Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees

By W. Hoffmann, B. Orthen, Paula Kielse Vargas do Nascimento. 2003

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness (2011, background): “The latter is clearly illustrated in the Brazilian cerrado by greater likelihoods of fire induced mortality of forest trees with thick stems but thin bark when compared to savanna trees with equally thick stems but thicker bark (Hoffmann et al. 2003).”
The potential ecological costs and cobenefits of REDD: a critical review and case study from the Amazon region (2009, background): “Second, nations can slow or restrict selective logging, or decrease the impact of logging through ‘reduced impact’ harvest practices (Holdsworth & Uhl, 1997; Holmes et al., 2002; Putz et al., 2008).”
Bark traits and life-history strategies of tropical dry- and moist forest trees (2014, background): “rect evidence for low fire intensity in dry forests comes from a study by Hoffmann et al. (2009) who reported that fire-induced tree mortality was much lower in dry than in wet forests.”
Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically (2010, background): “Studies indicate that the degree of necrosis is scaled with bark thickness (McArthur 1968; Hengst and Dawson 1994; Gignoux et al. 1997; Hoffmann et al. 2003).”
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).”
Specific leaf area explains differences in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees (2005, background): “Savanna and forest tree species differ in fire tolerance, allocation patterns, stature, and requirements for seedling establishment (Hoffmann & Franco 2003; Hoffmann et al . 2003, 2004 ), yet studies on the determinants of savanna and forest have typically not acknowledged the role of species trait”
Shocks to the system: community assembly of the oak savanna in a 40-year fire frequency experiment (2012, background): “…for community assembly (Verdu and Pausas 2007, Peterson and Reich 2008, Silva and Batalha 2010), functional trait compo- sition (Ackerly et al. 2002, Hoffmann et al. 2003, 2005, Silva and Batalha 2009, Willis et al. 2010), and ecosystem function, including productivity and nutrient cycling (Myers…”