Fuel characteristics of arctic plant species and simulated plant community flammability by Rothermel's model

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Sylvester, T. W., Wein, Ross W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1981
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Empetrum nigrum; Eriophorum; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b81-125; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b81-125

The relative fuel-potentials of 12 northern tundra and forest–tundra ground species of the Mackenzie delta area were evaluated from measured fuel characteristics by simulating a test fire with the Rothermel (1972) fire behavior model. The relative importance of the fuel parameters were in decreasing...