Recent Crown Thinning in a Boreal Black Spruce Forest Does Not Reduce Spread Rate nor Total Fuel Consumption: Results from an Experimental Crown Fire in Alberta, Canada

Recent Crown Thinning in a Boreal Black Spruce Forest Does Not Reduce Spread Rate nor Total Fuel Consumption: Results from an Experimental Crown Fire in Alberta, Canada

A 3.6 ha experimental fire was conducted in a black spruce peatland forest that had undergone thinning the year prior. After 50 m of spread in a natural stand at 35–60 m min<sup>−1</sup>, the crown fire (43,000 kW m<sup>−1</sup> intensity using Byram’s method) encountered the...

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Main Authors: Dan K. Thompson, Dave Schroeder, Sophie L. Wilkinson, Quinn Barber, Greg Baxter, Hilary Cameron, Rex Hsieh, Ginny Marshall, Brett Moore, Razim Refai, Chris Rodell, Tom Schiks, Gregory J. Verkaik, Jessica Zerb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Fire
Subjects:
fire behaviour
boreal
crown fire
fuel treatment
thinning
black spruce
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/3/28

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