Works (79)

Updated: April 3rd, 2024 22:01

2024 article

Stem wound healing is dependent upon bark and trunk growth rates in Brazilian savanna

Hoffmann, W. A., Flake, S. W., Rossatto, D. R., De Antonio, A. C., Durigan, G., & Abreu, R. C. R. (2024, January 8). TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.

By: W. Hoffmann n, S. Flake n, D. Rossatto*, A. De Antonio*, G. Durigan & R. Abreu*

author keywords: Fire; Savanna; Forest; Wounding; Bark
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 16, 2024

2023 article

Herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire in savannas and forests depend on biome and climate

Gold, Z. J., Pellegrini, A. F. A., Refsland, T. K., Andrioli, R. J., Bowles, M. L., Brockway, D. G., … Staver, A. C. (2023, May 10). ECOLOGY LETTERS.

By: Z. Gold*, A. Pellegrini*, T. Refsland*, R. Andrioli*, M. Bowles*, D. Brockway*, N. Burrows, A. Franco* ...

author keywords: fire; herbaceous vegetation; C-3 and C-4 grasses; fire-vegetation feedbacks; prescribed burns; experimental fire; fire frequency; alternative stable states; savanna-forest bistability; biome distributions
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: June 12, 2023

2022 article

Effects and response of the Cerrado ground-layer to frost along the canopy cover gradient

Lima Pilon, N. A., Cava, M. G. B., Hoffmann, W. A., Abreu, R. C. R., Rossatto, D. R., & Durigan, G. (2022, September 21). OECOLOGIA.

By: N. Lima Pilon, M. Cava*, W. Hoffmann n, R. Abreu*, D. Rossatto* & G. Durigan*

author keywords: Frost; Litter accumulation; Neotropical savanna; Disturbance; Resilience
MeSH headings : Brazil; Ecosystem; Fires; Plants; Soil; Trees / physiology
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 26, 2022

2022 article

Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna

Flake, S. W., Honda, E. A., Pilon, N. A. L., Hoffmann, W. A., & Durigan, G. (2022, January 20). JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY.

By: S. Flake n, E. Honda, N. Pilon*, W. Hoffmann n & G. Durigan*

author keywords: Cerrado; competition; forest encroachment; stand development; tree growth; tree mortality; woody encroachment
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the presence of generalist trees accelerates the rates of basal area accumulation due to their greater growth rates and tolerance of shading, which will allow them to overtop and outcompete savanna specialists, causing rapid species turnover. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 7, 2022

2021 journal article

Characterizing past fire occurrence in longleaf pine ecosystems with the Mid-Infrared Burn Index and a Random Forest classifier

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 500.

By: W. Wall*, M. Hohmann*, M. Just* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Fire modeling; Prescribed fire; Pinus palustris; Pyrodiversity; Rare plant management; Threatened, endangered and at-risk species
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 12, 2021

2021 journal article

Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits

NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 5(4), 504-+.

By: A. Pellegrini*, T. Refsland*, C. Averill*, C. Terrer*, A. Staver*, D. Brockway*, A. Caprio*, W. Clatterbuck* ...

MeSH headings : Ecosystem; Fires; Forests; Soil; Trees
TL;DR: The data elucidate the impact of long-term fire regimes on tree community structure and composition, with the magnitude of change depending on climate, vegetation type, and fire history. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 22, 2021

2021 article

Facilitation by isolated trees triggers woody encroachment and a biome shift at the savanna-forest transition

Abreu, R. C. R., Durigan, G., Melo, A. C. G., Pilon, N. A. L., & Hoffmann, W. A. (2021, August 28). JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY.

author keywords: assembly rules; Cerrado vegetation; ecological filters; functional traits; nucleation; nurse trees; perches; savanna-forest mosaic
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 7, 2021

2021 journal article

Fire and drought: Shifts in bark investment across a broad geographical scale for Neotropical savanna trees

BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, 56, 110–121.

By: M. Scalon*, D. Rossatto*, I. Oliveras*, R. Miatto*, E. Gray*, F. Chaves Bicalho Domingos, F. Brum*, M. Carlucci* ...

author keywords: bark; biome transition; Cerrado; fire ecology; phellogen; water storage
TL;DR: The idea that investing in inner bark thickness and bark moisture may be the most advantageous strategy in plant communities that suffer from high evaporative demand during a long period and are at a high risk of fire is supported. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 8, 2021

2021 journal article

Hydraulic segmentation does not protect stems from acute water loss during fire

TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 41(10), 1785–1793.

