Statistics for Spatial Data.

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Geological atlas of western and central Europe

Ecologists, biogeographers, and paleobotanists have long thought that climate and soils controlled the distribution of ecosystems, with the role of fire getting only limited appreciation. Here we review evidence from different disciplines demonstrating that wildfire appeared concomitant with the origin of terrestrial plants and played an important role throughout the history of life. The importance of fire has waxed and waned in association with changes in climate and paleoatmospheric conditions. Well before the emergence of humans on Earth, fire played a key role in the origins of plant adaptations as well as in the distribution of ecosystems. Humans initiated a new stage in ecosystem fire, using it to make the Earth more suited to their lifestyle. However, as human populations have expanded their use of fire, their actions have come to dominate some ecosystems and change natural processes in ways that threaten the sustainability of some landscapes.

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A burning story: The role of fire in the history of life

Recent developments in the direct-current geoelectrical imaging method

Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland

The evolution and preservation potential of englacial eskers: An example from Breiðamerkurjökull, SE Iceland

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Alastair Ruffell

Papers

Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland

The evolution and preservation potential of englacial eskers: An example from Breiðamerkurjökull, SE Iceland

Forensic Geoscience Group - the first decade