Skip to main content

Displaying 1 - 6 of 6

Palaeoecological records as a guide for fire management in Killarney National Park, Ireland

Hawthorne, Colombaroli, Mitchell
Climate change is allowing fire to expand into previously unburnt ecosystems and regions. While management policies such as fire suppression have significantly altered their frequency and intensity. To prevent future biodiversity/ecosystem services…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

The Longleaf Tree-Ring Network: reviewing and expanding the utility of Pinus palustris Mill. Dendrochronological data

Harley, Therrell, Maxwell, Bhuta, Bregy, Heeter, Patterson, Rochner, Rother, Stambaugh, Zampieri, Altman, Collins-Key, Gentry, Guiterman, Huffman, Johnson, King, Larson, Leland, Nguyen, Pederson, Puhlick, Rao, Catón, Sakulich, Singh, Tucker, van de Gevel, Kaiser, Ahmad
The longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) and related ecosystem is an icon of the southeastern United States (US). Once covering an estimated 37 million ha from Texas to Florida to Virginia, the near-extirpation of, and subsequent restoration…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Variations in Holocene fire activity and its controls in the Ningshao Plain, eastern China

Shao, Zhang, Zheng, Gu, Xu, Yang, He, Lu
Extensive fires pose catastrophic threats to both human and natural ecosystems. Understanding the history of fire, particularly Holocene palaeofire activity in densely populated areas, is essential for predicting future fire risks and developing…
Type: Document
Year: 2023

Ontario Ministry of natural resources south-central region bobwhite quail rehabilitation program [abstract]

Hunter, Ludolph
Archaeological and historical evidence on status of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in southern Ontario prior to European settlement is not clear. The bird was documented on the Essex and Kent County prairies at the time of European…
Type: Document
Year: 2000

Pattern and process in south Swedish forests during the last 3000 years, sensed at stand and regional scales

Lindbladh, Bradshaw, Holmqvist
1. Two palaeoecological data sets were used to study forest development in the boreo-nemoral zone of southern Sweden during the last 3000 years. Maps of forest types present in 1250 B, AD 500 and today were compiled from regional pollen data and…
Type: Document
Year: 2000

Wildland burning by American Indians in Virginia [including: The forest primeval; Sources of evidence for Indian fire use; American Indians and colonists in Virginia; and Did fire keep beech out of the canopy?]

Brown
From the text ... 'One of the first things that the English discovered about American Indians in Virginia was that they burned their wildlands. ...Four purposes for burning--agriculture, hunting, range management, and travel--would probably have…
Type: Document
Year: 2000