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Human influence on late Holocene fire history in a mixed-conifer forest, Sierra National Forest, California

Klimaszewski-Patterson, Dingemans, Morgan, Mensing
Background: Understanding pre-1850s fire history and its effect on forest structure can provide insights useful for fire managers in developing plans to moderate fire hazards in the face of forecasted climate change. While climate clearly plays a…
Type: Document
Year: 2024

Fire and fuels management in coast redwood forests - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program

Norman, Varner, Arguello, Underwood, Graham, Jennings, Valachovic, Lee
Coast redwood forests rank among the most significant natural features of North America, yet our understanding of how they came to be and how we might sustain them has been beset by scientific and management uncertainty for decades. A key part of…
Type: Document
Year: 2009

Human impacts on Persoonia falcata. Perspectives on post-contact vegetation change in the Keep River region, Australia, from contemporary vegetation surveys

Atchison
Persoonia falcata R. Br. and Buchanania obovata Engl. seeds are consistently preserved in abundance from archaeological sites across the Keep River region from 3500 B.P. up until the contact period. Although artefacts continued to be deposited after…
Type: Document
Year: 2009

Sampling soil wood charcoals at a high spatial resolution: a new methodology to investigate the origin of grassland plant communities

Dutoit, Thinon, Talon, Buisson, Alard
Questions: (i) Can sampling of soil wood charcoals at high spatial resolution produce new evidence concerning the presence of chalk grassland before or during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages? (ii) Are there correlations between vegetation…
Type: Document
Year: 2009