Flammability descriptors of fine dead fuels resulting from two mechanical treatments in shrubland A comparative laboratory study
Mechanical treatments are traditionally used to modify the fuel complex in shrubland, but information about their actual effectiveness in reducing the risk of wildfire initiation is scarce. The effects of two mechanical fuel treatments (shrub clearing with crushing and manual removal) on flammability in a shrubland community in north-western Spain were compared. Three months after treatment, laboratory tests using a point-ignition source were conducted on the fine dead fuels to analyse the effect of type of treatment and fuel moisture content (FMC) under two conditions (1) flaming; or (2) glowing+wind ignition source. Fuel load effect within each treatment was also studied. Time-to-ignition, flaming duration, number of burnt sides of the sample and fuel consumption ratio were assessed. Logistic models were developed to assess ignition and sustained combustion probabilities. Type of treatment and FMC significantly affected flammability under both experimental conditions tested. Slow smouldering was observed in fuels subjected to shrub clearing and removal, whereas crushing fuels were rapidly burnt with flaming phase combustion. In general, shrub clearing and removal appeared to be more effective in reducing wildfire hazard in these shrubland communities. © 2010 IAWF.
Main Authors: | Marino, E., Madrigal Olmo, Javier, Guijarro Guzmán, Mercedes, Hernando Lara, Carmen, Díez, C., Fernández, C. |
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Format: | artículo biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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CSIRO Publishing
2010
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Subjects: | Fuel management, Galicia (north-western Spain), Ignition, Mixed heathland, Shrub clearing, Sustained combustion, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/2640 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/292598 |
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