The flammability of forest and woodland litter: a synthesis

JM Varner, JM Kane, JK Kreye, E Engber - Current Forestry Reports, 2015‏ - Springer
Fire behavior and effects in forests and woodlands are influenced by surface fuels and
senesced leaf litter in particular. We have known that species exhibit differential flammability …

Flammability features of native and non-native woody species from the southernmost ecosystems: a review

O Toy-Opazo, A Fuentes-Ramirez, V Palma-Soto… - Fire Ecology, 2024‏ - Springer
Background Vegetation plays a crucial role in the ignition, propagation, and severity of fire,
and understanding the relationship between plants and fire through flammability attributes …

Testing and classification of individual plants for fire behaviour: plant selection for the wildland–urban interface

RH White, WC Zipperer - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2010‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Knowledge of how species differ in their flammability characteristics is needed to develop
more reliable lists of plants recommended for landsca** homes in the wildland–urban …

A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species supports rankings based on expert opinion

SV Wyse, GLW Perry, DM O'Connell… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2016‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Fire is an important ecological disturbance in vegetated ecosystems across the globe, and
also has considerable impacts on human infrastructure. Vegetation flammability is a key …

The burning characteristics of southeastern oaks: discriminating fire facilitators from fire impeders

JM Kane, JM Varner, JK Hiers - Forest Ecology and Management, 2008‏ - Elsevier
In southeastern pine–oak ecosystems, ecological restoration targets oaks for removal by
chemical, mechanical, burning, or combinations of treatments. Managers often pursue oak …

Plant flammability experiments offer limited insight into vegetation–fire dynamics interactions

PM Fernandes, MG Cruz - New Phytologist, 2012‏ - JSTOR
Flammability is the general ability of vegetation (fuel) to burn (Gill & Zylstra, 2005). The
concept of flammability can be narrowed down to distinct aspects of combustion as gauged …

Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits

MA Alam, SV Wyse, HL Buckley, GLW Perry… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Flammability is an important plant trait, relevant to plant function, wildfire behaviour and
plant evolution. However, systematic comparison of plant flammability across ecosystems …

Spot fires: fuel bed flammability and capability of firebrands to ignite fuel beds

A Ganteaume, C Lampin-Maillet… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2009‏ - CSIRO Publishing
A series of tests were conducted under laboratory conditions to assess, first, the capacity of
several fuel beds to be ignited by firebrands and to sustain a fire and, second, the capability …

Mountain pine beetle attack alters the chemistry and flammability of lodgepole pine foliage

WG Page, MJ Jenkins… - Canadian Journal of Forest …, 2012‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
During periods with epidemic mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins)
populations in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) forests …

Leaf traits predict global patterns in the structure and flammability of forest litter beds

JE Burton, JG Cawson, AI Filkov… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fallen plant material such as leaves, needles and branches form litter beds which strongly
influence fire ignition and spread. Traits of the dominant species influence litter flammability …