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Table III
Stand, fuel and fire hazard descriptors by structural forest type (mean ± std. dev.).
| Understorey | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Crown cover (%) | Stand height (m) | Crown base height (m) | WAF | |||
| height (m) | cover (%) | ||||||
| CL | 60 ± 18 ab | 6.0 ± 0.4 a | 2.9 ± 0.7 a | 0.15 ± 0.02 a | 1.1 ± 0.2 a | 49 ± 12 a | |
| CT | 84 ± 10 a | 9.8 ± 2.0 b | 5.3 ± 0.9 b | 0.12 ± 0.01 a | 0.9 ± 0.3 ab | 24 ± 9 b | |
| OL | 22 ± 10 c | 5.8 ± 0.7 a | 3.0 ± 1.1 a | 0.35 ± 0.09 b | 0.8 ± 0.1 b | 19 ± 10 b | |
| OT | 44 ± 10 bc | 10.4 ± 1.9 b | 6.3 ± 0.8 b | 0.16 ± 0.02 a | 0.6 ± 0.1 b | 9 ± 4 b | |
| Fine fuel | Fire hazard score | ||||||
| Type | Fuel depth (cm) | ||||||
| Load (t ha−1) | Dead fraction | Spread | Intensity | Crowning | |||
| CL | 8.5 ± 3.1 a | 0.49 ± 0.09 a | 51 ± 11 a | 38 ± 6 a | 54 ± 23 a | 88 ± 10 a | |
| CT | 6.6 ± 3.0 ab | 0.70 ± 0.04 b | 27 ± 9 bc | 20 ± 8 a | 30 ± 17 ab | 22 ± 25 b | |
| OL | 2.7 ± 0.8 b | 0.48 ± 0.11 a | 44 ± 8 ab | 85 ± 11 b | 48 ± 15 ab | 80 ± 11 a | |
| OT | 2.8 ± 1.6 b | 0.77 ± 0.07 b | 21 ± 14 c | 28 ± 23 a | 14 ± 6 b | 0 ± 0 b | |