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

被引：23

作者：

Thompson, Dan K. ^{[1
]}

Schroeder, Dave ^{[2
]}

Wilkinson, Sophie L. ^{[3
]}

Barber, Quinn ^{[1
]}

Baxter, Greg ^{[4
]}

Cameron, Hilary ^{[2
]}

Hsieh, Rex ^{[4
]}

Marshall, Ginny ^{[1
]}

Moore, Brett ^{[1
,2
]}

Refai, Razim ^{[4
]}

Rodell, Chris ^{[5
]}

Schiks, Tom ^{[6
]}

Verkaik, Gregory J. ^{[3
]}

Zerb, Jessica ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Nat Resources Canada, Northern Forestry Ctr, Canadian Forest Serv, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5, Canada

[2] Govt Alberta, Alberta Agr & Forestry, Wildfire Management Branch, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5, Canada

[3] McMaster Univ, Sch Geog & Earth Sci, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada

[4] FPInnovat Wildfire Operat Res Grp, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5, Canada

[5] Univ British Columbia, Dept Earth Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

[6] Univ Toronto, Dept Forestry, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada

来源：

FIRE-SWITZERLAND | 2020年 / 3卷 / 03期

关键词：

fire behaviour; boreal; crown fire; fuel treatment; thinning; black spruce; MOISTURE-CONTENT; ECOHYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EXPERT-JUDGMENT; ORGANIC LAYERS; BEHAVIOR; MODEL; VARIABILITY; INDEX; BURN;

D O I：

10.3390/fire3030028

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

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(-1), the crown fire (43,000 kW m(-1) intensity using Byram's method) encountered the 50% stem removal treatment; spread rates in the treatment were 50-60 m min(-1). Fuel consumption in the control (2.75 kg m(-2)) was comparable to the treatment (2.35 kg m(-2)). Proxy measurements of fire intensity using in-stand heat flux sensors as well as photogrammetric flame heights had detected intensity reductions to 30-40% of the control. Crown fuel load reductions (compensated by higher surface fuel load) appear to be the most significant contributor to the decline in intensity, despite drier surface fuels in the treatment. The burn depth of 5 cm in moss and organic soil did not differ between control and treatment. These observations point to the limited effectiveness (likely reductions in crown fire intensity but not spread rate) of stem removal in boreal black spruce fuel types with high stem density, low crown base height and high surface fuel load. The observed fire behaviour impacts differ from drier conifer forests across North America.

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