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Historical Biology
An International Journal of Paleobiology
Volume 9, 1994 - Issue 1-2
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Original Articles

The southern limit of the Mediterranean vegetation in the Sahara during the Holocene

Pages 137-156 | Received 19 Dec 1993, Published online: 10 Jan 2009

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