Fire as an important factor for the genesis of boreal Picea abies swamp forests in Fennoscandia

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-214

  Hörnberg, Greger ^a,c   Staland, Hanna ^a   Nordström, Eva Maria ^a   Korsman, Tom ^b   Segerström, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Silver Museum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

charred particles; fire history; loss on ignition; pollen; succession

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FEN; FIRE HISTORY; GRAZING; HOLOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; SWAMP FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84855371856     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611414936     Document Type: Article

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