Paleolimnological investigations of anthropogenic environmental change in Lake Tanganyika: V. Palynological evidence for deforestation and increased erosion

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• deforestation 64%
• pollen 60%
• environmental change 57%
• erosion 45%
• lake 39%
• grass 15%
• spore 13%
• land clearing 12%
• fern 10%
• watershed 9%
• vegetation 8%
• replacement 7%
• catchment 6%
• pteridophyte 6%
• upland region 6%
• disturbance 6%
• cassava 6%
• palynology 5%
• mountain region 5%
• history 5%
• historical record 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• Lake Tanganyika 100%
• deforestation 81%
• pollen 52%
• fern spores 14%
• land clearing 13%
• grasses 13%
• vegetation 9%
• lakes 7%
• history 6%
• forest clearing 6%
• pollen analysis 6%
• historical records 6%
• swamps 5%