By: W. Hoffmann n, A. Rodrigues n, N. Uncles n & L. Rossi n

author keywords: burn; cavitation; combustion; heat plume; Magnolia grandiflora; scorch; water transport
MeSH headings : Fires; Plant Leaves; Plant Stems; Trees; Water; Xylem
TL;DR: The results indicate that the fire-plume hypothesis can be expanded to include a wide range of burning conditions experienced by plants, and high rates of water loss are sustained during burning, even when leaves are killed or completely consumed. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 15, 2021

2021 article

Savannas are not old fields: Functional trajectories of forest expansion in a fire-suppressed Brazilian savanna are driven by habitat generalists

Flake, S. W., Abreu, R. C. R., Durigan, G., & Hoffmann, W. A. (2021, May 17). FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY.

By: S. Flake n, R. Abreu n, G. Durigan* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: cerrado; community-weighted mean; competition; environmental filtering; fire suppression; functional traits; savanna-forest transition; succession
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: June 10, 2021

2021 journal article

Shade alters savanna grass layer structure and function along a gradient of canopy cover

JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE, 32(1).

author keywords: cerrado conservation; functional traits; habitat filtering; photosynthetic pathway; shade tolerance; species co-occurrence; underground storage organs
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 16, 2020

2021 journal article

The diversity of post-fire regeneration strategies in the cerrado ground layer

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 109(1), 154–166.

author keywords: below-ground bud bank; fire ecology; fire-prone ecosystems; fire response; functional traits; herbaceous species; neotropical savanna; underground structures
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 17, 2020

2021 journal article

The effects of tree cover and soil nutrient addition on native herbaceous richness in a neotropical savanna

BIOTROPICA, 53(3), 888–895.

author keywords: Brazil; Cerrado; diversity; fertilization; Ground layer; shading
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 29, 2021

2021 article

The role of morpho-physiological traits in frost tolerance of neotropical savanna trees

De Antonio, A. C., Hoffmann, W. A., & Rossatto, D. R. (2021, June 18). TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.

By: A. De Antonio*, W. Hoffmann n & D. Rossatto*

author keywords: Cerrado; Frost; Disturbance; Chlorophyll fluorescence
TL;DR: It was found that frost-sensitive species had unprotected buds, but were able to recover their lost biomass 1 year after frost, and frost-resistant species had buds with a greater degree of protection and maintained higher photosynthetic capacity under sub-zero temperatures. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 12, 2021

2020 journal article

Better lucky than good: How savanna trees escape the fire trap in a variable world

ECOLOGY, 101(1).

By: W. Hoffmann n, R. Sanders n, M. Just n, W. Wall* & M. Hohmann*

author keywords: demographic threshold; fire trap; Quercus; savanna; stochasticity; tree dynamics
MeSH headings : Ecosystem; Grassland; Models, Theoretical
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 18, 2019

2020 journal article

Flammability thresholds or flammability gradients? Determinants of fire across savanna-forest transitions

NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 228(3), 910–921.

By: B. Newberry n, C. Power n, R. Abreu n, G. Durigan*, D. Rossatto* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: feedback; fire intensity; flammability; ignitability; Savanna; structural equation modelling; tropical forest
MeSH headings : Brazil; Ecosystem; Fires; Forests; Grassland; Trees
TL;DR: Flammability across gradients of tree density from grassland to forest in the Brazilian Cerrado is quantified, finding the response to be gradual, with considerable variability driven largely by temporal changes in atmospheric humidity. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 3, 2020

2020 journal article

No Net Loss of Species Diversity After Prescribed Fires in the Brazilian Savanna

FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE, 3.

author keywords: cerrado; conservation; fauna; fire impact; fire management; plant functional groups; prescribed burn
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 30, 2020

2019 article

Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees (vol 163, pg 291, 2010)

Gotsch, S. G., Geiger, E. L., Franco, A. C., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F. C., & Hoffmann, W. A. (2019, February). OECOLOGIA, Vol. 189, pp. 563–563.

By: S. Gotsch n, E. Geiger n, A. Franco*, G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer & W. Hoffmann n

TL;DR: The original version of this articleUnfortunately, the Electronic supplementary material (ESM) was accompanying this article by mistake. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 18, 2019

2019 article

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

Veldman, J. W., Aleman, J. C., Alvarado, S. T., Anderson, T. M., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., … Zaloumis, N. P. (2019, October 18). SCIENCE, Vol. 366.

