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Data description paper
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11 Mar 2022
Data description paper |
| 11 Mar 2022
| 11 Mar 2022
The Reading Palaeofire Database: an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records
Sandy P. Harrison
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial
College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW, UK
Roberto Villegas-Diaz
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Esmeralda Cruz-Silva
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Daniel Gallagher
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial
College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW, UK
Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham,
TW20 0SS, UK
David Kesner
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial
College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW, UK
Paul Lincoln
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial
College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW, UK
Yicheng Shen
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Luke Sweeney
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AH, UK
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial
College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW, UK
Daniele Colombaroli
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial
College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW, UK
Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham,
TW20 0SS, UK
Adam Ali
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (CNRS,
IRD, EPHE), Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
Chéïma Barhoumi
Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Untere
Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
Yves Bergeron
Forest Research Institute (IRF), Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4, Canada
Department of Biological Sciences, Université du Québec à
Montréal (UQAM), Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
Tatiana Blyakharchuk
Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems of Siberian
branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMCES SB RAS), 634055, Tomsk, Russia
Přemysl Bobek
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Lidická 25/27, 602 00
Brno, Czech Republic
Richard Bradshaw
Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, UK
Jennifer L. Clear
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Liverpool Hope
University, Taggart Street, Childwall, Liverpool, L16 9JD, UK
Sambor Czerwiński
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and
Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Bogumiła
Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Anne-Laure Daniau
Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux
(EPOC), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 5805, Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac,
France
John Dodson
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Keji 1st
Rd, Yanta District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, Shaanxi Province, China
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of
Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
Kevin J. Edwards
Department of Geography and Environment, University of
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UX, UK
Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3UX, UK
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, UK
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, UK
Mary E. Edwards
School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of
Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Angelica Feurdean
Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee
1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
David Foster
Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA 01366, USA
Konrad Gajewski
Département de Géographie, Environnement et Géomatique,
Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
Mariusz Gałka
Department of Biogeography, Paleoecology and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 1/3 Banacha
St., 90-237 Łódź, Poland
Michelle Garneau
Geotop, Université du Québec à Montréal,
Montréal, QC, H2X 3Y7, Canada
Thomas Giesecke
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht
University, 2584 CS Utrecht, the Netherlands
Graciela Gil Romera
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología – CSIC, Avda. Montañana 1005,
50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Plant Ecology and Geobotany, Philipps
University of Marburg, Karl-Von-Frisch-Straße 8, 35037 Marburg, Germany
Martin P. Girardin
Laurentian Forestry
Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Québec City, QC, G1V V4C, Canada
Dana Hoefer
Senckenberg Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology, Am
Jakobskirchhof 4, 99423 Weimar, Germany
Kangyou Huang
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai
519082, China
Jun Inoue
Department of Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City
University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
Eva Jamrichová
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Lidická 25/27, 602 00
Brno, Czech Republic
Nauris Jasiunas
Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga,
1004, Latvia
Wenying Jiang
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology
and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 Beitucheng West Rd, Beijing, 100029, China
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de
Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avda. Fuente Nueva S/N, 18002 Granada,
Spain
Monika Karpińska-Kołaczek
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and
Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Bogumiła
Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Piotr Kołaczek
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and
Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Bogumiła
Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Niina Kuosmanen
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box
64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Mariusz Lamentowicz
Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Martin Lavoie
Département de géographie, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, G1V 0A6,
Canada
International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of
Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Jianyong Li
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental
Carrying Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest
University, Xi'an 710127, China
Olga Lisitsyna
Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee
