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Table 4 Some forest fuels classification according to their leaf total shrinkage

From: Leaf shrinkage: a predictive indicator of the potential variation of the surface area-to-volume ratio according to the leaf moisture content

Shrinkage class	Species	Total shrinkage (%)
High shrinkage S > 65 %	P. pinea	85.89
High shrinkage S > 65 %	P. pinaster	74.49
Medium shrinkage 35 < S ≤ 65 %	C. albidus	55.26
	C. monspeliensis	49.55
	C. siliqua	46.63
	A. unedo	45.30
	V. tinus	44.60
	C. salviifolius	40.82
	C. crispus	39.92
Low shrinkage S ≤ 35 %	Q. suber	34.32
Low shrinkage S ≤ 35 %	Q. coccifera	34.17

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