How Succession Affects Fire Behavior in Boreal Black Spruce Forest of Interior Alaska.

摘要

This report summarizes research funded by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) that assessed the relationship between stand age and fire behavior in the black spruce forest type of interior Alaska. Forest canopy and substrate data were collected from 21 sites representing a time sequence of stand age ranging from two to 227 years. These data were used in fire behavior prediction models to estimate flammability for three weather scenarios.