Wildland Fuel Fundamentals and Applications

• Main Author: Keane, Robert E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Landscape ecology.; Conservation biology.; Forestry.; Environmental management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

Wildland fuels are a critical factor in fire management because they are the one factor that managers can control.  However, fuels have always been defined, described, and quantified in the context of inputs to fire behavior models.  Wildland fuel science was always considered part of fire behavior...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Fuel Fundamentals
• 3. Surface and Ground Fuels
• 4. Canopy fuels
• 5. Fuel Moisture
• 6. Fuel Ecology
• 7. Fuel Classifications
• 8. Fuel Sampling.- 9. Fuel Mapping
• 10. Fuel Concepts.