[Establishment of standard forest fuel models for Fenglin Natural Reserve, Heilongjiang Province, China]

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2012 Jun;23(6):1503-10.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

From the viewpoint of forest fire behavior, and based on the key parameters of fuels, three standard forest fuel models for the forests differed significantly in fuel characteristics and local environmental conditions in Fenglin Natural Reserve were established by using hierarchical cluster analysis. The three models were FL-I, FL-II, and FL-III for the broadleaved-Korean pine forest, spruce-fir forest, and poplar-birch forest, the representative forest types in the Reserve, respectively. According to the forest structure and composition, land cover type, and horizontal and vertical continuity, the three models FL-I , FL-II, and FL-III were similar to the models C-5, C-2, and D-1 in Canada CFBPS fuel classification system, respectively. The forest ground features and the horizontal and vertical characteristics of the three models established in this paper could help the investigators to identify the fuel types in fuel inventory.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Conservation of Natural Resources*
  • Ecosystem*
  • Fires*
  • Forecasting
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Picea / growth & development
  • Pinus / growth & development
  • Plant Leaves
  • Populus / growth & development
  • Trees / growth & development*