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Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data

dc.contributor.author Power, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Marlon, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Ortiz, N en_US
dc.contributor.author Bartlein, P en_US
dc.contributor.author Harrison, Simon en_US
dc.contributor.author Mayle, F en_US
dc.contributor.author Ballouche, A en_US
dc.contributor.author Bradshaw, R en_US
dc.contributor.author Carcaillet, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Cordova, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Mooney, Scott en_US
dc.contributor.author Moreno, P en_US
dc.contributor.author Prentice, I en_US
dc.contributor.author Thonicke, K en_US
dc.contributor.author Tinner, W en_US
dc.contributor.author Whitlock, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Zhang, Yanling en_US
dc.contributor.author Zhao, Yong en_US
dc.contributor.author Ali, Amna en_US
dc.contributor.author Anderson, Richard en_US
dc.contributor.author Beer, R en_US
dc.contributor.author Behling, H en_US
dc.contributor.author Briles, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Brown, Katherine en_US
dc.contributor.author Brunelle, A en_US
dc.contributor.author Bush, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Camill, P en_US
dc.contributor.author Chu, G en_US
dc.contributor.author Clark, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Colombaroli, D en_US
dc.contributor.author Connor, Stuart en_US
dc.contributor.author Daniau, A en_US
dc.contributor.author Daniels, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Dodson, John en_US
dc.contributor.author Doughty, E en_US
dc.contributor.author Edwards, Meredith en_US
dc.contributor.author Finsinger, W en_US
dc.contributor.author Foster, Douglas en_US
dc.contributor.author Frechette, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Gaillard, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Gavin, D en_US
dc.contributor.author Gobet, E en_US
dc.contributor.author Haberle, Simon en_US
dc.contributor.author Hallett, D en_US
dc.contributor.author Higuera, P en_US
dc.contributor.author Hope, G en_US
dc.contributor.author Horn, S en_US
dc.contributor.author Inoue, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Kaltenrieder, P en_US
dc.contributor.author Kennedy, Liz en_US
dc.contributor.author Kong, Z en_US
dc.contributor.author Larsen, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Long, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Lynch, Jodi en_US
dc.contributor.author Lynch, E en_US
dc.contributor.author McGlone, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Meeks, S en_US
dc.contributor.author Mensing, S en_US
dc.contributor.author Meyer, G en_US
dc.contributor.author Minckley, T en_US
dc.contributor.author Mohr, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Nelson, D en_US
dc.contributor.author New, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Newnham, R en_US
dc.contributor.author Noti, R en_US
dc.contributor.author Oswald, W en_US
dc.contributor.author Pierce, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Richard, P en_US
dc.contributor.author Rowe, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Goni, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Shuman, B en_US
dc.contributor.author Takahara, H en_US
dc.contributor.author Toney, J en_US
dc.contributor.author Turney, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Urrego-Sanchez, D en_US
dc.contributor.author Umbanhowar, C en_US
dc.contributor.author Vandergoes, M en_US
dc.contributor.author Vanniere, B en_US
dc.contributor.author Vescovi, E en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T12:49:38Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T12:49:38Z
dc.date.issued 2008 en_US
dc.description.abstract Fire activity has varied globally and continuously since the last glacial maximum (LGM) in response to long-term changes in global climate and shorter-term regional changes in climate, vegetation, and human land use. We have synthesized sedimentary charcoal records of biomass burning since the LGM and present global maps showing changes in fire activity for time slices during the past 21,000 years (as differences in charcoal accumulation values compared to pre-industrial). There is strong broad-scale coherence in fire activity after the LGM, but spatial heterogeneity in the signals increases thereafter. In North America, Europe and southern South America, charcoal records indicate less-than-present fire activity during the deglacial period, from 21,000 to ∼11,000 cal yr BP. In contrast, the tropical latitudes of South America and Africa show greater-than-present fire activity from ∼19,000 to ∼17,000 cal yr BP and most sites from Indochina and Australia show greater-than-present fire activity from 16,000 to ∼13,000 cal yr BP. Many sites indicate greater-than-present or near-present activity during the Holocene with the exception of eastern North America and eastern Asia from 8,000 to ∼3,000 cal yr BP, Indonesia and Australia from 11,000 to 4,000 cal yr BP, and southern South America from 6,000 to 3,000 cal yr BP where fire activity was less than present. Regional coherence in the patterns of change in fire activity was evident throughout the post-glacial period. These complex patterns can largely be explained in terms of large-scale climate controls modulated by local changes in vegetation and fuel load. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0930-7575 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/38190
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other Palaeofire regimes en_US
dc.subject.other Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction en_US
dc.subject.other Biomass burning en_US
dc.subject.other Charcoal en_US
dc.subject.other Data-model comparisons en_US
dc.title Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Power, M en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Marlon, J en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Ortiz, N en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Bartlein, P en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Harrison, Simon, Chemical Sciences & Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Mayle, F en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Ballouche, A en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Bradshaw, R en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Carcaillet, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Cordova, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Mooney, Scott, Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Moreno, P en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Prentice, I en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Thonicke, K en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Tinner, W en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Whitlock, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Zhang, Yanling, St George Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Zhao, Yong, Materials Science & Engineering, Faculty of Science, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Ali, Amna, Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Anderson, Richard en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Beer, R en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Behling, H en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Briles, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Brown, Katherine, St George Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Brunelle, A en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Bush, M en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Camill, P en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Chu, G en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Clark, J en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Colombaroli, D en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Connor, Stuart, Physics, Faculty of Science, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Daniau, A en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Daniels, M en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Dodson, John en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Doughty, E en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Edwards, Meredith en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Finsinger, W en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Foster, Douglas en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Frechette, J en_US
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unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Hope, G en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Horn, S en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Inoue, J en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kaltenrieder, P en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kennedy, Liz, Prince of Wales Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kong, Z en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Larsen, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Long, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Lynch, Jodi, St George Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Lynch, E en_US
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unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Rowe, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Goni, M en_US
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unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Takahara, H en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Toney, J en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Turney, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Urrego-Sanchez, D en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Umbanhowar, C en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Vandergoes, M en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Vanniere, B en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Vescovi, E en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Chemical Engineering *
unsw.relation.school School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences *
unsw.relation.school Clinical School St George Hospital *
unsw.relation.school School of Materials Science & Engineering *
unsw.relation.school School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering *
unsw.relation.school School of Physics *
unsw.relation.school Clinical School Prince of Wales Hospital *
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