Holocene fire in Fennoscandia and Denmark
Natural disturbance dynamics, such as fire, have a fundamental control on forest composition and structure. Knowledge of fire history and the dominant drivers of fire are becoming increasingly important for conservation and management practice. Temporal and spatial variability in biomass burning is...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:c750b4f6-8b20-46f3-b499-bfb778359682 2023-05-15T16:11:43+02:00 Holocene fire in Fennoscandia and Denmark Clear, Jennifer Molinari, Chiara Bradshaw, Richard 2014 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4623500 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF13188 eng eng CSIRO Publishing https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4623500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF13188 wos:000341991700003 scopus:84907205733 International Journal of Wildland Fire; 23(6), pp 781-789 (2014) ISSN: 1448-5516 Physical Geography biomass burning climate change fire suppression slash and burn contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2014 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1071/WF13188 2023-02-01T23:29:33Z Natural disturbance dynamics, such as fire, have a fundamental control on forest composition and structure. Knowledge of fire history and the dominant drivers of fire are becoming increasingly important for conservation and management practice. Temporal and spatial variability in biomass burning is examined here using 170 charcoal and 15 fire scar records collated throughout Fennoscandia and Denmark. The changing fire regime is discussed in relation to local biogeographical controls, regional climatic change, anthropogenic land use and fire suppression. The region has experienced episodic variability in the dominant drivers of biomass burning throughout the Holocene, creating a frequently changing fire regime. Early Holocene biomass burning appears to be driven by fuel availability. Increased continentality during the mid-Holocene Thermal Maximum coincides with an increase in fire. The mid–late Holocene front-like spread of Picea abies (Norway spruce) and cooler, wetter climatic conditions reduce local biomass burning before the onset of intensified anthropogenic land use, and the late Holocene increase in anthropogenic activity created artificially high records of biomass burning that overshadowed the natural fire signal. An economic shift from extensive subsistence land use to agriculture and forestry as well as active fire suppression has reduced regional biomass burning. However, it is proposed that without anthropogenic fire suppression, the underlying natural fire signal would remain low because of the now widespread dominance of P. abies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Lund University Publications (LUP) Norway International Journal of Wildland Fire 23 6 781 |
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Natural disturbance dynamics, such as fire, have a fundamental control on forest composition and structure. Knowledge of fire history and the dominant drivers of fire are becoming increasingly important for conservation and management practice. Temporal and spatial variability in biomass burning is examined here using 170 charcoal and 15 fire scar records collated throughout Fennoscandia and Denmark. The changing fire regime is discussed in relation to local biogeographical controls, regional climatic change, anthropogenic land use and fire suppression. The region has experienced episodic variability in the dominant drivers of biomass burning throughout the Holocene, creating a frequently changing fire regime. Early Holocene biomass burning appears to be driven by fuel availability. Increased continentality during the mid-Holocene Thermal Maximum coincides with an increase in fire. The mid–late Holocene front-like spread of Picea abies (Norway spruce) and cooler, wetter climatic conditions reduce local biomass burning before the onset of intensified anthropogenic land use, and the late Holocene increase in anthropogenic activity created artificially high records of biomass burning that overshadowed the natural fire signal. An economic shift from extensive subsistence land use to agriculture and forestry as well as active fire suppression has reduced regional biomass burning. However, it is proposed that without anthropogenic fire suppression, the underlying natural fire signal would remain low because of the now widespread dominance of P. abies. |
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Holocene fire in Fennoscandia and Denmark |
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Holocene fire in Fennoscandia and Denmark |
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Holocene fire in Fennoscandia and Denmark |
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Holocene fire in Fennoscandia and Denmark |
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holocene fire in fennoscandia and denmark |
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International Journal of Wildland Fire; 23(6), pp 781-789 (2014) ISSN: 1448-5516 |
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