Gran Sabana fires (SE Venezuela): A paleoecological perspective

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3430-3444

  Montoya, Encarni ^a,b   Rull, Valentí ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fires; Gran Sabana; Indigenous populations; Microcharcoal; Paleoecology; Palynology; Sustainability; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

GRAN SABANA; INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS; MICROCHARCOAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VENEZUELA;

ECOSYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CULTURAL TRADITION; FIRE; FIRE HISTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOLOCENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LATE GLACIAL; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; SAVANNA; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GRAN SABANA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 82455210321     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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