Comparative growth analysis of tropical forest and savanna woody plants using phylogenetically independent contrasts

By W. Hoffmann, A. Franco. 2003

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: a savanna/forest contrast (2013, background): “However, few studies other than Hoffmann and Franco (2003) and Hoffmann et al.(2009) have compared bark thickness among savanna and forest congen- © 2012 The Authors.”
Evidence for Adaptation to Fire Regimes in the Tropical Savannas of the Brazilian Cerrado (2012, background): “…that protect shoot apices from fire, and specialized phenological and reproductive strategies, including early maturity and fire-induced flowering (Eiten 1972; Sarmiento and Monasterio 1983; Coutinho 1990; Miranda et al. 2002; Hoffmann et al. 2003; Gottsberger and Silberbauer-Gottsberger 2006; fig.”
Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees (2003, background): “Species with low root : shoot ratios tend to exhibit greater growth rates (Kitajima 1994), so forest species may indeed grow faster than savanna species, though this was not observed for seedlings (Hoffmann & Franco 2003).”
On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta‐analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted (2016, background): “…Veneklaas, Santos Silva & den Ouden 2002; Bloor & Grubb 2003; C amara Zapata, Nieves & Cerd a 2003; Castro-D ıez, Montserrat-Mart ı & Cornelissen 2003; Hoffmann & Franco 2003; Kohyama et al. 2003; Wright et al. 2003, 2010; Dalling, Winter & Hubbell 2004; Muller-Landau 2004; Prior, Eamus & Bowman…”
Specific leaf area explains differences in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees (2005, background): “ Hoffmann & Franco (2003) did not find a difference between savanna and forest seedlings in response to nutrient availability; however, the levels of nutrient addition in that study appear to have been too low or too short (150 days) to elicit a strong growth response overall, making observation of”
Establishment and early persistence of tree seedlings in an annually burned savanna (2008, background): “Most savannas are intermingled with gallery forests that are of a completely different floristic composition than the savanna tree community (Gautier 1989; Meave & Kellman 1994; Hoffmann & Franco 2003; Hennenberg et al .”
Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically (2010, background): “Hoffmann et al. 2009) is because their diameter growth rates are slower than those of forest species. Regarding other differences between savanna and forest species, Hoffmann et al. (2003) showed greater size (height) at maturity for forest than for related savanna species.”
Seedling Traits Determine Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tree Species (2008, background): “1) (cf Hoffmann & Franco 2003), but not by a higher SLA (Table 1).”
Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary (2009, background): “Overall, savanna tree species invest more assimilate 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…”
Biomass partitioning and root morphology of savanna trees across a water gradient (2012, background): “…Trollope 2000) by accumulating growth reserves underground, beyond the reach of fires, from which they can develop new shoots after fire events (Raunkiaer 1934; Bell, Pate & Dixon 1996; Hoffmann & Franco 2003; Hoffmann, Orthen & Franco 2004; Schutz, Bond & Cramer 2009; Wigley, Cramer & Bond 2009).”