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The role of vegetation structure and fuel chemistry in excluding fire from forest patches in the fire-prone fynbos shrublands of South Africa
| Author: |
Van Wilgen, B.W.; Higgins, K.B.; Bellstedt, D.U. |
| Date: |
1990 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Ecology |
| Abstract: |
The physical and chemical make-up of fynbos favors fire. It is more flammable than
Chilean mattorral, but is less flammable than Californian chaparral or Australian
Eucalyptus woodlands due to lower crude fat contents and higher foliar moisture contents. Although narrow forest strips may be scorched by intense fires in adjacent fynbos, it seems unlikely that extensive forest patches would burn under the conditions usually selected for prescribed burning operations. |
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