MeSH headings : Carbon; Carbon Sequestration; Climate Change; Soil; Trees
TL;DR: It is shown that Bastin et al. state that the restoration potential of new forests globally is 205 gigatonnes of carbon, conclude that “global tree restoration is the authors' most effective climate change solution to date,” and state that climate change will drive the loss of 450 million hectares of existing tropical forest by 2050 are incorrect. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
1. No Poverty (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 4, 2019

2019 journal article

Rare frost events reinforce tropical savanna-forest boundaries

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 107(1), 468–477.

author keywords: Cerrado; cold tolerance; feedback; frost trap; phylogeny; savanna; tree; tropical forest
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 11, 2019

2018 journal article

Quantifying the short-term flowering after fire in some plant communities of a cerrado grassland

PLANT ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY, 11(3), 259–266.

By: N. Pilon*, W. Hoffmann n, R. Abreu n & G. Durigan*

author keywords: Campo cerrado; cerrado; fire; flower production; ground-layer plant species; seed production; tropical grasslands
TL;DR: The role of fire as a trigger to short-term flowering in cerrado grassland, compared with unburned vegetation is assessed, demonstrating a strong and positive effect of fire on plant communities of cerrados grasslands. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 3, 2018

2018 journal article

Sensitivity of woody carbon stocks to bark investment strategy in Neotropical savannas and forests

BIOGEOSCIENCES, 15(1), 233–243.

By: A. Trugman*, D. Medvigy*, W. Hoffmann n & A. Pellegrini*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Assessing, water-related plant traits to explain slow-wilting in soybean PI 471938

JOURNAL OF CROP IMPROVEMENT, 31(3), 400–417.

By: L. Bagherzadi n, T. Sinclair n, M. Zwieniecki*, F. Secchi*, W. Hoffmann n, T. Carter*, T. Rufty n

author keywords: Drought tolerance; elastic modulus; hydraulic conductance; osmotic potential; soybean; transpiration
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: December 17, 2018

2017 journal article

Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes"

By: D. Griffith, C. Lehmann, C. Stromberg, C. Parr, R. Pennington, M. Sankaran, J. Ratnam, C. Still ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Convergence of bark investment according to fire and climate structures ecosystem vulnerability to future change

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 20(3), 307–316.

author keywords: Bark thickness; fire ecology; forest; functional traits; global change; savanna
MeSH headings : Climate; Climate Change; Fires; Forests; Grassland; Plant Bark / anatomy & histology; Species Specificity; Trees / anatomy & histology
TL;DR: It is shown that investment in thick bark is a pervasive adaptation in frequently burned areas across savannas and forests in both temperate and tropical regions where surface fires occur. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Invasibility of a fire-maintained savanna-wetland gradient by non-native, woody plant species

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 405, 229–237.

By: M. Just n, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Establishment limitation; Fire ecology; Pins palustris; Pyrus calletyana; Seedling recruitment; Streamhead pocosin
TL;DR: It is found P. calleryana survival and establishment to be a function of seedling size, soil humic matter content, and sowing treatment, and prescribed fire as important factors for controlling woody invasion. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 3(8).

By: R. Abreu n, W. Hoffmann n, H. Vasconcelos*, N. Pilon*, D. Rossatto* & G. Durigan*

MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Carbon Sequestration; Ecosystem; Grassland; Soil / chemistry; Tropical Climate
TL;DR: Fire suppression resulted in increased carbon stocks but was associated with acute species loss and Richness of savanna specialists, the species most at risk of local extinction due to forest encroachment, declined, highlighting the important role of fire in maintaining biodiversity in tropical savannas. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Trait shifts associated with the subshrub life-history strategy in a tropical savanna

OECOLOGIA, 185(2), 281–291.

By: A. Giroldo*, A. Scariot* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Subshrub vs tree; Brazilian Savanna; Savanna evolution; Fire adaptations; Traits phylogenetically conserved
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological; Fires; Grassland; Life History Traits; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Plant Stems / physiology; Plants / classification; Plants / genetics; Seedlings / growth & development; Tropical Climate
TL;DR: Despite large differences in adult morphology between trees and subshrub species, the differences are modest in seedlings, and most of the variation in traits was explained by genus, indicating considerable phylogenic conservatism. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Wood decay and the persistence of resprouting species in pyrophilic ecosystems

TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 31(1), 237–245.

