Fire history and climate characteristics during the last millennium of the Great Hinggan Mountains at the monsoon margin in northeastern China

Relating macrofungal diversity and forest characteristics in boreal forests in China: Conservation effects, inter‐forest‐type variations, and association decoupling

“…In a temperate forest 900 km southeastern to this study, the conservation effect for plants is characterized as significant increases in tree sizes with great changing (plus or minus) species abundances (Wang et al., 2020 ). The boreal forest has also been highlighted for their frozen soils for a large amount of carbon and greenhouse gas storage (Huang et al., 2018 ; Li et al., 2018 ), and forest biomass changes during the frequent wildfire (Chang et al., 2008 ; Chao et al., 2017 ; Gao et al., 2018 ; Hu et al., 2018 ; Li et al., 2004 ). With the implementation of NFPP in China (Zhang et al., 2000 ), the wild mushroom economy has been encouraged by local governments (Bau & Li, 2010 ; Minter et al., 2012 ; Wu et al., 2019 ).…”

“…The boreal forest has also been highlighted for their frozen soils for a large amount of carbon and greenhouse gas storage (Huang et al, 2018;Li et al, 2018), and forest biomass changes during the frequent wildfire (Chang et al, 2008;Chao et al, 2017;Gao et al, 2018;Li et al, 2004). With the implementation of NFPP in China (Zhang et al, 2000), the wild mushroom economy has been encouraged by local governments (Bau & Li, 2010;Minter et al, 2012;Wu et al, 2019).…”

Variability in pyrogenic carbon properties generated by different burning temperatures and peatland plant litters: implication for identifying fire intensity and fuel types

“…Owing to its physicochemical characteristics (e.g. recalcitrance and surface area), PyC is the most stable carbon store in peat soils, preserving a record of fire history, and also affecting the biogeochemical cycles in burnt peatlands, via, for example, priming of native organic matter (OM) decomposition and changes in microbial activity (Gao et al 2018b;Könönen et al 2018;Noble et al 2018). Although historical fuel types and fire intensity could provide more palaeoenvironmental information (e.g.…”

Environmental change and human land‐use over the past 200 years in the Great Hinggan Mountains, Northeastern China

“…Charcoal data from lake sediments can reconstruct fire activity (Conedera et al, 2009;Whitlock & Larsen, 2001), with microscopic charcoal (<150 μm) recording a regional signal of fire (Clark, 1988(Clark, , 1989. Currently, a limited number of studies have analyzed black carbon and charcoal records from peatlands in the GHM to reconstruct past fire activity and fossil fuel combustion (Gao et al, 2017;Gao et al, 2018aGao et al, , 2018bHe et al, 2017). These studies found anthropogenic emissions and forest fires caused black carbon accumulation to increase in the GHM in the last 100 years (Gao et al, 2017;Gao et al, 2018aGao et al, , 2018bHe et al, 2017).…”

“…Currently, a limited number of studies have analyzed black carbon and charcoal records from peatlands in the GHM to reconstruct past fire activity and fossil fuel combustion (Gao et al, 2017;Gao et al, 2018aGao et al, , 2018bHe et al, 2017). These studies found anthropogenic emissions and forest fires caused black carbon accumulation to increase in the GHM in the last 100 years (Gao et al, 2017;Gao et al, 2018aGao et al, , 2018bHe et al, 2017). The 'Great Acceleration' in the mid-20th Century has affected even remote environments, with the Anthropocene (as currently defined by the Anthropocene Working Group; Waters et al, 2018) identified by anthropogenic perturbations of elemental cycles, increased erosion and global climate change (Crutzen, 2006;Zalasiewicz et al, 2015).…”