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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Martin E. Alexander; Miguel G. Cruz
Publication Date: 2014

Tables have been constructed for use in making quick estimates of canopy base height, canopy fuel load, and canopy bulk density from visual observations or field measurements of stand height, basal area, and stand density for pure stands of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco), and a mixed conifer type found in the US interior west. These canopy fuel characteristics are needed for assessing crown fire potential in such fuel complexes. The tabulated values are based on previously published regression equations that have undergone performance evaluations. Both English and metric unit versions of the canopy fuel characteristics tables are presented.

Citation: Alexander, Martin E.; Cruz, Miguel G. 2014. Tables for estimating canopy fuel characteristics from stand variables in four interior west conifer forest types. Forest Science 60(4):784-794.

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Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fuels    Models
Regions:
California    Great Basin    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southwest    International
Partner Sites:
Applied Fire Behavior
Keywords:
  • basal area
  • BehavePlus
  • canopy base height
  • canopy fuel load
  • CBD - canopy bulk density
  • CFIS - Crown Fire Initiation and Spread System
  • cover type
  • crown fire potential
  • crown fires
  • Douglas-fir
  • fire management
  • forest management
  • fuel loading
  • fuel management
  • lodgepole pine
  • mixed conifer forests
  • NEXUS
  • Oregon
  • overstory
  • Pinus contorta
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • ponderosa pine
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii
  • stand characteristics
  • stand density
  • stand height
  • stand structure
  • surface fires
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 29906 • Location Status: Not in file • Call Number: Available • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
JFSP Project Number(s):
  • 09-S-03-1
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 17791

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