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Middle- to late-Holocene fire history and the impact on Mediterranean pine and oak forests according to the core RF93-30, central Adriatic Sea

Mercuri, Florenzano, Terenziani, Furia, Dallai, Torri
The high-resolution Adriatic RF93-30 core shows changes in its microcharcoal record, which correlate to terrestrial fires from the last 7000 years. Pollen and microcharcoals were transported by wind and fluvial transport from the sedimentary basin,…
Type: Document
Year: 2019

Toward a better understanding of climate and human impacts on late Holocene fire regimes in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Walsh, Duke, Haydon
In order to fully appreciate the role that fire, both natural and anthropogenic, had in shaping pre-Euro-American settlement landscapes in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), it is necessary to develop a more robust method of evaluating paleofire…
Type: Document
Year: 2019

Understanding climate and human impacts on historical fire regimes in the PNW

As fire is increasingly used as a restoration and management tool throughout the Pacific Northwest (PNW), it is important to understand the factors influencing historical fire regimes. For ecosystems with long histories of human activity, this…
Type: Document
Year: 2019

Chapter 2: Fire behavior and effects: principles for archaeologists

Ryan, Koerner
From the Conclusions ... 'Fires have impacted cultures for millennia and fire will continue to impact contemporary cultures as well as the remnants of past cultures. The challenge is to manage vagetation/fuels to minimize damage to contemporary…
Type: Document
Year: 2012