DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84949116206
论文题名: Forest fires within a temperate landscape: A decadal and millennial perspective from a sandstone region in central Europe
作者: Adámek M. ; Bobek P. ; Hadincová V. ; Wild J. ; Kopecký M.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 336 起始页码: 81
结束页码: 90
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Charcoal records
; Fire-regime
; Pinus sylvestris
; Sandstone landscape
; Temperate forests
; Wildfire
Scopus关键词: Charcoal
; Deforestation
; Fires
; Sandstone
; Timber
; Vegetation
; Anthropogenic factors
; Coniferous forests
; Forest compositions
; Pinus sylvestris
; Temperate forests
; Temperate regions
; Topographic features
; Wildfire
; Forestry
; anthropogenic effect
; community composition
; coniferous forest
; coniferous tree
; forest fire
; forest management
; landscape
; paleoecology
; sandstone
; temperate environment
; temperate forest
; timescale
; vegetation structure
; wildfire
; Ecology
; Forest Fires
; Pinus Sylvestris
; Europe
; Mediterranean Region
; Pinus sylvestris
英文摘要: In Europe, fire is considered an integral part of forest dynamics only in the Mediterranean and in Fenno-Scandinavia. In Central Europe, the ecological role of fire is largely neglected and deemed unimportant. To fill this knowledge gap, we studied ancient and recent fires in temperate coniferous forests of a sandstone landscape. We used palaeoecological and contemporary forestry data to reveal wildfire events in the present-day landscape and in the distant past. Using linear regression and the ENFA method, we identified the factors influencing fire occurrences in the landscape on two time scales. Analyses of soil charcoal concentrations correspond with contemporary forestry data. The main driving factors affecting the incidence of fires were topographic features, namely the heat load index and presence of rocks. Additional important factors were forest composition features, especially the abundance of Pinus sylvestris. Even though the landscape is populated and attractive to tourists, present-day anthropogenic factors, surprisingly, have only marginal effects. Fires have been occurring in similar fire-prone habitats at least since the Subatlantic period, regardless of whether they were caused by humans or lightning. Our results therefore show that fire affects long-term forest vegetation development also in temperate forests of Central Europe. This has far reaching consequences for forest management because, contrary to prevailing beliefs, fire must be considered a natural driver of forest vegetation patterns even in this temperate region. © 2014. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65613
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作者单位: Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Botany of the ASCR, Zámek 1, Průhonice, Czech Republic; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 129, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic
Recommended Citation:
Adámek M.,Bobek P.,Hadincová V.,et al. Forest fires within a temperate landscape: A decadal and millennial perspective from a sandstone region in central Europe[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,336