Within the next 50–100 years, the warming climate will have major effects on boreal and
northern hardwood forests situated near the prairie–forest border of central North America …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Abrupt changes and regime shifts are common phenomena in terrestrial ecological records
spanning centuries to millennia, thus offering a rich opportunity to study the patterns and …

Fire is a global process affecting both the biosphere and the atmosphere. As a result,
measuring rates of change in wildland fire and understanding the mechanisms responsible …

We describe five common charcoal morphotypes observed in late-Holocene lake sediments
from northern Wisconsin and compare them with charcoal produced by burning modern …

This synthesis provides an ecological foundation for management of the diverse ecosystems
and fire regimes of North America, based on scientific principles of fire interactions with …

Drought is endemic to the North American Great Plains, causing severe economic
consequences. However, instrumental climate data only exist from ca AD 1890, and limited …

Ecosystems today are dynamic and complex, leaving conservationists faced with the
paradox of conserving moving targets. New approaches to conservation are now required …

Background EuroAmerican land-use and its legacies have transformed forest structure and
composition across the United States (US). More accurate reconstructions of historical states …

Historical information spanning different temporal scales (from tens to millions of years) can
influence restoration practice by providing ecological context for better understanding of …