12,000-Years of fire regime drivers in the lowlands of transylvania (Central-Eastern Europe): A data-model approach

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-61

  Feurdean, A ^a,b   Liakka, J ^b   Vanniere B ^c   Marinova, E ^d   Hutchinson, S M ^e   Mosburgger, V ^a   Hickler, T ^a,b,f  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charred plant remains; Climate simulations; Fire frequency; Grasslands; Holocene; Human impact; Lake level fluctuations; Open woodland; Pollen; Sedimentary charcoal; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CHARRED PLANT REMAINS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; FIRE FREQUENCIES; GRASSLANDS; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; OPEN WOODLAND; POLLEN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHARCOAL; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

FIRES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; CLIMATIC REGION; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; POLLEN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WOODLAND; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EUROPE; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

EID: 84886643937     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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