The art and science of fire management.

作者：Martin E. Alexander, Gordon Bisgrove · 年份：1990 · 被引用次数：17 · 研究领域：Fire effects on ecosystems、Forest ecology and management、Forest Biomass Utilization and Management

This videotape production (1987, 18 min) offers an overview of the co-operative experimental burning project being conducted at Big Fish Lake in northcentral Alberta since 1984 by Forestry Canada and the Alberta Forest Service (AFS) (Ascher 1987). The project study area is located within the Footner Lake Forest , 100 km northeast of the local AFS headquarters in High Level , Alberta. The research objectives are directed at strengthening the empirical data base associated with the quantitative prediction of fire behavior in the black spruce-Labrador tea-cladonia fuel type of western and northern Canada. The footage focuses on the documentation undertaken by Forestry Canada fire research team prior to, during, and following each experimental fire on plots ranging in size from 0.1 to 1.0 ha. This includes preand post-burn fuel assessments (i.e ., forest floor , downed-dead roundwood, shrubs, and tree crowns), vegetation inventory, fuel moisture sampling, fire weather observations, rate of spread monitoring, and depth-of-burn measurements. This video documentary offers a general introduction to a specific regional example of Forestry Canada fire behavior research associated with the development of the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System and is suitable for viewing by a wide variety of audiences. As pointed out in the presentation, the Big Fish Lake Experimental Burning Project ... shows the gains that can be made when fire researchers and fire managers collaborate in produc...