5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Russian State Agrarian University, Timiryazevskaya St., 49, 127550,
Moscow, Russia
José Antonio López-Sáez
Environmental Archaeology Research Group, Institute of History, CSIC, 28037
Madrid, Spain
Reyes Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger
Environmental Archaeology Research Group, Institute of History, CSIC, 28037
Madrid, Spain
Gabriel Magnan
Geotop, Université du Québec à Montréal,
Montréal, QC, H2X 3Y7, Canada
Eniko Katalin Magyari
ELKH-MTM-ELTE
Research Group for Paleontology, Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, Eötvös Loránd university,
Pazmany Peter stny 1/c, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
Alekss Maksims
Department of Geology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga,
1004, Latvia
Katarzyna Marcisz
Climate Change Ecology Research Unit, Faculty of Geographical and
Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Bogumiła
Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Elena Marinova
Laboratory for Archaeobotany, State Office for Cultural Heritage
Baden-Württemberg, Fischersteig 9, 78343 Gaienhofen-Hemmenhofen, Germany
Jenn Marlon
Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Scott Mensing
Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St.,
Reno, NV 89557, USA
Joanna Miroslaw-Grabowska
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw,
Poland
Wyatt Oswald
Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA 01366, USA
Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies,
Emerson College, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Sebastián Pérez-Díaz
Department of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, University of
Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Ramón Pérez-Obiol
Unitat de Botànica, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
Sanna Piilo
Ecosystems, Environment Research Programme, Environmental Change Research Unit
(ECRU), Faculty of Biological
and Environmental Sciences, University of
Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, P.O. Box 65, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Anneli Poska
Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee
5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University,
Lund, Sweden
Xiaoguang Qin
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology
and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 Beitucheng West Rd, Beijing, 100029, China
Cécile C. Remy
Institut für Geographie, Universität Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg,
Germany
Pierre J. H. Richard
Département de Géographie, Université
de Montréal, Montréal, QC, H2V 0B3, Canada
Sakari Salonen
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box
64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Naoko Sasaki
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto
Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, 1-5 Hangi-cho, 606-8522 Kyoto,
Japan
Hieke Schneider
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena,
Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
William Shotyk
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 348B South
Academic Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H1, Canada
Migle Stancikaite
Institute of Geology and Geography, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos
St. 2, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania
Dace Šteinberga
Department of Geology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga,
1004, Latvia
Normunds Stivrins
Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga,
1004, Latvia
Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee
5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Institute of Latvian History, University of Latvia, Kalpaka blv. 4,
Riga, 1050, Latvia
Hikaru Takahara
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo,
Sakyo-ku, 1-5, Hangi-cho, 606-8522 Kyoto, Japan
Zhihai Tan
School of Environment and Chemistry Engineering, Xi'an Polytechnic
University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, China
Liva Trasune
Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga,
1004, Latvia
Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box
64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Charles E. Umbanhowar
Department of Biology, St Olaf College, 1520
St Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
Department of Environmental Studies, St Olaf College, 1520
St Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
Minna Väliranta
Ecosystems, Environment Research Programme, Environmental Change Research Unit
(ECRU), Faculty of Biological
and Environmental Sciences, University of
Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, P.O. Box 65, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Jüri Vassiljev
Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee
5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Xiayun Xiao
State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute
of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,
China
Qinghai Xu
College of Resources and Environment Science, Hebei Normal University,
Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Xin Xu
International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of
Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
Edyta Zawisza
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw,
Poland
Yan Zhao
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Zheng Zhou
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai
519082, China
Jordan Paillard
Département de Géographie, Université
de Montréal, Montréal, QC, H2V 0B3, Canada
Data sets
The Reading Palaeofire Database: an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records S. P. Harrison, R. Villegas-Diaz, P. Lincoln, D. Kesner, E. Cruz-Silva, L. Sweeney, Y. Shen, and D. Gallagher https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.000345
Model code and software
ageR: Supervised Age Models R. Villegas-Diaz, E. Cruz-Silva, and S. P. Harrison https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4636716
Short summary
We provide a new global data set of charcoal preserved in sediments that can be used to examine how fire regimes have changed during past millennia and to investigate what caused these changes. The individual records have been standardised, and new age models have been constructed to allow better comparison across sites. The data set contains 1681 records from 1477 sites worldwide.
We provide a new global data set of charcoal preserved in sediments that can be used to examine...
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