Divergent fire history trajectories in Central European temperate forests revealed a pronounced influence of broadleaved trees on fire dynamics

0510439 - BÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Bobek, Přemysl - Svobodová-Svitavská, Helena - Pokorný, P. - Šamonil, P. - Kuneš, P. - Kozáková, Radka - Abraham, V. - Klinerová, Tereza - Švarcová, Markéta Gabriela - Jamrichová, Eva - Krauseová, Eva - Wild, Jan
Divergent fire history trajectories in Central European temperate forests revealed a pronounced influence of broadleaved trees on fire dynamics.
Quaternary Science Reviews. Roč. 222, 15 October (2019), s. 1-13, č. článku 105865. ISSN 0277-3791. E-ISSN 1873-457X
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA17-07851S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939 ; RVO:67985912
Keywords : sedimentary charcoal * fire history * species turnover
OECD category: Ecology; Archaeology (ARU-G)
Impact factor: 3.803, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access

We identified an inhibiting effect of the concomitant Fagus sylvatica expansion on levels of biomass burning that occurred asynchronously between mountainous and mid-elevation sandstone regions 6500 cal yr BP and 4900 cal yr BP, respectively. The replacement of coniferous tree taxa led to a pronounced decline in fire activity, evidencing their incidental role in the dynamics of temperate broadleaved forests. The divergent timing of the fire decline in response to the expansion of Fagus sylvatica implies biotic control over biomass burning independent of a direct climatic influence.
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