Lake Sediments Allow for Reconstruction of Past Forest Fires (IMAGE)

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung

Lake Sediments Allow for Reconstruction of Past Forest Fires

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Sediments from Lake Czechowskie in the Tuchola Forest, Poland, allow for the high-resolution reconstruction of past forest fires in a region dominated by pine monocultures sensitive to the ongoing environmental change.

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D. Bryka?a, Polish Academy of Science

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