Pine-oak forests and frequent fires have been a predominant feature of Albany Pine Bush, New York, for the last 11,000 years

Though increases in ferns, mosses, and peat-deposition reflect moister climates in recent millennia, according to pollen and charcoal samples

2024-12-18

(Press-News.org) Pine-oak forests and frequent fires have been a predominant feature of Albany Pine Bush, New York, for the last 11,000 years - though increases in ferns, mosses, and peat-deposition reflect moister climates in recent millennia, according to pollen and charcoal samples

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0314101

Article Title: A 13,000-year history of vegetation and fire in a rare inland pine barrens: The Albany Pine Bush (Albany County, New York, USA)

Author Countries: Canada, U.S.

Funding: (JCS) The private donor-funded Draper-Lussi Endowed Chair Fund at Paul Smith’s College, provided the radiometric dating and publication costs (https://www.paulsmiths.edu). (JS-J): Discovery Grant RGPIN-2023-04813 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada supported the analytical work by Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques and Megan Tremblay (https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/professors-professeurs/grants-subs/dgigp-psigp_eng.asp). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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