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 …

In contrast to many other countries within the boreal region, the occurrence of wildfires in
Finland has decreased considerably during the past few decades because of land-use …

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 …

Charcoal fragments preserved in small, wet basins are used to characterise the fire regime
of temperate and mixed boreal forest (hemiboreal) zones of southern Scandinavia during …

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 …

THREE to four hundred years ago burning was used extensively in South-East Norway as a
means to clear forest to prepare for sowing of grain in the ash. After a few years with grain …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …