Forest fires and vegetation during the Holocene in central Yakutia, eastern Siberia

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-36

  Katamura, Fumitaka ^a   Fukuda, Masami ^b   Bosikov, Nikolai P ^c   Desyatkin, Roman V ^d  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CRYOLITHOZONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Eastern Siberia; Forest fire history; Pollen; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

BOREAL FORESTS; EASTERN SIBERIA; FIRE HISTORIES; FIRE REGIMES; FOREST FIRE HISTORY; FOSSIL POLLENS; HOLOCENE; LAKE DEPOSITS; LARCH FORESTS; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSES; SCOTS PINE FORESTS; SCOTS PINES; VEGETATION CHANGES; YAKUTIA;

FIRES;

BOREAL FOREST; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CARBON; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FOREST FIRES; PLANTS; POLLEN; SIBERIA;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

LARIX; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 58149378151     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-008-0099-z     Document Type: Article

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