DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.035
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84892868520
论文题名: Fire behavior in masticated fuels: A review
作者: Kreye J.K. ; Brewer N.W. ; Morgan P. ; Varner J.M. ; Smith A.M.S. ; Hoffman C.M. ; Ottmar R.D.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2014
卷: 314 起始页码: 193
结束页码: 207
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Combustion
; Fire hazard
; Fuels heterogeneity
; Fuels management
; Fuels treatments
; Silviculture
Scopus关键词: Forest floors
; Fuels management
; Fuels treatment
; Long duration
; Silviculture
; Trees and shrubs
; Vegetation response
; Wildland urban interface
; Combustion
; Fire hazards
; Fires
; Forestry
; Mastication
; Fuels
; combustion
; fire behavior
; forest floor
; forest management
; heterogeneity
; laboratory method
; literature review
; long-term change
; prediction
; silviculture
; Combustion
; Fires
; Forestry
; Fuels
; United States
英文摘要: Mastication is an increasingly common fuels treatment that redistributes "ladder" fuels to the forest floor to reduce vertical fuel continuity, crown fire potential, and fireline intensity, but fuel models do not exist for predicting fire behavior in these fuel types. Recent fires burning in masticated fuels have behaved in unexpected and contradictory ways, likely because the shredded, compact fuel created when trees and shrubs are masticated contains irregularly shaped pieces in mixtures quite different from other woody fuels. We review fuels characteristics and fire behavior in masticated fuels across the United States. With insights from the few laboratory and field burning experiments conducted, we highlight the variation likely to occur across different ecosystems in which these treatments are being widely implemented. Masticated debris has a propensity to flame and smolder for long durations. Fuel variability and vegetation response will likely influence whether or not treatments reduce long-term fire hazard. We identify key science needs that will better elucidate fire behavior and effects in these treatments. With mastication widely applied in an expanding wildland-urban interface it is crucial to understand how such fuels burn. What we learn about combustion in these fuels will inform effective fuels management in these and other mixed fuels. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66129
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作者单位: Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Box 9681, Mississippi State, MS 39762, United States; Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, United States; Washington State Department of Natural Resources, 225 South Silke Road, Colville, WA 99114, United States; Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States; US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory, 400 North 34th St., Suite 201, Seattle, WA 98103, United States
Recommended Citation:
Kreye J.K.,Brewer N.W.,Morgan P.,et al. Fire behavior in masticated fuels: A review[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2014-01-01,314