Regional fire history shows abrupt responses of Mediterranean ecosystems to centennial-scale climate change (Olea-Pistacia woodlands, NE Morocco)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-110

  Linstädter, Anja ^a   Zielhofer, Christoph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial archives; Fire histories; Fuel load limitation; Fuel moisture limitation; Holocene Rapid Climate Changes; Morocco; Sedimentary charcoal record

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; FLOOD; HOLOCENE; LIFE HISTORY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

GASTROPODA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 71549146558     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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