Fire Regime in Marginal Jack Pine Populations at Their Southern Limit of Distribution, Riding Mountain National Park, Central Canada

Fire Regime in Marginal Jack Pine Populations at Their Southern Limit of Distribution, Riding Mountain National Park, Central Canada

In central Canada, long fire history reconstructions are rare. In a context where both anthropogenic and climate influences on fire regime have changed, Parks Canada has a mandate to maintain ecological integrity. Here we present a fire history derived from fire-scarred jack pine (Pinus banksiana La...

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Main Authors: Jacques C. Tardif, Stephen Cornelsen, France Conciatori, Eben Blake Hodgin, Marlow G. Pellatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
fire history
boreal mixedwood
Pinus banksiana
dendrochronology
fire scars
lake sediment charcoal
First Nations
European settlement
fire exclusion
paleoecology
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/10/219

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