Fuel load quantification in a brazilian northeast Atlantic Forest fragment

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Marcus Vinícius Noronha de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: White, Benjamin Leonardo Alves, Ribeiro, Genésio Tâmara
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://pfb.cnpf.embrapa.br/pfb/index.php/pfb/article/view/1449
• topic: Incêndios florestais; Perigo de fogo; Conservação; Wildfires; Fire hazard; Conservation

In Sergipe, every year, wildfires damage Atlantic Forest conservation units. Therefore, it is necessary to carry on studies that aims to understand fire behavior in such forests. This work intended to quantify the surface fuel load in three different vegetation types the Mata Junco Wildlife Refuge, in Capela, Sergipe State, Brazil. In each site 20 plots of 2.25 m2 were delimited, where all fuel load was collected and classified. Bamboo fields (7.60 t ha-1) and closed forests (7.02 t ha-1) presented the highest fuel load, while the transition areas presented lower value (2.08 t ha-1). The moisture content of the fuel load changed according to the vegetation type. In the closed forests and transition areas the moisture content was above the “moisture of extinction”. The assessment of the wildfire hazard showed that the bamboo fields presented the highest fire hazard.