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PREDICTING CANOPY FUEL CHARACTERISTICS IN Pinus brutia Ten., Pinus nigra Arnold AND Pinus pinaster Ait. FORESTS FROM STAND VARIABLES IN NORTH-WESTERN TURKEY      
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Ömer KÜÇÜK Prof. Dr. Ömer KÜÇÜK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Merih Göltaş
Türkiye
Tufan Demirel
Türkiye
Ioannis Mitsopoulos
Ertuğrul Bilgili
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Canopy fuel characteristics play an important role in crown fire behaviour in conifer forests. In this study, the canopy fuel characteristics of Calabrian pine, Anatolian Black pine and Maritime pine stands in Turkey are estimated using forest stand parameters. Sets of equations are fitted to the measured data revealing correlations between canopy fuel characteristics and stand parameters by performing a stepwise multiple regression analysis. At the stand level, the resulting models explain a high percentage of the observed variability. The developed equations can be used by forest and fire managers to estimate canopy fuel characteristics, predict crown-fire behaviour and design fuel treatment projects in Turkey.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Forest fires | Fuel characteristics | Regression models | Stand variables
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Dergi ISSN 1582-9596
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2021
Cilt No 20
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 309 / 318
Doi Numarası 10.30638/eemj.2021.031
Makale Linki http://www.eemj.icpm.tuiasi.ro/pdfs/vol20/no2/15_20_Kucuk_20.pdf