Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions

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Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Paulo
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Loureiro, Carlos, Botelho, Hermínio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10348/1506
Resumo: An experimental fire was conducted in the summer in a 28-year old maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) plantation in northeastern Portugal. Fuel conditions within the stand were age-dependent and comprised four situations: treated with prescribed fire at differing times, respectively 2, 3, and 13 years before the study, and undisturbed, where fuel accumulation time equalled stand age. The rate of fire spread did not respond to factors other than wind speed, in spite of the fuel-complex diversity. A high-intensity fire involving partially or totally the tree canopy and killing all trees was experienced in the older treatment area and in the untreated part of the stand, but the benefits of fuel management were still detectable in the former. Surface fire intensity, crown fire potential and fire severity (including tree mortality) were drastically reduced where prescribed fire had been carried recently. Fuel and fire management implications are discussed.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
title Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
spellingShingle Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
Fernandes, Paulo
Fire behaviour
Fire severity
Experimental fire
Fuel management
Pinus pinaster
title_short Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
title_full Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
title_fullStr Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
title_full_unstemmed Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
title_sort Fire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditions
author Fernandes, Paulo
author_facet Fernandes, Paulo
Loureiro, Carlos
Botelho, Hermínio
author_role author
author2 Loureiro, Carlos
Botelho, Hermínio
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fernandes, Paulo
Loureiro, Carlos
Botelho, Hermínio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Fire behaviour
Fire severity
Experimental fire
Fuel management
Pinus pinaster
topic Fire behaviour
Fire severity
Experimental fire
Fuel management
Pinus pinaster
description An experimental fire was conducted in the summer in a 28-year old maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) plantation in northeastern Portugal. Fuel conditions within the stand were age-dependent and comprised four situations: treated with prescribed fire at differing times, respectively 2, 3, and 13 years before the study, and undisturbed, where fuel accumulation time equalled stand age. The rate of fire spread did not respond to factors other than wind speed, in spite of the fuel-complex diversity. A high-intensity fire involving partially or totally the tree canopy and killing all trees was experienced in the older treatment area and in the untreated part of the stand, but the benefits of fuel management were still detectable in the former. Surface fire intensity, crown fire potential and fire severity (including tree mortality) were drastically reduced where prescribed fire had been carried recently. Fuel and fire management implications are discussed.
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