Authors:
Lydia E. S. Cole, Shonil A. Bhagwat and Katherine J. Willis
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
anthropogenic-disturbance, burning, fire, long-term-ecology, peat-swamp-forest
Documentfile:
ipc16p355-360a031colebhagwat.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Recent burning in the tropical peat swamp forests of Southeast Asia, linked with anthropogenic land-use change, has resulted in widespread environmental degradation across the region. Yet little is known about the long-term natural fire regime in these landscapes. Using fossil pollen and charcoal data from three peat cores collected from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, we looked at the incidence and impact of local and regional fire on coastal peat…