Research Article
Wildland Fire Behaviour Case Studies and Fuel Models for Landscape-Scale Fire Modeling
Table 1
The main fuel complexes identified for Corsican Island.
| | Fuel type name | ID | Description |
| | Alpine land | 1 | Land of grass above forestry vegetation | | Mountain land | 2 | Land of shrubs smaller than 0.6 m | | Pine land 1 | 3 | Pinus laricio stand with understorey <2 m | | Pine land 2 | 4 | Pinus laricio stand with low understorey | | Pine land 3 | 5 | Closed Pinus pinaster stand with understorey >2 m | | Shrubland 1 | 6 | Open Pinus pinaster stand with maquis <2 m | | Oak land 1 | 7 | Closed Quercus suber stand with maquis >2 m | | Shrubland 2 | 8 | Open Quercus suber stand with maquis <2 m | | Oak land 2 | 9 | Closed Quercus ilex stand with maquis >2 m | | Shrubland 3 | 10 | Open Quercus ilex stand with maquis <2 m | | Shrubland 4 | 11 | Maquis with shrubs from 0.6 m to 4 m | | Grassland | 12 | Herbaceous and pasture | | Urban area | 13 | Urban area |
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