A critical appraisal of charcoal morphometry as a paleofire fuel type proxy

RS Vachula, J Sae-Lim, R Li - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Fire is an important disturbance mechanism that can alter ecosystems and catalyze
vegetation changes. Paleofire records provide a means of inferring how ecosystems will be …

Modern relationships between microscopic charcoal in marine sediments and fire regimes on adjacent landmasses to refine the interpretation of marine paleofire …

M Genet, AL Daniau, F Mouillot, V Hanquiez… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine microcharcoal records provide invaluable information to understand changes in
biomass burning and its drivers over multiple glacial and interglacial cycles and to evaluate …

Legacies of Indigenous land use shaped past wildfire regimes in the Basin-Plateau Region, USA

VA Carter, A Brunelle, MJ Power, RJ DeRose… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Climatic conditions exert an important influence on wildfire activity in the western United
States; however, Indigenous farming activity may have also shaped the local fire regimes for …

Northern Norway paleofire records reveal two distinct phases of early human impacts on fire activity

RG Topness, RS Vachula, NL Balascio… - The …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Paleofire records document fire's response to climate, ecosystem changes, and human-
activity, offering insights into climate-fire-human relationships and the potential response of …

Modeled dispersal patterns for wood and grass charcoal are different: Implications for paleofire reconstruction

RS Vachula, E Rehn - The Holocene, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Sedimentary charcoal records provide useful perspectives on the long-term controls and
behavior of fire in the Earth System. However, a comprehensive understanding of the …

Microscopic charcoals in ocean sediments off Africa track past fire intensity from the continent

A Haliuc, AL Daniau, F Mouillot, W Chen… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Fires in Africa account for more than half of global fire-carbon emissions but the long-term
evolution of fire activity and its link to global climate change remains elusive. Paleofire …

Spatially calibrating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as proxies of area burned by vegetation fires: Insights from comparisons of historical data and …

RS Vachula, AT Karp, EH Denis, NL Balascio… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many regions worldwide have experienced increasing wildfire activity in recent years and
climate changes are predicted to result in more frequent and severe fires. Reconstruction of …

Central Appalachian paleofire reconstruction reveals fire-climate-vegetation dynamics across the last glacial-interglacial transition

RS Vachula, NL Balascio, AV Karmalkar… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding fire-climate relationships in eastern North America is difficult due to human
impacts on fire in the region. Predicting future wildfire activity in the region is further …

Indigenous fire-managed landscapes in Southeast Australia during the Holocene—new insights from the Furneaux Group Islands, Bass Strait

MA Adeleye, SG Haberle, SE Connor, J Stevenson… - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
Indigenous land use and climate have shaped fire regimes in southeast Australia during the
Holocene, although their relative influence remains unclear. The archaeologically attested …

Preservation biases are pervasive in Holocene paleofire records

RS Vachula, RY Sheppard, AH Cheung - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire and its controls span several spatial and temporal scales in the Earth System and
sedimentary paleofire archives are the primary means of inferring how fire varies on …