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Austrocedrus chilensis
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
Primary study Bianchi2015: Bianchi, L. O., & Defossé, G. E. (2015). Live fuel moisture content and leaf ignition of forest species in Andean Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24, 340-348.
“time to flaming (s): 23.3”
FLAMITS record 666.
“ignition frequency (%): 50.89”
FLAMITS record 672.
“burning duration (s): 7.5”
FLAMITS record 678; Sustainability measurement.
Primary study Bianchi2019: Bianchi, L. O., Oddi, F .J., Muñoz, M., & Defossé, G. E. (2019). Comparison of leaf moisture content and ignition characteristics among native species and exotic conifers in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Forest Science, 65, 375-386.
“time to flaming (s): 12.2”
FLAMITS record 691.
“flammability value: 1.9”
FLAMITS record 727.
“ignition frequency (%): 50.89”
FLAMITS record 745.
“burning duration (s): 7.5”
FLAMITS record 709; Sustainability measurement.
Primary study Blackhall2019: Blackhall, M., & Raffaele, E. (2019). Flammability of Patagonian invaders and natives: When exotic plant species affect live fine fuel ignitability in wildland-urban interfaces. Landscape and Urban Planning, 189, 1-10.
“time to flaming (s): 38.3”
FLAMITS record 803.
“ignition frequency (%): 50”
FLAMITS record 896.
“maximum sample temperature (°C): 235”
FLAMITS record 834.
“heat released per mass (°C s/g): 1805”
FLAMITS record 927.
“flaming duration (s): 30”
FLAMITS record 865; Sustainability measurement.
Primary study Gowda2021: Gowda, J. H., Blackhall, M., Shipley, L., Kitzberger, T., & Tiribelli, F. (2022). Are digestibility and flammability related? Two variables shaping landscape dynamics of Northwestern Patagonian forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 503, 119810.
“time to flaming (s): 33.5”
FLAMITS record 4023; Ignitability measurement.
“flaming duration (s): 24”
FLAMITS record 4031; Sustainability measurement.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 223.75”
FLAMITS record 4038.
“heat released per mass (°C s/g): 1326”
FLAMITS record 4046.
