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Charcoal production, dispersal, and deposition from the Fort Providence experimental fire: interpreting fire regimes from charcoal records in boreal forests

The relationship between charcoal production from fires and charcoal deposition in lakes is poorly understood, which limits the interpretation of sediment charcoal records. This calibration study assessed charcoal particle production, size, and transport during the International…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: boreal forest, Canada, charcoal, crown fires, fire regimes, jack pine, Pinus banksiana, black spruce, charcoal deposition, ICFME - International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment, Picea mariana, sediment records, Northwest Territories, age classes, Alnus crispa, Betula glandulosa, Betula papyrifera, C - carbon, community ecology, coniferous forests, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, field experimental fires, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire size, fossils, fuel loading, lakes, Larix laricina, Manitoba, Ontario, particulates, Picea glauca, Pinus resinosa, Pinus strobus, Pinus sylvestris, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, rate of spread, Salix spp., sedimentation, taiga, statistical analysis