Palaeobotanical studies from tropical Africa: relevance to the evolution of forest, woodland and savannah biomes.

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

• Publication date

  2004-10-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1098/RSTB.2004.1533PMID 15519973PMCID PMC1693443
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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