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From the summary ... 'This report describes some effects of a wild fire on a 61/2-year old plantation of P. elliottii Engelmann and P. taeda L., evident ten years after the fire*s occurrence. Survival percentages for both species for a number of fire-damage classes are presented and P. elliottii is shown to have survived the fire remarkably well. Detailed growth analysis carried out on stems of P. elliottii failed to produce evidence that the growth rate of the surviving trees has been depressed by the intensity of the fire. Fire-caused defect is shown to be common in stems of P. taeda, regardless of fire intensity, while for P. elliottii only some of the stems which were most savagely burnt showed presence of internal defect. The feasibility of control burning under P. elliottii without causing excessive leaf scorch is demonstrated.'
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- Australia
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire intensity
- fire management
- fuel types
- leaves
- litter
- mortality
- New South Wales
- pine forests
- Pinus elliottii
- Pinus taeda
- plant growth
- plantations
- post fire recovery
- rate of spread
- scorch
- statistical analysis
- trees
- weather observations
- wildfires
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