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Controlled burning as an active method of protecting heathlands – methodology of the procedure Cover

Controlled burning as an active method of protecting heathlands – methodology of the procedure

Folia Forestalia Polonica
Volume 67 (2025): Issue 4 (December 2025)
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|Dec 2025
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Line burning (source: Forest Research Institute)

Figure 2.

Comb burning (source: Forest Research Institute)

Figure 3.

Point burning (source: Forest Research Institute)

– air temperature0–15°C,
– relative air humidity30–50%,
– average wind speedup to 5 m/s,
– days without precipitation before controlled burning3–5,
– ground moisture content50–100%,
– moisture content of combustible material up to 15%.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2025-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
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Language: English
Page range: 313 - 321
Submitted on: Sep 2, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2025
Published on: Dec 12, 2025
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Forest Sciences and Wood Technology and Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
controlled burning,
heathland,
wildfire
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science

© 2025 Ryszard Szczygieł, Łukasz Tyburski, Mirosław Kwiatkowski, Damian Czubak, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Forest Sciences and Wood Technology and Forest Research Institute
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