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Holocene records of the significance of ENSO on vegetation and fire ...

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Fire & Vegetati<strong>on</strong><br />

• Fire occurrence in desert shrubl<strong>and</strong> seems to be associated<br />

with cycles y <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> wetting g<strong>and</strong> drying y g<br />

• Similar to southwestern forests, a relati<strong>on</strong>ship is<br />

observed between <str<strong>on</strong>g>ENSO</str<strong>on</strong>g> variability <strong>and</strong> <strong>fire</strong><br />

• No <str<strong>on</strong>g>ENSO</str<strong>on</strong>g> no <strong>fire</strong><br />

• <str<strong>on</strong>g>ENSO</str<strong>on</strong>g>stable <strong>fire</strong> regime, vegetati<strong>on</strong> shifts<br />

• Warmer with <str<strong>on</strong>g>ENSO</str<strong>on</strong>g> (e.g. MCA) even more frequent <strong>fire</strong><br />

• OOnset <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> f<str<strong>on</strong>g>ENSO</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>ENSO</str<strong>on</strong>g> iis c<strong>on</strong>current with i hperennial i lst<strong>and</strong>ing di water<br />

at Cloverdale <strong>and</strong> low pollen preservati<strong>on</strong> marks a decrease<br />

in El Nino events. events<br />

• Canelo Hills Cienega initiates at ~3000 cal yr BP when El<br />

Nino event frequency q yincreases.

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