Holocene vegetation and fire history of Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada

• Main Author: Lucas, Jennifer D.
• Other Authors: Lacourse, Terri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: paleoecology; Coastal Douglas Fir forests; Gulf Islands; charcoal analysis; pollen analysis; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4219

Pollen and charcoal analyses were used to reconstruct the Holocene vegetation and fire history of Pender Island (48°46’59” N, 123°18’11” W), located in the southern Gulf Islands on the south coast of British Columbia. A 9.03 m sediment core was retrieved from Roe Lake, a small, deep lake on Pender I...