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dc.contributor.authorGil-Romera, Graciela
dc.contributor.authorAdolf, Carole
dc.contributor.authorBenito De Pando, Blas Manuel
dc.contributor.authorBittner, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorJohansson, Maria U.
dc.contributor.authorGrady, David. A
dc.contributor.authorLamb, Henry F.
dc.contributor.authorLemma, Bruk
dc.contributor.authorFekadu, Mekbib
dc.contributor.authorGlaser, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Betelhem
dc.contributor.authorSevilla-Callejo, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorZech, Michael
dc.contributor.authorZech, Wolfgang
dc.contributor.authorMiehe, Georg
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-28T11:44:49Z
dc.date.available2020-05-28T11:44:49Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.PublishedGil-Romera G, Adolf, Benito De Pando BM, Bittner, Johansson, Grady, Lamb, Lemma, Fekadu, Glaser B, Mekonnen, Sevilla-Callejo, Zech, Zech, Miehe G. Long-term fire resilience of the Ericaceous Belt, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Biology Letters. 2019;15:20190357eng
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561en_US
dc.identifier.issn1744-957Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1956/22397
dc.description.abstractFire is the most frequent disturbance in the Ericaceous Belt (ca 3000–4300 m.a.s.l.), one of the most important plant communities of tropical African mountains. Through resprouting after fire, Erica establishes a positive fire feedback under certain burning regimes. However, present-day human activity in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia includes fire and grazing systems that may have a negative impact on the resilience of the ericaceous ecosystem. Current knowledge of Erica–fire relationships is based on studies of modern vegetation, lacking a longer time perspective that can shed light on baseline conditions for the fire feedback. We hypothesize that fire has influenced Erica communities in the Bale Mountains at millennial time-scales. To test this, we (1) identify the fire history of the Bale Mountains through a pollen and charcoal record from Garba Guracha, a lake at 3950 m.a.s.l., and (2) describe the long-term bidirectional feedback between wildfire and Erica, which may control the ecosystem's resilience. Our results support fire occurrence in the area since ca 14 000 years ago, with particularly intense burning during the early Holocene, 10.8–6.0 cal ka BP. We show that a positive feedback between Erica abundance and fire occurrence was in operation throughout the Lateglacial and Holocene, and interpret the Ericaceous Belt of the Ethiopian mountains as a long-term fire resilient ecosystem. We propose that controlled burning should be an integral part of landscape management in the Bale Mountains National Park.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherThe Royal Society Publishingen_US
dc.titleLong-term fire resilience of the Ericaceous Belt, Bale Mountains, Ethiopiaen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2020-01-23T10:39:04Z
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s). All rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0357
dc.identifier.cristin1729847
dc.source.journalBiology Letters


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