Fire Effects and Fuel Management in Mediterranean Ecosystems in Spain1
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Doctor Ingeniero de Montes, ICONA Forest Fire Section, Madrid Spain. Abstract: Forest fuels in the Mediterranean ecosystems of Spain are characterized by generalized pyrophytism and large accumulations of woody shrub vegetation. The Forest Service prepared in 1978 a fuel management plan and a program of surveys including: A study on the vegetation's evolution in forests after fires; the experimental use of prescribed burning and grazing to reduce forest fuel accumulations; a study of the evolution of fuel accumulations in areas treated in 1976 and 1977 in Southern Spain; and a study of economics of slash chipping.
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