Reconstruction of the long-term fire history of an old-growth deciduous forest in Southern Québec, Canada, from charred wood in mineral soils

Quaternary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-43

  Talon, Brigitte ^a,b   Payette, Serge ^a   Filion, Louise ^a   Delwaide, Ann ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

14C dating; Charcoal; Climate change; Conifer; Forest dynamics; Forest fire history; Holocene; Old growth deciduous forest; Podzol; Tree fall; Tree uprooting

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FOREST FIRE; HOLOCENE; VEGETATION; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PINUS (GENUS); PINUS (SUBGENUS); SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; STROBUS; THUJA;

EID: 21744459585     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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