By: M. Just n, J. Schafer*, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Longleaf pine savanna; Phenolics; Quercus laevis; Streamhead pocosin; Wood rot; Wood density
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Enhancing Heat Tolerance of the Little Dogwood Cornus canadensis L. f. with Introduction of a Superoxide Reductase Gene from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

Frontiers in Plant Science, 7.

By: X. Geng n, X. Liu n, M. Ji n, W. Hoffmann n, A. Grunden n & Q. Xiang n

author keywords: antioxidant enzyme; Cornus canadensis; genetic transformation; heat tolerance; Pyrococcus furiosus; reactive oxygen species (ROS); superoxide reductase (SOR)
TL;DR: This is the first report of the successful demonstration of improved heat tolerance in a non-model plant resulting from the introduction of P. furiosus SOR, and demonstrates the potential of SOR for crop improvement and that inherent limitations of plant heat tolerance can be ameliorated with P.furiosu SOR. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Shifts in functional traits elevate risk of fire-driven tree dieback in tropical savanna and forest biomes

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 22(3), 1235–1243.

By: A. Pellegrini*, A. Franco* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: bark thickness; carbon; cerrado; fire; functional traits; savanna; tree dieback; tropical forest; woody encroachment
MeSH headings : Brazil; Carbon Cycle; Fires; Forests; Grassland; Plant Bark / growth & development; Plant Stems / growth & development; Trees / growth & development; Tropical Climate
TL;DR: This work quantifies how bark thickness determines the ability of individual tree species to tolerate fire and determines the fire sensitivity of ecosystem carbon across 180 plots in savannas and forests throughout the 2.2-million km(2) Cerrado region in Brazil. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Stomatal acclimation to vapour pressure deficit doubles transpiration of small tree seedlings with warming

Plant, Cell & Environment, 39(10), 2221–2234.

By: R. Marchin n, A. Broadhead n, L. Bostic n, R. Dunn n & W. Hoffmann n

Contributors: R. Marchin n, A. Broadhead n, L. Bostic n, R. Dunn n & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: humidity; sap flux; stomata; stomatal conductance; temperature; warming experiment
MeSH headings : Acclimatization; Climate Change; Humidity; Plant Stomata / metabolism; Plant Stomata / physiology; Plant Transpiration; Seedlings / metabolism; Seedlings / physiology; Temperature; Trees / metabolism; Trees / physiology; Vapor Pressure
TL;DR: Stomatal acclimation maintained homeostasis of leaf T and carbon gain despite increased VPD, revealing that short-term stomatal responses to VPD may not be representative of long-term exposure. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Where fire stops: vegetation structure and microclimate influence fire spread along an ecotonal gradient

PLANT ECOLOGY, 217(6), 631–644.

By: M. Just n, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Feedback; Fire ecology; Longleaf pine; Savanna; Streamhead pocosin; Wetland
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Bacteria species and solution pH effect postharvest quality of cut Zinnia elegans

SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, 194, 71–78.

By: A. Carlson n, J. Dole n, A. Matthysse*, W. Hoffmann n & J. Kornegay n

author keywords: Cut flower; Postharvest; Phytopathogens; Biocontrol bacteria; Zinnia elegans
TL;DR: This research shows that for Zinnia the bacteria species that has a primary effect on vase life, not necessarily the concentration of bacteria in the vase solution, is found in the acidic solutions and not the preservative solutions. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

RELATIVE BARK THICKNESS IS CORRELATED WITH TREE SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS ALONG A FIRE FREQUENCY GRADIENT

FIRE ECOLOGY, 11(1), 74–87.

By: J. Schafer n, B. Breslow n, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: bark accumulation; inner bark proportion; longleaf pine savanna; Pinus; Quercus; stream-head pocosin
TL;DR: The results indicate that relative bark thickness is likely the primary bark trait affecting fire-induced topkill and influencing the distribution of species along the pocosin-to-savanna gradient. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Temperature alone does not explain phenological variation of diverse temperate plants under experimental warming

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 21(8), 3138–3151.

