From: Simulating dynamic fire regime and vegetation change in a warming Siberia
Surface fuel type | Description | Speciesa | Age range (years) | Fire intensity-mortality threshold (kW m−1) | Key literature |
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C-2 | Young fire avoiders | ABSI, PIOB, PISI | 0–40 | 400 | (Alexander et al. 1991; Wirth 2005; Fryer 2014; Miquelajauregui et al. 2016) |
C-2 | Mature and old fire avoiders | ABSI, PIOB, PISI | 41–280 | 1500 | |
C-4 | Young fire resisters | LASP, PISY | 0–40 | 700 | (Ivanova et al. 2020; Kukavskaya et al. 2014; McRae et al. 2005; Wirth 2005) |
C-7 | Mature and old fire resisters | LASP, PISY | 41–300 | 5000 | |
D-1 | Young fire endurers | BESP, POTR | 0–30 | 200 | |
D-1 | Mature and old fire endurers | BESP, POTR | 31–120 | 700 | |
D-1 | Shrub fire endurers | ALFR, BENA, SASP | 0–120 | 400 | |
O-1a | Ground layer fire avoiders (wet-mesic) | Sphagnum moss | 0–220 | 1000 | (Kharuk et al. 2021; Kidnie et al. 2010; Volokitina et al., 2021) |
O-1b | Ground layer fire endurers (dry-mesic) | Grass and herbs | 0–200 | 100 |