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FORESTS AND THE COMMUNITY |
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| Authors: | COLIN ALMOND |
| Institution: | 1. Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., Research Laboratories , Roseville , N.S.W.;2. Division of Physical Chemistry, Chemical Research Laboratories , C.S.I.R.O. , Melbourne , Victoria |
| Abstract: | The main functions of water in firefighting are outlined in this report and an additive which improves its usefulness is described; the effect of the additive is to reduce the rate of evaporation in normal atmospheric conditions, without materially decreasing evaporation when the water contacts burning material. |
| Keywords: | silviculture regrowth thinning fertilizers fire growth increment leaf area Eucalyptus marginata Western Australia |