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100			_aBrown, KJ _952171
245			_aLong-term climate, vegetation and fire regime change in a managed municipal water supply area, British Columbia, Canada/
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 29, issue 9, 2019 : (1411-1424 p.).
520			_aPost-glacial climate, vegetation and fire history were reconstructed from a sediment record from Begbie Lake, British Columbia, Canada, located in a municipal water supply area servicing > 350,000 people. Watershed managers have identified wildfire as a threat to water supply and seek to understand how vegetation and fire have varied through time with climate. In the cold late-glacial, open Pinus woodlands, periodically disturbed by fire, transitioned to mixed conifer forests subject to high-severity fire. The early Holocene is of interest to watershed managers because climate was warmer and drier than present. During this interval, low streamflow, abundant fire-adapted taxa, elevated background charcoal and regional increases in biomass burning indicate that fire seasons were longer and that fire was an important disturbance mechanism. Climate moistened in the mid Holocene, facilitating canopy closure and decreased fire disturbance. However, surface fires prevailed in Quercus ecosystems, which were expanding locally. Charcoal increased between 6180–2500 cal yr BP as climate further cooled and moistened, likely reflecting human activity and/or increased climate variability. Modern conditions arose within the last few millennia, impacted most recently by European settlement. In combination with paleoclimate modelling, modern management practices and forecast simulations, the Begbie Lake record informs about ecosystem changes within the watershed, yielding insights for management.
650			_aclimate, fire, _952172
650			_aHolocene, _950806
650			_a management, _951983
650			_avegetation, _950653
650			_awater supply _952173
700			_aHebda, NJR _952174
700			_aSchoups, G _952175
700			_aConder, N _952176
700			_aSmith, KAP _952177
700			_aTrofymow, JA _952178
773	0		_012756 _916504 _dLondon: Sage Publication Ltd, 2019. _tHolocene/ _x09596836
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619854523
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