Table 1 Fuel components in a 23 year-old stand of P. radiata pruned and thinned and subjected to fires of varying intensities.
From: The Characterization of Fires in Relation to Ecological Studies
|  | Fuel components (Mg ha−1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment | Plots (n) | Needles and twigs <0.062 cm | Twigs 0.63 to 2.54 cm | Branches 2.55 to 7.62 cm | Duff | Total | Total fuel consumed (%) |
Unburnt | 6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 38.3 | 0.0 |
Burnt | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
1 d after rain | 4 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 32.1 | 16.3 |
2 d after rain | 7 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 32.1 | 15.2 |
14 d after rain | 2 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 9.9 | 3.8 | 16.8 | 55.0 |
30 d after rain | 2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 80.6 |