By: R. Marchin n, C. Salk*, W. Hoffmann n & R. Dunn n

Contributors: R. Marchin n, C. Salk*, W. Hoffmann n & R. Dunn n

author keywords: budburst; climate change; flowering; growing season length; leaf senescence; phenology; southeastern United States; temperature sensitivity; warming experiment
MeSH headings : Climate Change; Flowers / physiology; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Reproduction; Seasons; Temperature; Xylem / anatomy & histology
TL;DR: Temperature affected timing of spring budburst, flowering, and autumn leaf coloring for functional groups with different growth habits, phenological niches, and xylem anatomy in Duke Forest in a relatively warm year (2011) and a colder year (2013). (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Are winter-active species vulnerable to climate warming? A case study with the wintergreen terrestrial orchid, Tipularia discolor

OECOLOGIA, 176(4), 1161–1172.

By: R. Marchin*, R. Dunn n & W. Hoffmann n

Contributors: R. Marchin*, R. Dunn n & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Experimental warming; Vapor pressure deficit; Reproduction; Photosynthesis; Temperate forest understory
MeSH headings : Cell Respiration; Climate; Flowers / growth & development; Global Warming; Orchidaceae / growth & development; Orchidaceae / physiology; Photosynthesis; Plant Leaves / growth & development; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Stomata; Plant Transpiration; Reproduction; Seasons; Temperature; Vapor Pressure; Water / physiology
TL;DR: Temperature in the future will likely be an important limiting factor to the distribution of T. discolor, especially along the southern edge of its range, and the need to account for changes in VPD when estimating temperature responses of plant species under future warming scenarios is highlighted. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Carbon accumulation and nitrogen pool recovery during transitions from savanna to forest in central Brazil

ECOLOGY, 95(2), 342–352.

By: A. Pellegrini*, W. Hoffmann n & A. Franco*

author keywords: Carbon sequestration; cerrado; fire; nitrogen limitation; savanna biogeochemistry; savanna-forest boundary; tropical ecosystem recovery
MeSH headings : Biomass; Brazil; Carbon / chemistry; Carbon / metabolism; Ecosystem; Nitrogen / chemistry; Nitrogen / metabolism; Plants / classification; Trees / physiology
TL;DR: The link between forest development and nitrogen pool recovery creates a framework for evaluating potential positive feedbacks on savanna-forest boundaries, and nitrogen limitation may play a large and persistent role in governing carbon sequestration in savannas or other equally fire-disturbed tropical landscapes. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Evidence of population bottleneck in Astragalus michauxii (Fabaceae), a narrow endemic of the southeastern United States

Conservation Genetics, 15(1), 153–164.

By: W. Wall n, N. Douglas n, W. Hoffmann n, T. Wentworth n, J. Gray, Q. Xiang n, B. Knaus*, Hohmann, M. G.

author keywords: Astragalus; Bottleneck; Endemism; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Pinus palustris
TL;DR: Although genetic factors can threaten rare species, maintaining habitats through prescribed burning, in concert with other interventions such as population augmentation or (re)introduction, are likely most critical to the long term survival of A. michauxii. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, Crossref
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

Science, 343(6170), 548–552.

By: C. Lehmann, T. Anderson, M. Sankaran, S. Higgins, S. Archibald, W. Hoffmann, N. Hanan, R. Williams ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Size-dependent enhancement of water relations during post-fire resprouting

TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 34(4), 404–414.

By: J. Schafer n, B. Breslow n, S. Hollingsworth n, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: leaf area; leaf-specific whole-plant hydraulic conductance; mid-day leaf water potential; root hydraulic conductance; stem height; stomatal conductance
MeSH headings : Biomass; Fires; Forests; Magnoliopsida / growth & development; Magnoliopsida / physiology; Photosynthesis / physiology; Plant Leaves / growth & development; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Roots / growth & development; Plant Roots / physiology; Plant Stems / growth & development; Plant Stems / physiology; Plant Stomata / growth & development; Plant Stomata / physiology; Plant Transpiration / physiology; Water / physiology
TL;DR: Large-statured species tended to undergo the greatest relative reductions in leaf area and height, and correspondingly experienced the greatest increases in KL.p, which should promote high rates of photosynthesis for recovery of carbohydrate reserves and aboveground biomass after fire. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 29(4), 205–213.

author keywords: savanna; grassland; forest; REDD; CDM; atmospheric CO2; biome shift
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Carbon Dioxide; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Forests; Poaceae; Tropical Climate
TL;DR: Threats linked to the definition of TGB, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation schemes (REDD+), and enhanced atmospheric CO2, which may facilitate future state shifts are discussed. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Can savannas become forests? A coupled analysis of nutrient stocks and fire thresholds in central Brazil

PLANT AND SOIL, 373(1-2), 829–842.

