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Iglesias V, Yospin GI, Whitlock C. Reconstruction of fire regimes through integrated paleoecological proxy data and ecological modeling. Front Plant Sci. 2015;5:785doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00785.
Iglesias, V., Yospin, G. I., & Whitlock, C. (2014). Reconstruction of fire regimes through integrated paleoecological proxy data and ecological modeling. Frontiers in plant science, 5785. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00785
Iglesias, Virginia, et al. "Reconstruction of fire regimes through integrated paleoecological proxy data and ecological modeling." Frontiers in plant science vol. 5 (2014): 785. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00785
Iglesias V, Yospin GI, Whitlock C. Reconstruction of fire regimes through integrated paleoecological proxy data and ecological modeling. Front Plant Sci. 2015 Jan 22;5:785. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00785. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25657652; PMCID: PMC4302794.
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Front Plant Sci. 2015 Jan 22;5:785. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00785. eCollection 2014.

Reconstruction of fire regimes through integrated paleoecological proxy data and ecological modeling.

Frontiers in plant science

Virginia Iglesias, Gabriel I Yospin, Cathy Whitlock

Affiliations

  1. Montana Institute on Ecosystems, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA.
  2. Montana Institute on Ecosystems, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA ; Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA.

PMID: 25657652 PMCID: PMC4302794 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00785

Abstract

Fire is a key ecological process affecting vegetation dynamics and land cover. The characteristic frequency, size, and intensity of fire are driven by interactions between top-down climate-driven and bottom-up fuel-related processes. Disentangling climatic from non-climatic drivers of past fire regimes is a grand challenge in Earth systems science, and a topic where both paleoecology and ecological modeling have made substantial contributions. In this manuscript, we (1) review the use of sedimentary charcoal as a fire proxy and the methods used in charcoal-based fire history reconstructions; (2) identify existing techniques for paleoecological modeling; and (3) evaluate opportunities for coupling of paleoecological and ecological modeling approaches to better understand the causes and consequences of past, present, and future fire activity.

Keywords: charcoal; fire; modeling; paleoecology; reconstruction

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