Long-term fire frequency variability in the eastern Canadian boreal forest: The influences of climate vs. local factors

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1230-1241

  Ali, Adam A ^a,b   Carcaillet, Christopher ^b,c   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bivariate Ripley's K function; Boreal ecosystem; Climatic change; Fire history; Holocene; Kettle lakes; Neoglacial; Quebec; Sedimentary charcoal; Spatial fire pattern

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; HOLOCENE; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 64849092440     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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