Change of fire frequency in the eastern Canadian boreal forests during the Holocene: Does vegetation composition or climate trigger the fire regime?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 930-946

  Carcaillet, Christopher ^a,b,d   Bergeron, Yves ^b   Richard, Pierre J H ^a   Fréchette, Bianca ^a   Gauthier, Sylvie ^b,c   Prairie, Yves T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Charcoal; Climate; Fire frequency; Holocene; Laminated sediments; Pollen; Quebec

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; HOLOCENE;

CANADA;

EID: 0035663850     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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