The presence of charcoal in the soil profile, derived from former forest fires, has long been
considered a fairly ubiquitous phenomenon in the boreal forests of northern Sweden. In …

Structural changes were analysed in two virgin forest stands by comparing tree data
collected in 1922 and 1994. One stand was dominated by pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), while …

We studied plant survival and colonization over an experimental gradient, from fire lightly
scorching the soil to fire consuming most of the organic soil layer, at two forest sites in …

The occurrence of forest fires in the Muddus National Park (area, 50 000 ha), just north of the
Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, was investigated on 75 separate sample plots. Between …

We studied a ca 200 ha large forest site that holds an exceptionally large number of red-
listed saproxylic beetles. We conducted pollen, charcoal and dendroecological analyses to …

We investigated the transformation of a large (135 000 ha) forest landscape in boreal
Sweden from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Historical documents …

Successional processes within northern Swedish boreal forest are investigated for the last
2000 years by analysis of pollen, charcoal fragments and insect remains preserved in a …

Fire history and stand structure was examined in twelve virgin forest stands situated within
forest reserves in northern Sweden. The selected stands represented fire refuges as well as …

Knowledge of past fire regimes is crucial for understanding the changes in fire frequency
that are likely to occur during the coming decades as a result of global warming and land …

Past fire regimes may indicate under what conditions species have been able to exist in the
past, but they do not provide clear and easy answers as to how the boreal landscape should …