Quantifying fine fuel dynamics and structure in dry eucalypt forest ( Eucalyptus marginata) in Western Australia for fire management

• Published in: Forest ecology and management Vol. 262; no. 3; pp. 531 - 546
• Main Authors: Gould, James S., Lachlan McCaw, W., Phillip Cheney, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.08.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Eucalypt forest; Eucalyptus; Eucalyptus marginata; Fires; Forestry; Forests; Fuel; Fuel accumulation models; Fuels; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hazard rating; Hazards; Mathematical models; Project Vesta; Ratings; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; Visual; Visual assessment; Australia; Western Australia; Oceania; Australia, Western Australia; Eucalypt forest; Visual assessment; Fuel accumulation models; Hazard rating; Fuel; Project Vesta; Forests; Modeling; Accumulation; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Myrtaceae; Hardwood forest tree; Structure; Hazard; Quantitative analysis; Eucalyptus marginata; Dynamic characteristic; Visual observation; Forest ecology; Project; Forestry; Spermatophyta; Models; Fire management

► Fuel dynamics in two dry eucalypt forests with differing understorey structures. ► Hazard assessment of distinct fuel layers for wildland fire management. ► Different fuel models to describe fuel dynamics over time. ► Visual scores can describe fuel hazard changes similar to fuel load accumulation...