The fire ecology and management of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)

PM Fernandes, E Rigolot - Forest Ecology and Management, 2007 - Elsevier
Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is an important conifer from the western Mediterranean
Basin. Fire is the most significant threat to maritime pine plantations but also a disturbance …

Effects of fire temperature on the physical and chemical characteristics of the ash from two plots of cork oak (Quercus suber)

X Úbeda, P Pereira, L Outeiro… - Land degradation & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cork oak,(Quercus suber) is widely distributed in the Mediterranean region, an area subject
to frequent fires. The ash produced by burning can have impacts on the soil status and water …

Tissue-level flammability testing: A review of existing methods and a comparison of a novel hot plate design to an Epiradiator design

JV Celebrezze, I Boving, MA Moritz - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increased wildfire frequency and size has led to a surge in flammability research, most of
which investigates landscape-level patterns and wildfire dynamics. There has been a recent …

Spatial distribution of heavy metals released from ashes after a wildfire

P Pereira, X Úbeda - Journal of Environmental Engineering and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy Metals (HM) in great amounts in soil and water resources can cause coercive effects
in the environment and human health. Ash contains high quantities of HM that depend on …

Evaluating a model for predicting active crown fire rate of spread using wildfire observations

ME Alexander, MG Cruz - Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
We evaluated the predictive capacity of a rate of spread model for active crown fires (MG
Cruz, ME Alexander, and RH Wakimoto. 2005. Can. J. For. Res. 35: 1626–1639) using a …

Fuel Moisture Thresholds in the Flammability of Calluna vulgaris

GM Davies, CJ Legg - Fire technology, 2011 - Springer
Managed and wild fires play a significant role in the ecology of heathlands in the UK but we
currently have little ability to forecast fire behaviour or the likelihood of accidental wildfires …

Litter flammability in oak woodlands and shrublands of southeastern France

T Curt, A Schaffhauser, L Borgniet, C Dumas… - Forest Ecology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Characterizing the flammability of litter fuels is of major importance for assessing wildland
fire ignition hazard. Here we compared the flammability of litter within a mosaic of Quercus …

Fire weather effects on flammability of indigenous and invasive alien plants in coastal fynbos and thicket shrublands (Cape Floristic Region)

ST Msweli, AJ Potts, H Fritz, T Kraaij - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background Globally, and in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa, extreme fires have
become more common in recent years. Such fires pose societal and ecological threats and …

Fire hazard after prescribed burning in a gorse shrubland: implications for fuel management

E Marino, M Guijarro, C Hernando, J Madrigal… - Journal of Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Prescribed burning is commonly used to prevent accumulation of biomass in fire-prone
shrubland in NW Spain. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the efficacy of the …

[HTML][HTML] Modelo descriptivo de restauración ecológica en zonas afectadas por incendios forestales e invasión de retamo espinoso en los Cerros Orientales de Bogotá

K OCAMPO-ZULETA - Acta biológica colombiana, 2019 - scielo.org.co
Se presenta la trazabilidad del proceso de recuperación de los Bosques Altoandinos de los
Cerros Orientales afectados por incendios forestales y retamo espinoso, por medio de …