Biomass burning and resulting fire regimes are major drivers of vegetation changes and of
ecosystem dynamics. Understanding past fire dynamics and their relationship to these …

Identification of charcoal fragments (≥ 2mm) using reflected light microscopy is routinely
carried out to study former natural ecosystems, assess changes in vegetation communities …

Fire regimes have changed during the Holocene due to changes in climate, vegetation, and
in human practices. Here, we hypothesise that changes in fire regime may have affected the …

The possible stratification of charcoal particles buried in well-drained soil in the subalpine
and alpine belts in an inner valley of the northwestern Alps (Savoy, France) is examined …

1 If, within a vegetation type, fire regimes are climate dependent, then fire patterns should be
synchronous at regional scales. If they are not synchronous, then fires may be dependent on …

An overview of the archaeological data produced over the last decades for Brazil, coupled
with a background of recent paleoenvironmental studies, suggests that during the mid …

A set of preliminary, broad-scale vegetation map reconstructions for use by archaeologists
and anthropologists is presented here for the world at the last glacial maximum (18,000 …

The reliability of paleovegetation records inferred from soil phytolith assemblages and SOM
(soil organic matter) carbon isotope analysis was examined in light of previous pollen and …

The palynological analysis from an extensive palm swamp on top of a plateau, close to the
city of Brası́lia (15° 34′ S and 47° 35′ W), has shown a sequence of vegetational and …

The biomisation method is used to reconstruct Latin American vegetation at 6000±500 and
18 000±1000 radiocarbon years before present (14 C yr BP) from pollen data. Tests using …