History of forest fires in eastern Finland from the fifteenth century AD - the possible effects of slash-and-burn cultivation
The history of forest fires in two areas in eastern Finland, Kitsi and Ahvenjärvi, both of about 150 ha, is studied by dendrochronological dating of fire scars. Forty-nine samples were collected from Kitsi and 20 samples from Ahvenjärvi. The history of fires spans the period AD 1403-1994 at Kitsi an...
Published in: | The Holocene |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
1997
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369700700210 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369700700210 |