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fuel dynamics, we can then develop standardized sampling methods that describe
fuels at their appropriate scales for quantifying reference conditions and select
biophysical layers that represent those ecological processes that most influence fuel
dynamics (Chap. 8). Spatial fuels databases containing all collected geo-referenced
field data that is appropriately scaled to each fuel component can then be created
so that spatially explicit fuels data can be accessible to everyone. Comprehensive,
robust, and flexible fuel classifications can then be developed from these data
(Chap. 7) that incorporate and account for the high variability in their design (Keane
2013 ). Categories in these new classifications can then be mapped using a fusion of
the technologies mentioned here and any new technologies developed in the future.
A new approach to fuels mapping is needed for enlightened fire management.
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