Scaling from leaf traits to fire behaviour: community composition predicts fire severity in a temperate forest

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Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system (2018, background): “Their leaves are 20−45 cm in length, more than twice as long as other pine species (Schwilk and Caprio 2011), and, in combination with a tussock-grass understory, they produce an aerated, flammable fuel bed that increases fire temperatures, duration of heating and combustion of fuels (Ellair and…”
Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver (2017, background): “…communities (e.g. oak-pine and tallgrass prairiessavanna formations), when fire activity declines (Peterson & Reich 2001; Nowacki & Abrams 2008; Schwilk & Caprio 2011); these hardwoods reduce understorey light conditions, further promoting shade-tolerant over fire-adapted species and…”
Biogeography of fire regimes in western U.S. conifer forests: A trait‐based approach (2020, background): “…such leaf litter traits are associated with shade-intolerant and fire-dependent species that experience frequent fire (de Magalhaes & Schwilk, 2012; Schwilk & Caprio, 2011), whereas species that are less likely to experience fire during their lifetimes, owing to a combination of climate and fuel…”
Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species (2015, background): “However, the role of interspecific variation in leaf traits in the different phases of a fire deserves more attention (Schwilk & Caprio 2011; de Magalh~aes & Schwilk 2012).”