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Spot fires: fuel bed flammability and capability of firebrands to ignite fuel beds

Anne Ganteaume A D , Corinne Lampin-Maillet A , Mercedes Guijarro B , Carmen Hernando B , Marielle Jappiot A , Teresa Fonturbel C , Pedro Pérez-Gorostiaga C and José A. Vega C
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A Cemagref UR EMAX, 3275 Route de Cézanne, CS 40061, F-13182 Aix-en-Provence, France.

B Centro de Investigación Forestal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Ctra de La Coruña km 7, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.

C Departamento de Protección Ambiental, Centro de Investigación Forestal de Lourizán, Xunta de Galicia, E-36080 Pontevedra, Spain.

D Corresponding author. Email: anne.ganteaume@cemagref.fr

International Journal of Wildland Fire 18(8) 951-969 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF07111
Submitted: 6 August 2007  Accepted: 24 March 2009   Published: 9 December 2009



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