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The authors show how live fuel moisture content in chaparral shrub species is highly variable. This brief offers new recommendations on how to best use live fuel moisture content as a measure of fire risk.
Pivovaroff, A.P., M.R. Sharifi, M. Witter, J.E. Keeley, and P.W. Rundel. 2019. The effect of ecophysiological traits on live fuel moisture content. Fire 2: 12pp. doi:10.3390/fire2020028
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