Holocene history of fire, vegetation and land use from the central Pyrenees (France)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-64

  Rius, Damien ^a,b   Vannière, Boris ^a   Galop, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Laboratoire Geode   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Fire regime; Human impact; Macroscopic charcoal; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FIRE FREQUENCIES; FIRE REGIME; FIRE REGIMES; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; HUMAN LAND USE; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN PASS; PYRENEES; REGULAR DISTRIBUTION; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; WARMER CONDITIONS;

CHARCOAL; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PEATLAND; VEGETATION HISTORY;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

EID: 84855341884     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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