Macroscopic charcoal counts and areas from fours sites in the Western Ghats (India) over the past 1000 years

High-resolution, continuously sampled charcoal records from sedimentary archives are rare in India. These datasets from four forest hollows' sedimentary sequences in an ancient agroforestry system in the Western Ghats, India, comprise the following data: (I) Macroscopic charcoal record (> 150 µm), including the total amount of particles per sample as well as the total area (mm2) of the particles per sample, and (II) Radiometric age dating (radiocarbon and Lead-210) used for depth-age modelling. More detailed information about the charcoal record and the relationships between biomass burning, vegetation change and land-use changes in the context of tropical agroforestry landscapes and sacred groves can be found in the research papers.

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Nogué, Sandra, Tovar, Carolina, Bhagwat, Shonil A, Finsinger, Walter, Willis, Katherine J (2021). Dataset: Macroscopic charcoal counts and areas from fours sites in the Western Ghats (India) over the past 1000 years. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930078

DOI retrieved: 2021

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930078
Author Nogué, Sandra
Given Name Sandra
Family Name Nogué
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Tovar, Carolina
Bhagwat, Shonil A
Finsinger, Walter
Willis, Katherine J
Source Creation 2021
Publication Year 2021
Resource Type application/zip - filename: Nogue-etal_2021
Subject Areas
Name: Ecology

Related Identifiers
Title: Resilience of an ancient tropical forest landscape to 7500years of environmental change
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.002
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2012
Source: Biological Conservation
Authors: Bhagwat Shonil A , Nogué Sandra , Willis Katherine J , Bhagwat Shonil A , Nogué Sandra , Willis Katherine J , Nogué Sandra , Tovar Carolina , Bhagwat Shonil A , Finsinger Walter , Willis Katherine J .

Title: Cultural drivers of reforestation in tropical forest groves of the Western Ghats of India
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.017
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2014
Source: Forest Ecology and Management
Authors: Bhagwat Shonil A , Nogué Sandra , Willis Katherine J , Bhagwat Shonil A , Nogué Sandra , Willis Katherine J , Nogué Sandra , Tovar Carolina , Bhagwat Shonil A , Finsinger Walter , Willis Katherine J .

Title: Exploring the Ecological History of a Tropical Agroforestry Landscape Using Fossil Pollen and Charcoal Analysis from Four Sites in Western Ghats, India
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0132-1
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2018
Source: Ecosystems
Authors: Bhagwat Shonil A , Nogué Sandra , Willis Katherine J , Bhagwat Shonil A , Nogué Sandra , Willis Katherine J , Nogué Sandra , Tovar Carolina , Bhagwat Shonil A , Finsinger Walter , Willis Katherine J .