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Laboratory determination of factors influencing successful point ignition in the litter layer of shrubland vegetation

Matt P. Plucinski A B C and Wendy R. Anderson A
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A School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.

B Present address: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, PO Box E4008, Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: matt.plucinski@csiro.au

International Journal of Wildland Fire 17(5) 628-637 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF07046
Submitted: 26 February 2007  Accepted: 9 April 2008   Published: 3 October 2008



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