Growing tall vs growing wide: tree architecture and allometry of Acacia karroo in forest, savanna, and arid environments

By Sally Archibald, W. Bond. 2003

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Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2013, background): “References on theory, significance and large datasets: Horn (1971); Pickett and Kempf (1980); Strauss and Agrawal (1999); Enquist (2002); Archibald and Bond (2003); Cooper et al. (2003); Staver et al. (2011). More on methods: Fisher (1986). 2.”
Establishment and early persistence of tree seedlings in an annually burned savanna (2008, unknown): “1997; Archibald & Bond 2003; Wright & Clark 2007).”
The lanky and the corky: fire‐escape strategies in savanna woody species (2013, background): “…in many parts of the afrotropical savanna (Fuhlendorf et al. 2008; Staver et al. 2009; Moncrieff et al. 2011), polelike trunk architectures (sensu Archibald & Bond 2003) with early height growth are more advantageous than either a cage-like architecture (common in heavily browsed low fire…”
How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness (2011, background): “Although trees can persist through fire by either growing tall or wide (Archibald and Bond 2003, Balfour and Midgley 2006, Midgley et al. 2010), we argue that these apparent height- and diameter-re- sponses are merely different allometric pathways to achieving the thick bark needed to protect…”
Sapling survival in a frequently burnt savanna: mobilisation of carbon reserves in Acacia karroo (2009, background): “Many also develop polelike sapling architectures which facilitate bolting to fire-tolerant heights (Boaler 1966; Gignoux et al. 1997; Archibald and Bond 2003).”
Fire as a global 'herbivore': the ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystems. (2005, background): “Frequent fires also select for a peculiar sapling growth form, with pole-like stems and swollen underground roots (Figure 4, [45, 46 ]).”
What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas (2008, background): “Where the type of top-down control can switch between fire and herbivory, there should also be switches in tree species composition because fire and browsing select for different sapling traits (Archibald & Bond 2003).”
Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary (2009, background): “…growth, however, are probably not the same in these two environments; among forest pioneers, growth in height should be particularly important for overtopping competing vegetation (Poorter et al. 2006), while for savanna trees, height reduces fire damage to the canopy (Archibald & Bond 2003).”