Increasing radiant heat flux affects leaf flammability patterns in plant species of eastern Australian fire-prone woodlands

Autor: Megan Murray, Brad Murray, Dan Krix
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany)REFERENCES. 24(2)
ISSN: 1438-8677
Popis: Leaf flammability is a functional trait that can vary widely among plant species. At present, however, the effects that increasing radiant heat flux have on variation in leaf flammability among species are not well understood. Yet, such effects could have important implications for wildfire models that take into account species' differences in flammability. We examined how five leaf flammability attributes spanning ignitibility (times to incandescence and flaming), sustainability (incandescence and flame durations) and combustibility (proportion of leaves entering flaming combustion) responded to increasing radiant heat fluxes (29.6 to 96.6 kWm
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