The role of fire in southern Scandinavian forests during the late Holocene

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1040-1049

  Bradshaw, Richard H W ^a   Lindbladh, Matts ^b   Hannon, Gina E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

charcoal analysis; fire history; hemiboreal forest zone; palaeoecology; temperate forest zone

Indexed keywords

BETULA; CALLUNA; CEREALIA; RUMEX;

EID: 78650266945     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09108     Document Type: Article

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