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Nothofagus antarctica
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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): 15”
FLAMITS record 664.
“ignition frequency (%): 63.77”
FLAMITS record 670.
“burning duration (s): 12.6”
FLAMITS record 676; 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): 15”
FLAMITS record 687.
“flammability value: 2.5”
FLAMITS record 723.
“ignition frequency (%): 63.77”
FLAMITS record 741.
“burning duration (s): 12.6”
FLAMITS record 705; Sustainability measurement.
Primary study Blackhall2012: Blackhall, M., Raffaele, E., & Veblen, T.T. (2012). Is foliar flammability of woody species related to time since fire and herbivory in northwest Patagonia, Argentina? Journal of Vegetation Science, 23, 931-941.
“time to flaming (s): 2.2”
FLAMITS record 761.
“time to flaming (s): 1.74”
FLAMITS record 762.
“time to flaming (s): 2.41”
FLAMITS record 763.
“time to flaming (s): 2.08”
FLAMITS record 764.
“burning duration (s): 9.04”
FLAMITS record 785.
“burning duration (s): 7.86”
FLAMITS record 786.
“burning duration (s): 10.39”
FLAMITS record 787.
“burning duration (s): 8.44”
FLAMITS record 788.
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): 25.2”
FLAMITS record 821.
“ignition frequency (%): 50”
FLAMITS record 914.
“maximum sample temperature (°C): 278”
FLAMITS record 852.
“heat released per mass (°C s/g): 2066”
FLAMITS record 945.
“flaming duration (s): 30.3”
FLAMITS record 883; Sustainability measurement.
“calorific value (kcal/kg): 6257.4”
FLAMITS record 1301; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Cobar2014-1; sampling autumn. Primary study Cobar2014: Cóbar-Carranza, A. J., García, R. A., Pauchard, A., & Pena, E. (2014). Effect of Pinus contorta invasion on forest fuel properties and its potential implications on the fire regime of Araucaria araucana and Nothofagus antarctica forests. Biological Invasions, 16, 2273-2291.
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”
FLAMITS record 4022; Ignitability measurement.
“flaming duration (s): 22”
FLAMITS record 4032; Sustainability measurement.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 251.85”
FLAMITS record 4035.
“heat released per mass (°C s/g): 1914”
FLAMITS record 4043.
