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Humboldt Programme Detail V7‐1.doc
Friday 16 th January 2009
Session E. African topography, ecosystems & climate variability (08h30‐10h30)
Chair: Maarten de Wit (University of Cape Town)
08h30 The paleo‐precipitation record of Africa from late carboniferous to late Cretaceous
(310‐65 myr).
F. Guillocheau, C. Robin, D. Rouby, & JJ. Tiercelin
08h50
Distinguished
Lecturer
09h30
The origin, evolution and climatic consequences of African topography.
R. Brown
Quantifying the shared history of species and landforms to decypher late Cenozoic
co‐evolution of landscape and climate across the Kalahari plateau.
FP. Cotterill, C. O’Ryan, & MJ. de Wit
09h50
The Albertine Rift climate change assessment: progress and challenges.
A. Seimon
10h10
Determining erosion rates in southern Africa with cosmogenic noble gases.
JE. Decker, S. Niedermann, & MJ. de Wit
10h30‐11h00
TEA
Session E. African topography, ecosystems & climate variability
Chair: Fenton (Woody) Cotterill & Frank Eckardt (University of Cape Town)
11h00
Predicted changes in the savanna ecosystems of South Africa as a result of climate
change induced carbon dioxide, temperature, and rainfall anomalies.
CL. Davis
11h20
11h40
Estimating future responses of soil respiration and nutrients recycling under climate
change from measured CO 2 fluxes, nitrogen, phosphorus and soil water content in an
arid south African ecosystem.
JM. Nyaga
Preliminary studies on the upper thermal tolerances of four aquatic insect species
from the cape peninsula, South Africa
ZA. Ketley, MD. Picker, HF. Dallas, & CC. Reed
12h00
Climate change and the implications of the ‘evaporation paradox’ for the cape floristic
region, South Africa
T. Hoffman, L. Gillson , M. Cramer & R. Rohde
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