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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Pollen and charcoal analyses were made of cores from small peat deposits at three sites.
Results show Norway spruce (Picea abies) to have spread into the area around 4000-3200 …

Except for the southernmost part and the high mountains in the northwest, Sweden lies in
the boreal and hemiboreal (Ahti et al. 1968) zones. Although the country spans nearly 1500 …

The past and present fire regimes are described, and the significance for the flora of this
region is discussed. Methods used to reconstruct forest fire history are presented. The dating …

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 …

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 …

MOST woodlands in Sweden have been subjected to fire in one form or another-forest fires,
burning-over for cultivation, practised in former times, and the present-day prescribed …