Climatic control of the biomass-burning decline in the Americas after ad 1500

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Power, M J ^a   Mayle, F E ^b   Bartlein, P J ^c   Marlon, J R ^d   Anderson, R S ^e   Behling, H ^f   Brown, K J ^g   Carcaillet, C ^h   Colombaroli, D ⁱ   Gavin, D G ^c   Hallett, D J ^j   Horn, S P ^k   Kennedy, L M ^l   Lane, C S ^m   Long, C J ⁿ   Moreno, P I ^o   Paitre, C ^p   Robinson, G ^q   Taylor, Z ^k   Walsh, M K ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^h PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^l VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^p UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^q 7800 IH 10 West   (United States)

^r CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; biomass burning; charcoal; climate; human population

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CHARCOAL; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; POPULATION DECLINE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84868019182     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612450196     Document Type: Article

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