Table 8 Intensity values (kW m−1) of head- and back-fires for all plots from the seasonal fire intensity field study conducted in Mali, West Africa, from 2014 to 2016 (Mali), and those from Trollop et al. (2002) for the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (South Africa)
From: Determinants of fire intensity in working landscapes of an African savanna
Location | Fire type | n | Intensity (kW m−1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Minimum | Maximum | |||
Mali | Head-fire | 47 | 342.3 ± 259 | 46.6 | 829.6 |
Back-fire | 50 | 120.4 ± 72 | 10.8 | 460.3 | |
South Africa | Head-fire | 10 | 1359 ± 327 | 338 | 3557 |
Back-fire | 9 | 194 ± 18 | 87 | 268 | |