Abstract
Abstract The major portion of the fuel load in the savanna areas comprises surface fuels in the form of the standing grass sward. The disc pasture meter was successfully calibrated for estimating grass fuel loads in the main landscapes of the Kruger National Park. The calibration comprised estimating the mean disc height of a 4 m2 quadrat and harvesting the grass as close to ground level as possible. Using a large quadrat gave highly satisfactory results indicating that this procedure should be considered as a standard method of calibration, particularly in grass swards having a low basal cover.
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Claim · model-written summary
The disc pasture meter was successfully calibrated to estimate grass fuel loads in Kruger landscapes.
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e0“The disc pasture meter was successfully calibrated for estimating grass fuel loads in the main landscapes of the Kruger National Park.”
Claim · model-written summary
Using a large quadrat gave highly satisfactory calibration results, especially in grass swards with low basal cover.
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e0“Using a large quadrat gave highly satisfactory results indicating that this procedure should be considered as a standard method of calibration, particularly in grass swards having a low basal cover.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend the large-quadrat procedure as a standard calibration method.
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e0“this procedure should be considered as a standard method of calibration”
t0“grass fuel loads”