Table 3 Mean fuel consumption (Mg ha⁻¹ with SD in parentheses) under fixed environmental conditions or measured plots, and as modeled by LANDFIRE-FCCS and LANDFIRE-FLM, using FOFEM and Consume. Asterisks indicate statistically significant difference relative to estimates based on measured loading at the P < 0.05 significance level.

Duff

6.98 (6.84)

20.64 (11.66)*

5.35 (8.38)

3.36 (6.48)

5.67 (8.48)

2.31(10.83)

Litter

5.83 (4.16)

4.14 (1.21)*

3.68 (3.23)*

4.45 (3.98)

3.11 (1.66)*

2.32 (1.71)*

1 h

0.65 (0.49)

0.76 (0.44)

0.49 (0.29)*

0.65 (0.49)

0.75 (0.44)

0.49 (0.29)*

10 h

2.58 (2.19)

1.77 (1.17)*

1.62 (1.19)*

2.24 (1.89)

1.53 (1.00)*

1.44 (0.98)*

100 h

4.56 (5.29)

2.32 (3.46)*

1.47 (1.25)*

3.93 (4.06)

1.84 (2.70)*

1.55 (1.30)*

CWD

10.59 (16.88)

8.60 (10.84)

0.53 (0.67)*

17.06 (19.41)

14.20 (14.17)

1.84 (1.56)*

Herb

0.45 (0.28)

0.66 (0.61)*

0.70 (0.70)*

0.42 (0.26)

0.61 (0.57)*

0.64 (0.65)*

Shrub

0.70 (1.85)

0.99 (1.20)

1.99 (5.87)

1.02 (2.88)

1.41 (1.74)

3.10 (9.48)

Total fuel

32.35 (25.46)

39.89 (23.40)

15.83 (14.30)

33.12 (25.90)

29.13 (18.61)

13.69 (16.08)*