AFRICA
Moderated by:
Sarah Ivory (Pennsylvania State University) & Will Gosling (University of Amsterdam)
Time slot (UTC): 13:00 - 17:00
Time slot (UTC)
13:00
13:05
13:20
13:35
Title - Speakers
Introduction and organizational notes - Sarah Ivory & William Gosling
Overview of Eric's contributions in Africa - Anne-Marie Lézine
Application of historical ecology as tool to determine human impact on highland forests during different socio-political regimes- Study case Keriita - Rahab Kinyanjui
Knowledge Through Harmony: Using R Tools to Harmonize Pollen Taxa and Streamline Applications of African Pollen Database Data to Paleoecological Problems - Chris Kiahtipes
13:50 Break
Time slot (UTC)
14:00
14:15
14:30
Title - Speakers
Precessional variability in the vegetation of the Greater Cape Floristic Region - Lydie Dupont
Multi-proxy evidence of changing vegetation and human livelihoods in response to the last millennium aridification in semi-arid Madagascar - Estelle Razanatsoa
Personal Stories
14:45 Break
Time slot (UTC) Title - Speakers
15:00 Looking back – Holocene vegetation dynamics from two Kenyan landscapes - Esther Githumbi
15:15 From the descriptive to the interpretative: decades of research supported by the African Pollen Database - Rob Marchant
15:30 Interpretation of scarce fossil pollen assemblages in drylands of Southern Africa - Louis Scott
15:45 Close – Informal toast to Eric
16:00 Break
Time slot (UTC) Extra (open for everyone)
16:00-16:45 Post-meeting Neotoma Data Steward meeting and workshop
Next session: AMERICAS