How do Tall Wet Eucalypt Forests Burn? Modelling fuels and fire behaviour in one of the world’s most complicated forests

Tall Wet Eucalypt Forests (TWEF) are one of the world’s most complex and unique forest types. A combination of eucalypts in the canopy, and rainforest and sclerophyllous vegetation in the understorey, results in a complex flammability profile. Hence fire behaviour in TWEF is poorly understood. This project seeks to characterise the fuels and fire regimes in Tasmanian TWEF and develop a conceptual framework for modelling fire behaviour in these forests.