By: L. Silva*, W. Hoffmann n, D. Rossatto*, M. Haridasan*, A. Franco* & W. Horwath*

author keywords: Cerrado; Ecosystem dynamics; Fire; Forest expansion; Nutrient cycling; Soil-plant interactions; Succession; Tradeoffs; Tropics
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Current and Historical Variation in Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) Abundance and Distribution Is Not Detectable from Soil delta C-13 Measurements in Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Savannas

CASTANEA, 78(1), 28–36.

author keywords: Carbon; depth profiles; ecotone; pocosin; species distributions
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Seasonal variation in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees in Central Brazil: implications for forest expansion into savanna

TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, 27(4), 1139–1150.

By: D. Rossatto*, W. Hoffmann n, L. Ramos Silva, M. Haridasan*, L. Sternberg* & A. Franco*

author keywords: Cerrado; Specific leaf area; Leaf nutrients; Carbon isotope discrimination; Leaf functional traits
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Caught in a fire trap: Recurring fire creates stable size equilibria in woody resprouters

ECOLOGY, 93(9), 2052–2060.

By: J. Grady n & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: fire; fire trap; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA; longleaf pine savanna, southeastern USA; persistence equilibrium model; persistence niche; resprouting; shrub; topkill; tree; wetland-savanna ecotone; woody-plant dynamics
MeSH headings : Animals; Fires; North Carolina; Plant Components, Aerial / growth & development; Plant Development / physiology; Plants / classification; Regeneration
TL;DR: A new framework offers a straightforward approach to guide data collection for experimental, comparative, and modeling studies of plant persistence and community dynamics in frequently burned habitats, supporting the persistence equilibrium model. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Demographic effects of fire on two endemic plant species in the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem

PLANT ECOLOGY, 213(7), 1093–1104.

By: W. Wall n, W. Hoffmann n, T. Wentworth n, J. Gray* & M. Hohmann*

author keywords: Astragalus; Demography; Endemism; Fire; Matrix models; Pinus palustris; Pyxidanthera
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 review

Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes

[Review of ]. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 15(7), 759–768.

By: W. Hoffmann n, E. Geiger n, S. Gotsch n, D. Rossatto*, L. Silva*, O. Lau n, M. Haridasan*, A. Franco*

author keywords: Alternate stable states; critical thresholds; forest; savanna; tipping point
MeSH headings : Brazil; Ecosystem; Fires; Seedlings; Trees; Tropical Climate
TL;DR: Based on data from central Brazil, it is proposed that these interactions are governed by two critical thresholds; the fire-resistance threshold is reached when individual trees have accumulated sufficient bark to avoid stem death, and theFire-suppression threshold is reach when an ecosystem has sufficient canopy cover to suppress fire by excluding grasses. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna-forest boundaries

AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 37(6), 634–643.

By: W. Hoffmann n, S. Jaconis n, K. Mckinley n, E. Geiger n, S. Gotsch n & A. Franco*

author keywords: C4 grass; Cerrado; fire behaviour; fire intensity; positive feedback
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 191(1), 197–209.

author keywords: alternate stable states; C-4 grasses; fire; flammability; forest; herbivory
MeSH headings : Africa; Australia; Ecosystem; Fires; Models, Theoretical; Plant Development; Plants / classification; Population Dynamics; Rain; Seasons; South America
TL;DR: The limits of savanna are identified across Africa, Australia and South America by developing a new conceptual framework for understanding these limits by categorizing environmental factors into whether they had a positive or negative effect on woody growth and the frequency of disturbance. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna

JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE, 22(2), 312–321.

By: E. Geiger n, S. Gotsch n, G. Damasco*, M. Haridasan*, A. Franco* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Cerrado; fire; forest expansion; forest-savanna boundary; tropical savanna
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Hydraulic failure and tree dieback are associated with high wood density in a temperate forest under extreme drought

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 17(8), 2731–2742.

By: W. Hoffmann n, R. Marchin n, P. Abit n & O. Lau n

author keywords: cavitation; drought; embolism; hydraulic failure; water relations
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Lost and Found: Remnants of the Big Savannah and Their Relationship to Wet Savannas in North Carolina

CASTANEA, 76(4), 348–363.

