Acknowledgements
This research was carried out in the framework of the research contract
(CDL-CTTRI-88-ARH/2018 REF.-138-88-ARH/2018) of the first author, funded
by national funds (OE), through the Portuguese Foundation for Science
and Technology (FCT/MCTES), in the scope of the framework contract
foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law
57/2016, of August 29, changed by Law 57/2017, of July 19. Thanks are
also due for the financial support to CESAM (UID/AMB/50017/2019), to
FCT/MCTES through national funds, and the cofounding by the FEDER,
within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement and Compete 2020. USDA Forest
Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station provided some additional
funds for supplies and travel. We thank Jayme Seehafer and Susan Edinger
Marshall for their assistance in our lab analysis, Diane Sutherland,
Will Olsen, Drew Coe, Sergio Prats Fons and Pilar Alegre Espada for
their help with the field work. We also thank Will Olsen for an early
version of Fig. 1, and Pete Robichaud and Bob Brown for the use of the
simulator and associated supplies. We also thank CALFIRE and the BMDSF
staff for their cooperation at the field location.