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http://dx.doi.org/10.5141/JEFB.2003.26.5.251

Strategy to Control Surface Fire using Vegetational Fire Breaks in Rangelands of Nilgiris, Southern India

Paulsamy, S. (Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts & Science College)
Kil, Bong-Seop (Division of Life Science, Wonkwang University)
Arumugasamy, K (Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts & Science College)
Padmathy, S. (Department of Botany, Nirmala College for Women)

Publication Information

The Korean Journal of Ecology / v.26, no.5, 2003 , pp. 251-254 More about this Journal

Abstract

To control the spread of surface fire in the rangelands and to check the entry of fire into forest systems from grassland patches, 26 evergreen / succulent species were selected and among them 3 shrubby species such as Berberis tintoria Lesch, Elaeagnus kologa Schlecht and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Wt. were screened for vegetational fire breaks on the basis of leaf moisture content and some other ecological characters. The fire trail experiments indicate that crossing of fire was checked by the fire belt size of 5 ${\times}$ 1.5m for all the three species. However, due to higher fire retardant capacity, the Ire belt of R. tomentosa was effective in comparison to other two species.

Keywords

Berberis tinctoria; Elaeagnus kologa; Nilgiris; Rhodomyrtus tomentosa; Southern India; Vegetational fire break;

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