The use of witness trees as pyro-indicators for mapping past fire conditions.
This is a paper on mapping fire tolerance. The is the first in a series of research briefs addressing different methods used to research and understand North Atlantic fire history. Stay tuned for other methods we plan to cover, including pollen and charcoal dating from soil cores, fire scars, written accounts, and maps.
Brief author: Inga La Puma
Paper author: Thomas-Van Gundy and Nowacki