By: W. Wall n, T. Wentworth n, S. Shelingoski*, J. Stucky n, R. LeBlond & W. Hoffmann n

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Recent vicariance and the origin of the rare, edaphically specialized Sandhills lily, Lilium pyrophilum (Liliaceae): evidence from phylogenetic and coalescent analyses

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 20(14), 2901–2915.

By: N. Douglas n, W. Wall n, Q. Xiang n, W. Hoffmann n, T. Wentworth n, J. Gray*, M. Hohmann*

author keywords: coalescence; divergence; edaphic; Lilium; Pleistocene; rarity
MeSH headings : DNA, Chloroplast / genetics; DNA, Plant / genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics; Gene Flow; Genetic Speciation; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Haplotypes; Lilium / genetics; Models, Genetic; North America; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Species Specificity
TL;DR: The rare Sandhills lily is investigated, which is endemic to seepage slopes in a restricted area of the Atlantic coastal plain of eastern North America, and a close relationship is established between L. pyrophilum and the widespread Turk’s cap lily, L. superbum. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

When is a 'forest' a savanna, and why does it matter?

GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 20(5), 653–660.

author keywords: Degraded forests; fire tolerance; functional traits; mesic savannas; shade intolerance; South Asia; tropical dry forests; tropical savannas
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees

OECOLOGIA, 163(2), 291–301.

By: S. Gotsch n, E. Geiger n, A. Franco*, G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Leaf area index; Huber value; Sap flow; Brazil; Cerrado
MeSH headings : Biomass; Brazil; Droughts; Ecosystem; Geography; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Roots / physiology; Plant Stomata / physiology; Seasons; Species Specificity; Trees / classification; Trees / physiology; Water / analysis; Water / metabolism
TL;DR: Despite significant differences in water relations, relationships between traits such as wood density and minimum ΨL were indistinguishable for the two species groups, indicating that forest and savanna share a common axis of water-use strategies involving multiple traits. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Drought-deciduous behavior reduces nutrient losses from temperate deciduous trees under severe drought

OECOLOGIA, 163(4), 845–854.

By: R. Marchin n, H. Zeng n & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Nutrient resorption; Leaf senescence; Temperate forest; Desiccation; Nitrogen
MeSH headings : Calcium / metabolism; Droughts; Magnoliopsida / physiology; Nitrogen / metabolism; North Carolina; Phosphorus / metabolism; Plant Leaves / physiology; Potassium / metabolism; Species Specificity; Trees / physiology; Water / physiology
TL;DR: The lower seasonal nutrient losses of drought-deciduous species may give them a competitive advantage over drought-evergreen species in the years following the drought, thereby impacting species composition in temperate deciduous forests in the future. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Effects of light and temperature on germination of Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells (Diapensiaceae)

JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY, 137(4), 348–354.

By: W. Wall n, J. Hilton*, T. Wentworth n, J. Gray, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: after-ripening; conservation; Diapensiaceae; Fort Bragg Military Reservation; germination; Pyxidanthera brevifolia; Sandhills
TL;DR: It is found that Pxyidanthera brevifolia produces germinable seeds and that there are significant effects of light and temperature on germination, and it is suggested that germination of Pyxidanthersa breVifolia likely occurs in late fall and is dependent on adequate light availability. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Hydraulic lift in a Neotropical savanna: Experimental manipulation and model simulations

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 150(4), 629–639.

By: F. Scholz*, S. Bucci*, W. Hoffmann n, F. Meinzer & G. Goldstein*

author keywords: Cerrado; Leaf area index; Non saturated flow; Soil water model; Soil water potential recovery
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas

PLANT AND SOIL, 333(1-2), 431–442.

By: L. Silva*, M. Haridasan*, L. Sternberg*, A. Franco* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Carbon isotopes; Cerrado; Forest expansion; Leaf area index; Tropical forests; Tropical soils
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Are rare species less shade tolerant than common species in fire-prone environments? A test with seven Amorpha (Fabaceae) species

PLANT ECOLOGY, 205(2), 249–260.

By: R. Marchin n, R. Bhandari n, W. Wall n, M. Hohmann*, J. Gray & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: Amorpha; Growth analysis; Shade tolerance; Conservation biology; Rare species
TL;DR: Ability to tolerate shade was best explained by phenotypic plasticity, with greater shade survival being exhibited by species with the largest changes in leaf area ratio, and all three of the rare species can be readily cultivated under greenhouse conditions. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 23(4), 689–698.

