The Role of Fire in Population Dynamics of Woody Plants

By W. Hoffmann, A. Moreira. 2003

167 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Franco
2. Valério D. Pillar
3. W. Hoffmann
4. J. Pfadenhauer

In Global and Planetary Change

1. A. Franco
2. W. Hoffmann
3. Davi Rodrigo Rossatto
4. Paula Kielse Vargas do Nascimento
5. B. Orthen
6. Valério D. Pillar
7. J. Pfadenhauer
8. W. Bond

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. A. Franco
2. Davi Rodrigo Rossatto
3. W. Hoffmann
4. Paula Kielse Vargas do Nascimento
5. B. Orthen
6. Valério D. Pillar
7. J. Pfadenhauer
8. W. Bond

Citations in the corpus

• Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna (2010, unknown): “Bird dispersal may be crucial for long-term survival of metapopulations of Xylopia facing large-scale fires or frost, and habitat fragmentation (all of which are common in the cerrado; see Silberbauer-Gottsberger, Morawetz & Gottsberger 1977; Hoffmann & Moreira 2002; Oliveira-Filho & Ratter 2002).”
• Seed predators limit plant recruitment in Neotropical savannas (2011, unknown): “…structuring plant populations and communities in African and Asian savannas (Cumming 1982, Augustine and McNaughton 1998), fi re, soil chemistry, and other physical factors are thought to be the primary drivers of vegetation dynamics in the Cerrado (Hoff mann and Moreira 2002, Ruggiero et al. 2002).”
• Brazil's neglected biome: The South Brazilian Campos (2007, background): “In Brazilian Cerrado, protection from fire leads to shifts in vegetation physiognomies to more closed forms (Hoffmann and Moreira, 2002; Miranda et al., 2002).”
• Comparative growth analysis of tropical forest and savanna woody plants using phylogenetically independent contrasts (2003, background): “Forest species are more sensitive to fire than savanna species (Hoffmann & Moreira 2002), so savanna fires kill forest species establishing in the savanna environment (Hoffmann 2000) and degrade the forest edge.”
• Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary (2009, background): “…to roots and reserves (Castro & Kauffman 1998; Paulilo & Felippe 1998; Hoffmann & Franco 2003; Franco 2004), allowing savanna species to buffer the effects of seasonal changes in water availability (Franco et al. 2005) and to resprout after fire (Hoffmann & Moreira 2002, Hoffmann et al. 2003).”
• Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees (2003, background): “As seedlings, the root : shoot ratio of savanna species averages 82% greater than forest species (Hoffmann & Franco 2003), probably explaining the greater fire tolerance of savanna species (Hoffmann & Moreira 2002).”
• A conservação do Cerrado brasileiro (2005, unknown): “Apesar de avanços recentes na pesquisa científica (Oliveira & Marquis, 2002), seu impacto ainda tem sido modesto na tomada de decisões, em parte pela inexistência de uma pesquisa mais orientada para a resolução de problemas, e em parte pela ausência de um programa regional de prioridades em…”