Fire History Reconstruction from Las Bayas Tree Rings

263 to -45 calendar years BP of fire history data derived from tree-ring analysis at the Las Bayas site in Durango, Mexico. The dataset includes parameters related to fire events and is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study was published in 1995.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history chronology over a 308-year period.
• Correlate fire event years from tree-ring parameters with regional climate proxy records.
• Reconstruct historical fire regimes in Durango, Mexico, using the site-specific fire history data.
• Model the relationship between fire events and other paleoenvironmental variables available in the metadata.

Strengths

• Covers a 308-year time period from 263 to -45 calendar years BP.
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1995.
• Specific sample size, column names, and data formats are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Durango, Mexico.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

263 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Las Bayas site, Durango, Mexico.