Land management explains major trends in forest structure and composition over the last millennium in California's Klamath Mountains

SignificanceWe provide the first assessment of aboveground live tree biomass in a mixed conifer forest over the late Holocene. The biomass record, coupled with local Native oral history and fire scar records, shows that Native burning practices, along with a natural lightning-based fire regime, prom...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 119; no. 12; p. e2116264119
Main Authors:	Knight, Clarke A, Anderson, Lysanna, Bunting, M Jane, Champagne, Marie, Clayburn, Rosie M, Crawford, Jeffrey N, Klimaszewski-Patterson, Anna, Knapp, Eric E, Lake, Frank K, Mensing, Scott A, Wahl, David, Wanket, James, Watts-Tobin, Alex, Potts, Matthew D, Battles, John J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 22.03.2022
Subjects:	California Conservation of Natural Resources Fires Forests Humans Trees California forest biomass Indigenous management land use restoration carbon policy
ISSN:	1091-6490, 1091-6490
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