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• an information system available as a CD-ROM and on line through the Internet combining:

- a harmonized African Pollen Flora for the Late Quaternary including a coded cheklist, descriptive text and electronic images for all taxa.

- a series of software tools for data exploration, statistical analyses, graphical output and modelling.

• a Late Quaternary Database with pollen diagrams and associated informations (sedimentology, chronology...) for all sites.

• a series of isopollen and reconstructed biome and paleo-vegetation maps in Africa at different time and geographical scales for understanding plant dynamics, migration and evolution.

• climate reconstructions