[HTML][HTML] Tree species flammability based on plant traits: A synthesis

Z Popović, S Bojović, M Marković, A Cerdà - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The occurrence of large and recurring forest fires has long been associated with fire-prone
environments, but this perception has been shifted rapidly in recent decades as Earths' …

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 …

[كتاب][B] Flammable Australia: the fire regimes and biodiversity of a continent

RA Bradstock, JE Williams, MA Gill - 2002‏ - books.google.com
Fire is pivotal to the functioning of ecosystems in Australia, affecting the distribution and
abundance of the continent's unique and highly diverse range of plants and animals …

Environmental drivers and spatial prediction of forest fires in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India: An ensemble machine learning approach

KN Babu, R Gour, K Ayushi, N Ayyappan… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In ecologically sensitive areas like the Western Ghats, fire is largely considered to be the
most significant management concern. Therefore, identifying and predicting the fire …

Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna–forest boundaries

WA Hoffmann, SY Jaconis, KL Mckinley… - Austral …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The higher flammability of tropical savanna, compared with forest, plays a critical role in
mediating vegetation‐environment feedbacks, alternate stable states, and ultimately, the …

[HTML][HTML] Combustion dynamics of large-scale wildfires

N Liu, J Lei, W Gao, H Chen, X **e - Proceedings of the Combustion …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A fact often overlooked is that large-scale wildfires, although occurring infrequently, are
responsible for the overwhelming majority of fire-related suppression costs, economic …

Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience

M Tomé, MH Almeida, S Barreiro, MR Branco… - European journal of …, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract Although native to Australia, Eucalyptus species are found throughout Europe. At
present, they are located mainly in the Iberian Peninsula and Eucalyptus globulus is the …

Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species

S Grootemaat, IJ Wright, PM van Bodegom… - Functional …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
In fireprone ecosystems, two important alternative fates for leaves are burning in a wildfire
(when alive or as litter) or they get consumed (as litter) by decomposers. The influence of …

Fuel, fire weather and fire behaviour in Australian ecosystems

AL Sullivan, WL McCaw, MG Cruz… - … and ecosystems in a …, 2012‏ - books.google.com
It is difficult to understand the ecological impact of fire without sound knowledge of the range
of fire behaviour that can occur in a given ecosystem. The rate of energy release, flame …

Drivers of long-distance spotting during wildfires in south-eastern Australia

MA Storey, OF Price, JJ Sharples… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - CSIRO Publishing
We analysed the influence of wildfire area, topography, fuel, surface weather and upper-
level weather conditions on long-distance spotting during wildfires. The analysis was based …