Source/Archive record SCH3871 - Using fire scars and growth release in subfossil Scots pine to reconstruct prehistoric fires

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Type Article in Journal
Title Using fire scars and growth release in subfossil Scots pine to reconstruct prehistoric fires
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Date/Year 2000

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Fire scars indicating low- to moderate-intensity fires on peat deposits have been sampled from subfossil Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) at sites in England, Wales and south-west Ireland. Analysis of ring-width responses to one fire event in 2800 BC illustrates its rejuvenating effect on Pinus sylvestris woodland, supporting a growing body of modern and palaeoecological data that illustrates the regenerative role played by fire in persistence of Pinus sylvestris woodland.

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