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

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 630-641

  Brando, Paulo M ^a,b,c   Nepstad, Daniel C ^a,c   Balch, Jennifer K ^c,d   Bolker, Benjamin ^e   Christman, Mary C ^f   Coe, Michael ^c   Putz, Francis E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bark thickness; Climate change; Fire; Forest dieback; Generalized linear models; Newton's law of cooling; Plant traits; Tree mortality; Wood density

Indexed keywords

BARK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MORTALITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TREE; VAPORIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE; WOOD;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84855860374     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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