The long-term fire history of the spruce-dominated forests of the Ulvinsalo strict nature
reserve in Kuhmo, eastern Finland (63° 58′ N, 30° 22′ E), was studied by means of …

I have used occurrence of macroscopic charcoal particles, pollen analyses and radiocarbon
datings to examine local forest fire abundance in southern and central Norway. Peat cores …

A report of part of a larger project (started in 1972) on fire ecology in Finnish boreal forests.
Increment cores were taken in 1974 from dominant Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees in 73 …

A Holocene fire history of dry heath forests of Cladina and Empetrum—Vaccinium types in
eastern Finland was reconstructed on the basis of charcoal layer data from two small mire …

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 …

The history of forest fires in two areas in eastern Finland, Kitsi and Ahvenjärvi, both of about
150 ha, is studied by dendrochronological dating of fire scars. Forty-nine samples were …

A s is the case throughout the whole coniferous region of the world, fire has played an
important role in shaping the dynamics of forest ecosystems in Finland. Up to the beginning …

Local fire history covering the entire Holocene period at a dry forest site in North Karelia,
eastern Finland (ca. 63° 07'N, 30° 44'E), was reconstructed on the basis of visible charcoal …

Dendrochronological dating of fire scars was used to determine the history of forest fires,
and the effects of the fires and of slash‐and‐burn cultivation on forest structure were studied …

The relationshops of fire history to forest type and topography were examined on 75 sample
plots in Muddus National Park (50 000 ha; northern Sweden). A correlation matrix was …