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dc.contributor.authorFeldpausch, Ted R.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Lidiany
dc.contributor.authorMacario, Kita D.
dc.contributor.authorAscough, Philippa L.
dc.contributor.authorFlores, César F.
dc.contributor.authorCoronado, Eurídice N. Honorio
dc.contributor.authorKalamandeen, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Oliver L.
dc.contributor.authorStaff, Richard A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-16T14:30:15Z
dc.date.available2022-05-16T14:30:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-03
dc.identifier279615825
dc.identifiere23ab189-9fd4-423e-805d-b84e7de48d84
dc.identifier000796980400001
dc.identifier85130376918
dc.identifier.citationFeldpausch , T R , Carvalho , L , Macario , K D , Ascough , P L , Flores , C F , Coronado , E N H , Kalamandeen , M , Phillips , O L & Staff , R A 2022 , ' Forest fire history in Amazonia inferred from intensive soil charcoal sampling and radiocarbon dating ' , Frontiers in Forests and Global Change , vol. 5 , 815438 . https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.815438en
dc.identifier.issn2624-893X
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.815438
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-2314-590X/work/113399092
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25382
dc.descriptionThis study was supported by funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, NE/N011570/1 and NE/R017980/1) and a radiocarbon dating allocation (allocation 2122.0818) from the NERC-funded NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory.en
dc.description.abstractFire has a historical role in tropical forests related to past climate and ancient land use spanning the Holocene; however, it is unclear from charcoal records how fire varied at different spatiotemporal scales and what sampling strategies are required to determine fire history and their effects. We evaluated fire variation in structurally intact, terra-firme Amazon forests, by intensive soil charcoal sampling from three replicate soil pits in sites in Guyana and northern and southern Peru. We used radiocarbon (14C) measurement to assess (1) locally, how the timing of fires represented in our sample varied across the surface of forest plots and with soil depth, (2) basin-wide, how the age of fires varies across climate and environmental gradients, and (3) how many samples are appropriate when applying the 14C approach to assess the date of last fire. Considering all 14C dates (n = 33), the most recent fires occurred at a similar time at each of the three sites (median ages: 728–851 cal years BP), indicating that in terms of fire disturbance at least, these forests could be considered old-growth. The number of unique fire events ranged from 1 to 4 per pit and from 4 to 6 per site. Based upon our sampling strategy, the N-Peru site—with the highest annual precipitation—had the most fire events. Median fire return intervals varied from 455 to 2,950 cal years BP among sites. Based on available dates, at least three samples (1 from the top of each of 3 pits) are required for the sampling to have a reasonable likelihood of capturing the most recent fire for forests with no history of a recent fire. The maximum fire return interval for two sites was shorter than the time since the last fire, suggesting that over the past ∼800 years these forests have undergone a longer fire-free period than the past 2,000–3,500 years. Our analysis from terra-firme forest soils helps to improve understanding of changes in fire regime, information necessary to evaluate post-fire legacies on modern vegetation and soil and to calibrate models to predict forest response to fire under climate change.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Forests and Global Changeen
dc.subjectTropical foresten
dc.subjectTerra firmeen
dc.subjectCharcoal samplesen
dc.subjectFire soilen
dc.subjectRadiocarbonen
dc.subjectPre-Columbianen
dc.subjectHoloceneen
dc.subjectGB Physical geographyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subjectSDG 15 - Life on Landen
dc.subject.lccGBen
dc.titleForest fire history in Amazonia inferred from intensive soil charcoal sampling and radiocarbon datingen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/ffgc.2022.815438
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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