Late Quaternary Montane Forest Dynamics From Equatorial East Africa: A Biome Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorGithumb, Esther
dc.contributor.authorFinch, Jemma
dc.contributor.authorFinch, Jemma
dc.contributor.authorCourtney-Mustaphi , Colin
dc.contributor.authorMusili, Paul
dc.contributor.authorRucina, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorLejju, Julius
dc.contributor.authorLiljenberg, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMarchant, Rob
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-20T07:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-09
dc.descriptionSDG-13: Climate Action SDG-15: Life on Land
dc.description.abstractAim: Understanding environmental change over large spatial and temporal scales requires working at a broad ecological scale to enable cross-site comparisons. This allows data-based comparisons to dynamic vegetation model outputs, with utility for cli- mate and land cover modelling. We synthesise multisite pollen data at the biome level to understand Equatorial Afromontane ecosystem response to climate change over the last 50,000 years and quantitatively document the timing, character and spatial patterns of ecosystem transitions. Location: Mountains of Equatorial East Africa.Time Period: Late Quaternary (50,000 cal year BP–present). Taxon: Angiosperms (trees, shrubs and grasses), gymnosperms (conifers), pteridophytes (ferns) and bryophytes (clubmosses). Methods: A literature review revealed 58 available published pollen sites from Equatorial East African Mountains. Original ge- ochronological and palynological data were collated from 34 sites from the African Pollen Database (APD) and directly from au- thors. Pollen taxonomies were updated and harmonised using the African Plant Database. The geochronologies were reanalysed and radiocarbon data (n = 219) were IntCal20 calibrated to develop linearly interpolated age-depth models. The 636 pollen taxa were grouped into 21 plant functional types and combined into seven biomes that represent the range of montane ecosystems. A rate of change analysis at each site provided a scale of the change through time at each site. Results: Mesic montane forest biomes were present throughout the 50,000 cal year BP. Cold and dry montane biomes expanded during and after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Warm and wet forest biomes expanded from the early Holocene and more open biomes expanded in the Late Holocene. Regional differences were observed, such as the Eastern Arc Mountain sites
dc.identifier.urihttps://login.research4life.org/tacsgr1doi_org/10.1111/jbi.15173
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3264
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley Online Library
dc.relation.ispartofserieshttps://login.research4life.org/tacsgr1doi_org/10.1111/jbi.15173
dc.subjectAfromontane forests
dc.subjectBiomisation
dc.subjectLast Glacial Maximum
dc.subjectTropical forests
dc.titleLate Quaternary Montane Forest Dynamics From Equatorial East Africa: A Biome Perspective
dc.typeArticle

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