Spot fires : Fuel bed flammability and ignition capability of firebrands 2
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Running head title: 1 Spot fires: Fuel bed flammability and ignition capability of firebrands 2 Anne Ganteaume ; Corinne Lampin-Maillet, Mercedes Guijarro, Carmen Hernando , Marielle Jappiot; 3 Teresa Fonturbel, Pedro Pérez-Gorostiaga and José A. Vega 4 5 : Cemagref UR EMAX, 3275 Route de Cézanne, CS 40061, 13182 Aix-en-Provence, France 6 : Centro de Investigación Forestal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, 7
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