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Fire Ecology

Table 2 Details of forest structure and fuel composition data collection for the different protocols used.

From: Effect of Fuel Treatments on Fuels and Potential Fire Behavior in California, USA, National Forests

 

Pre-2003

2003–2006 (detailed)

2003–2006 (rapid)

Tree data1

yes

yes

no

Canopy cover transects/points

2/100

1/50

0/0

Shrub transects

2

1

1

Herbaceous plant transects/quadrats

2/10

1/5

1/5

Fuel transects

4

2

2

  1. 1 Tree data include circular nested plots for overstory (0.1 ha), pole-sized (0.025 ha), and seedlings (0.005 ha).
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