Regional Distribution Characteristics of Forest Fuels in Conghua District of Guangzhou City
To provide suggestions for the management of forest fuel in the Conghua district of Guangzhou city,this study obtained the fuel load data of different regions in Conghua district by carrying out a special in-vestigation of fuel in the standard area of arbor forests,and analyzed the regional distribution characteristics of forest dead fuel and live fuel in Conghua district.The results showed that:(1)The total fuel load in Conghua district was 884.77×104 t,and the total fuel load per unit area was 65.75 t·hm-2.Among them,the total fuel load per unit area of Dalingshan Forest farm was the highest in Conghua district,which was 95.22 t·hm-2,and 1.5 times of the average value in the whole area.(2)The live fuel load in the Conghua district was mainly composed of the arbor,accounting for 85.51%of the total live fuel,which was much higher than that of other types,followed by bamboo forest,shrub and herb,which showed a descending pattern in spatial distribution.(3)The dead fuel load in Conghua district was mainly composed of litter,accounting for 67.02%of the total dead fuel load.The dead fuel load in Wenquan town,Liangkou town,Lvtian town,Taiping town and Aotou town was significantly higher than that in other areas(P<0.05).