Fuel Model Selection for BEHAVE
in Midwestern Oak Savannas

Tables

Table 1. A review of the fuel models used in BEHAVE (Andrew 1986) and related research.
Fuel model	Typical complex	Fuel loading (ton/ac)				Fuel bed depth (ft)	Pertinent studies
Fuel model	Typical complex	1 hr	10 hr	100 hr	Live	Fuel bed depth (ft)	Pertinent studies
Grass and grass-dominated
1	Short (1 ft) grass	0.74				1.0	This study
2	Timber	2.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1.0	This study
3	Tall (>2.5 ft) grass	3.01				2.5	This study
Chapparral and shrub fields
4	Chapparral (6 ft)	5.01	4.01	2.00	5.01	6.0
5	Brush (2 ft)	1.00	0.50		2.00	2.0
6	Dormant brush, hardwood slash	1.50	2.50	2.00		2.5
7	Southern rough	1.13	1.87	1.50	0.37	2.5	Hough and Albini 1978
Timber litter
8	Closed timber litter	1.50	1.00	2.50		.2
9	Hardwood litter	2.92	0.41	0.15		.2	This study
10	Timber (litter and understory)	3.01	2.00	5.01	2.00	1.0
Slash
11	Light logging slash	1.50	4.51	5.51		1.0
12	Medium logging slash	4.01	14.03	16.53		2.3
13	Heavy logging slash	7.01	23.04	28.05		3.0
This study
	Missouri oak savannas	3.21	0.40	1.24			Included for comparisons (Grabner et al. 1997)

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