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Bonnefille, R. (2007). Rainforest responses to past climatic tropical Africa. In: Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48842-2_5

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