Journal article
Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture and bulk density on depth of burning of thick organic soils
Abstract
The boreal biome is characterised by extensive wildfires that frequently burn into the thick organic soils found in many forests and wetlands. Previous studies investigating surface fuel consumption generally have not accounted for variation in the properties of organic soils or how this affects the severity of fuel consumption. We experimentally altered soil moisture profiles of peat monoliths collected from several vegetation types common in …
Authors
Benscoter BW; Thompson DK; Waddington JM; Flannigan MD; Wotton BM; de Groot WJ; Turetsky MR
Journal
International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 418–429
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Publication Date
May 5, 2011
DOI
10.1071/wf08183
ISSN
1049-8001