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

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dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorBotelho, Hermínio
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-17T15:15:20Z
dc.date.available2012-01-17T15:15:20Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractAn 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.
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1051/forest:2004048
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10348/1506
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherINRA, EDP Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofCITAB - Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biológicas
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectFire behavioureng
dc.subjectFire severityeng
dc.subjectExperimental fireeng
dc.subjectFuel managementeng
dc.subjectPinus pinastereng
dc.titleFire behaviour and severity in a maritime pine stand under differing fuel conditionseng
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.firstPage537
degois.publication.issue6
degois.publication.lastPage544
degois.publication.volume61
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
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