference' to the internationally recognized South African researcher and palynologist Professor Louis Scott. He has recently retired, but is continuing his active research career. The conference proceedings and articles published here highlight and celebrate Prof. Scott's contribution to palaeoscience and to the natural sciences in general. The conference was organized in July 2014 by the National Museum, Bloemfontein and the University of the Free State, South Africa, and focused on both past and present environments, ecosystems and climates of the arid regions of southern Africa, an area that serves as major focus of Prof. Scott''s research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Scott's research interests include stratigraphic palynology, long-term continental environmental change during the Cainozoic, and interpretation of palaeoenvironmental records associated with archaeological si\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouis Scott Tribute  Runge, J. \u0026amp; Seaman, M.T.  Geomorphology and Quaternary environmental change; the case of central South Africa  Holmes, P.  Dry Lakes or Pans of the western Free State, South Africa: Environmental History and possible Human Impact at Deelpan  Butzer, K.W. \u0026amp; Oswald, J.F  Homo habilis and Australopithecus africanus, in the context of a chronospecies and climatic chang  Thackeray, J.F.  The Fauresmith and Archaeological Systematics  Chazan, S.  A reconstruction of the skull of Megalotragus priscus (Broom, 1909), based on a find from the Erfkroon fossil site, Free State Province, South Africa, with notes on the chronology and biogeography of the species  Brink, J.S.  Ostrich eggshell as a source of palaeoenvironmental information for the arid interior of South Africa  Ecker, M., Botha-Brink, J., Lee-Thorp, J.A. \u0026amp; Horwitz, L.K.  Baden-Baden: A fossil spring site in the western Free State, South Africa  van Aardt, A.C., Bousman, C.B., Brink, J.S., Brook, G.A., Jacobs, Z., du Preez, P.J. \u0026amp; Scott, L.  Charcoal from pre-Holocene Stratum 5, Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa Bamford, M. Rediscovering the intriguing patrimonies depicted in rock shelters of Iringa, Tanzania  Peter, M.I.  The effects of global warming on the rock art in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa  Nhundu, A.  Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation through Agro forestry systems in Wolaita Zone, Southern Highland of Ethiopia  Hailesilassie, W.T.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151093526871,"sku":"9780367377335","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/changing-climates-ecosystems-and-environments-within-arid-southern-africa-and-adjoining-regions-9780367377335","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}