Fire-induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior

Large‐scale wildfires are expected to accelerate forest dieback in Amazônia, but the fire vulnerability of tree species remains uncertain, in part due to the lack of studies relating fire‐induced mortality to both fire behavior and plant traits. To address this gap, we established two sets of experi...

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Published in:	Global change biology Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 630 - 641
Main Authors:	Brando, Paulo M., Nepstad, Daniel C., Balch, Jennifer K., Bolker, Benjamin, Christman, Mary C., Coe, Michael, Putz, Francis E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2012 Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:	Amazon Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Bark bark thickness Biological and medical sciences climate change Density Dieback Drought fire Forest & brush fires Forest and land fires forest dieback Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects generalized linear models Heat transfer Insulation Latent heat Mortality Newton's law of cooling Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection Plant species plant traits Rainforests tree mortality Trees Tropical forests Vaporization Weather damages. Fires Wildfires Wood wood density South America America Amazon Basin South America, Amazonia generalized linear models Forests Generalized linear model tree mortality Wood Mortality Tropical zone Bark forest dieback Density Dynamical climatology Thickness Climate change bark thickness Dieback Fires wood density Newton's law of cooling Tree fire Behavior Neotropical Region Amazon plant traits
ISSN:	1354-1013, 1365-2486
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