Natural disturbances play a key role in ecosystem dynamics and are important factors for
sustainable forest ecosystem management. Quantitative models are frequently employed to …

This state-of-knowledge review examines some of the underlying assumptions and
limitations associated with the inter-relationships among four widely used descriptors of …

A shrubland fire behaviour dataset was assembled using data from experimental studies in
Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South Africa. The dataset covers a wide range of …

Forest fires are a serious management challenge in many regions, complicating the
appropriate allocation to suppression and prevention efforts. Using a System Dynamics (SD) …

The degree of accuracy in model predictions of rate of spread in wildland fires is dependent
on the model's applicability to a given situation, the validity of the model's relationships, and …

Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and
grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and …

The assumption that increased wildfire incidence in the Mediterranean Basin during the last
decades is an outcome of changes in land use warrants an objective analysis. In this study …

Reliable and accurate models of the speed of a wildfire front as it moves across the
landscape are essential for the timely prediction of its propagation, to devise suitable …

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 …

Prescribed burning as a fuel treatment seeks to moderate wildfire impacts and decreases
the areal extent of wildfires by increasing the effectiveness of fire suppression. Assessment …