Estimation of the Fuel Load Present in the El Hacha Sector of the Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rica
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2022 |
| Descripción: | The Guanacaste Conservation Area (GCA) in Costa Rica, has a sector called El Hacha, where certain spots are vulnerable to forest fires, mainly due to anthropogenic causes. These sites present a savannah ecosystem, where two work areas were selected for the purpose of this research: one affected and the other unaffected by fire. The predominant tree vegetation in these areas is the nance (Byrsonima crassifolia) with a total of 22 individuals and raspaguacal (Curatella americana) with 131 individuals, while the rest corresponds to herbaceous graminoids (HG). The HG reach a degree of coverage of 95, 4 % in the unburned site, while in the burned site, bare soil predominates by 79,0 %. Regarding physicochemical properties, it is observed that the highest calorific value is possessed by raspaguacal with 17, 2 ± 0, 6 KJ g-1, followed by nance and HG. In contrast, the HG have the greatest capacity to lose moisture. They spread the flames at a lower speed, both horizontally and vertically, but for a longer period and with a low level of opacity, compared to the tree components. The estimated fuel load of both sites corresponds to 9149 MJ m-2 in the unaffected site and 1650 MJ m-2 in the site affected by the fire, being HG the greatest fire contribution factor in the El Hacha sector. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Institución: | Universidad Estatal a Distancia |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/4289 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/biocenosis/article/view/4289 |
| Palabra clave: | fuel load forest fires savannas vegetation density physicochemical properties carga de combustible incendios forestales sabanas vegetación densidad propiedades fisicoquímicas |