Morphological correlates of fire-induced tree mortality in a central Amazonian forest

By Jos Barlow, Bernard O. Lagan, C. A. Peres. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2003

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Effects of Single and Recurrent Wildfires on Fruit Production and Large Vertebrate Abundance in a Central Amazonian Forest (2006, background): “For example, measurements from eight 0.25 ha unburnt forest plots where tree morphology was examined (see Barlow et al. 2003) showed that buttresses were common in both families (accounting for 83 and 62% of stems £ 10 cm DBH in Burseraceae and Sapotaceae, respectively, as opposed to 41% for the…”
Disturbance‐Mediated Drift in Tree Functional Groups in Amazonian Forest Fragments (2007, background): “Conversely, latex and resins may exacerbate tree mortality by increasing bark flammability as many resins produced by Protium and Hymenae trees are flammable (Barlow et al. 2003).”
Growth and wood density predict tree mortality in Amazon forests (2008, background): “Lieberman & Lieberman 1987; Swaine et al. 1987; Carey et al. 1994; Korning & Balslev 1994), a single census ( Barlow et al. 2003 ), or use discrete species functional groups (Vanclay 1990; Davies 2001).”
Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed? (2009, unknown): “However bark from some species (e.g., some Eucalyptus sp.) is highly flammable, reflect- r 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Global Change Biology, 15, 2431–2449 ing a loose dry structure or the presence of resins (Barlow et al., 2003).”
How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness (2011, background): “They do this by having thick bark, which in turn can be achieved by either growing tall or by growing a thicker stem (Gill and Ashton 1968, McArthur 1968, Gill 1995, Hegde et al. 1998, Barlow et al. 2003, Jones et al. 2006, Prior et al. 2010).”
Abrupt increases in Amazonian tree mortality due to drought–fire interactions (2014, methodology): “In addition to frontal fire intensity, we measured char heights on all sampled trees as a proxy for intensity because char height typically correlates positively with tree mortality (28).”
Drought, fire and tree survival in a Borneo rain forest, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (2005, background): “A contrasting pattern in which larger trees show a higher delayed mortality than small trees has recently been noted in Amazonia and attributed to the greater endurance of larger trees (Barlow et al. 2003).”