Plant hydraulic modelling of leaf and canopy fuel moisture content reveals increasing vulnerability of a Mediterranean forest to wildfires under extreme drought

Fuel moisture content (FMC) is a crucial driver of forest fires in many regions world‐wide. Yet, the dynamics of FMC in forest canopies as well as their physiological and environmental determinants remain poorly understood, especially under extreme drought. We embedded a FMC module in the trait‐base...

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Published in:	The New phytologist Vol. 237; no. 4; pp. 1256 - 1269
Main Authors:	Ruffault, Julien, Limousin, Jean‐Marc, Pimont, François, Dupuy, Jean‐Luc, De Càceres, Miquel, Cochard, Hervé, Mouillot, Florent, Blackman, Chris J., Torres‐Ruiz, José M., Parsons, Russell A., Moreno, Myriam, Delzon, Sylvain, Jansen, Steven, Olioso, Albert, Choat, Brendan, Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2023 Wiley
Subjects:	Canopies Canopy Cavitation climate Drought Droughts Dynamics Environmental Sciences Extreme drought Foliage Forest fires Forests fuel moisture index Fuels fuels (fire ecology) Leaf area Leaf area index leaf water potential Leaves Moisture content Moisture effects Mortality Osmotic potential osmotic pressure plant available water Plant cover Plant Leaves - physiology Plants (botany) Quercus ilex Soil moisture Soil water Transpiration Trees - physiology Turgor Vulnerability Water - physiology Water content Water potential Water use Wildfires forest flammability live fuel moisture content tree mortality plant hydraulics drought wildfire process-based modelling climate change rought climate changed
ISSN:	0028-646X, 1469-8137, 1469-8137
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