Climate versus human-driven fire regimes in Mediterranean landscapes: the Holocene record of Lago dell'Accesa (Tuscany, Italy)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1181-1196

  Vanniere B ^a   Colombaroli, D ^b,d   Chapron, E ^c   Leroux, A ^a   Tinner, W ^b,e   Magny, M ^a  

^a université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION;

HOLOCENE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BRONZE AGE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOLITHIC; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION;

ACCESA LAKE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ANIMALIA; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 44349194950     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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