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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): A. N. Gromtsev
Publication Date: 1993

Fire layers in peat columns from bogs, and carbon layers in soil trenches on dry ground were used to analyse the pattern of occurrence of fires in natural spruce [Picea abies] and pine [Pinus sylvestris] boreal forests of Karelia during the last 3000-6000 years. Results of the work make it possible to consider forest fires as one of the leading ecological factors determining the structure and dynamics of forest communities over the course of many millenia. It was established that the pattern of occurrence of fires is determined by peculiarities of forest landscapes. Problems connected with elimination of fires from the life of forest ecosystems are discussed.

Citation: Gromtsev, A. N. 1993. Pattern of occurrence of fires in spontaneous forests of northwestern taiga landscapes. Russian Journal of Ecology 24(3): 161-164.

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Keywords:
  • boreal ecosystems
  • carbon
  • fire pattern
  • forest dynamics
  • peat bog
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FRAMES Record Number: 4166