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Characterization of the rainy season in Burkina Faso and it’s representation by regional climate models

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Cascading biodiversity and functional consequences of a global change-induced biome switch

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Photosynthetic acclimation and resource use by the C3and C4subspecies ofAlloteropsis semialatain low CO2atmospheres

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High-resolution model-projected changes in mid-tropospheric closed-lows and extreme rainfall events over southern Africa

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Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses

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Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa

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Comment on "Intensifying Weathering and Land Use in Iron Age Central Africa"

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Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data

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Long-Term Ecological Records and Their Relevance to Climate Change Predictions for a Warmer World

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New perspectives on land-atmosphere feedbacks from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis

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An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design

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Model, proxy and isotopic perspectives on the East African Humid Period

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The savanna-grassland ‘treeline’: why don’t savanna trees occur in upland grasslands?

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Frequency of Sahelian storm initiation enhanced over mesoscale soil-moisture patterns

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Evolution of human-driven fire regimes in Africa

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Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents

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First farmers in the Central African rainforest: A view from southern Cameroon

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A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

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Carbon dioxide—more cause célèbre than bête noire?

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Predicting the future of forests in the Mediterranean under climate change, with niche- and process-based models: CO2 matters!

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Projected Changes in Mean and Extreme Precipitation in Africa under Global Warming. Part II: East Africa

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Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses

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Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert

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The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

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Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions and assumptions using palaeoecological data

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Changing Ecology of Tropical Forests: Evidence and Drivers

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Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time

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Thicket expansion in a South African savanna under divergent land use: local vs. global drivers?

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Modelling the atmospheric response over southern Africa to SST forcing in the southeast tropical Atlantic and southwest subtropical Indian Oceans

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Projected Changes in Mean and Extreme Precipitation in Africa under Global Warming. Part I: Southern Africa

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Relationships between the Antarctic Oscillation, the Madden–Julian Oscillation, and ENSO, and Consequences for Rainfall Analysis

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Are modern pollen data representative of west African vegetation?

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Biodiversity and Climate Change

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Moisture transport between the South Atlantic Ocean and southern Africa: relationships with summer rainfall and associated dynamics

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A global perspective on African climate

(2008) Alessandra Giannini et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

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(2008) Takuro Kobashi et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Variability in sea-surface temperature and winds in the tropical south-east Atlantic Ocean and regional rainfall relationships

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Modelling the atmospheric response to SST dipole patterns in the South Indian Ocean with a regional climate model

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(2008) F. I. Woodward   NATURE

The mysteries of Sahel droughts

(2008) Kerry H. Cook   Nature Geoscience

Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

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High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

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