By: D. Rossatto*, W. Hoffmann n & A. Franco*

author keywords: cerrado; ecosystem dynamics; forest-savanna boundaries; leaf phenology; photosynthesis; specific leaf area
TL;DR: Comparisons of patterns of leaf phenology, stem radial growth and branch growth of co-occurring savanna and forest trees in the Cerrado region of central Brazil suggest that forest trees that invade the savanna tend to present higher growth rates and larger and denser crowns, which enhance shading and could promote changes in equilibrium of forest–savanna boundaries. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Evapotranspiration and energy balance of Brazilian savannas with contrasting tree density

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 149(8), 1365–1376.

By: T. Giambelluca*, F. Scholz*, S. Bucci*, F. Meinzer, G. Goldstein*, W. Hoffmann n, A. Franco*, M. Buchert*

author keywords: Tropical savannas; Land-atmosphere interaction; Leaf area index; Soil moisture
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Size-dependent mortality in a Neotropical savanna tree: the role of height-related adjustments in hydraulic architecture and carbon allocation

PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT, 32(10), 1456–1466.

By: Y. Zhang*, F. Meinzer, G. Hao*, F. Scholz*, S. Bucci*, F. Takahashi*, R. Villalobos-Vega*, J. Giraldo* ...

author keywords: carbon balance; hydraulic conductivity; population dynamics; tree dieback; xylem cavitation
MeSH headings : Brazil; Carbon / metabolism; Carbon Dioxide / metabolism; Fabaceae / physiology; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Stems / physiology; Plant Stomata / physiology; Plant Transpiration / physiology; Trees / physiology; Water / physiology; Wood / physiology
TL;DR: Size-related changes in hydraulic architecture, carbon allocation and gas exchange of Sclerolobium paniculatum (Leguminosae), a dominant tree species in Neotropical savanna of central Brazil, were investigated to assess their potential role in the dieback of tall individuals. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Stomatal traits of cerrado and gallery forest congeneric pairs growing in a transitional region in Central Brazil

ACTA BOTANICA BRASILICA, 23(2), 499–508.

By: D. Rossatto*, W. Hoffmann n & A. Franco*

author keywords: stomata; stomatal conductance; stomatal pore; transpiration
TL;DR: A variacao entre as especies dos dois ambientes parece ser um produto da historia evolutiva de cada grupo e nao reflete uma especializacao ao ambiente de cerrado ou de mata de galeria. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna-forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil

ECOLOGY, 90(5), 1326–1337.

By: W. Hoffmann n, R. Adasme n, M. Haridasan*, M. Carvalho*, E. Geiger n, M. Pereira*, S. Gotsch n, A. Franco*

author keywords: alternate stable states; Cerrado, Brazil; evergreen forest; fire ecology; gallery forest; hysteresis; positive feedback; riparian forest; savanna; topkill
MeSH headings : Brazil; Ecosystem; Fires; Plant Bark; Plant Stems; Population Dynamics; Trees / physiology
TL;DR: The forests studied here appear to be much more resilient to occasional incursion of fire from the savanna, despite being unable to invade frequently burned savannas, and rapid growth will be particularly important for forest species to escape the fire trap, so forests should be restricted to high-resource sites. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Controls on stand transpiration and soil water utilization along a tree density gradient in a Neotropical savanna

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 148(6-7), 839–849.

By: S. Bucci*, F. Scholz*, G. Goldstein*, W. Hoffmann n, F. Meinzer, A. Franco*, T. Giambelluca*, F. Miralles-Wilhelm*

author keywords: canopy resistance; Cerrado; leaf area index; sap flow; soil water potential
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 14(9), 2108–2118.

By: L. Silva*, L. Sternberg*, M. Haridasan*, W. Hoffmann n, F. Miralles-Wilhelm* & A. Franco*

author keywords: carbon isotope ratios; carbon sink; carbon stocks; climate change; gallery forest; leaf area index; nutrients; savanna; tropical ecosystems; vegetation dynamics
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Stem and leaf hydraulics of congeneric tree species from adjacent tropical savanna and forest ecosystems

OECOLOGIA, 155(3), 405–415.

By: G. Hao*, W. Hoffmann n, F. Scholz*, S. Bucci*, F. Meinzer, A. Franco*, K. Cao*, G. Goldstein*

author keywords: plant water relations; embolism; vulnerability; phylogenetic inertia
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological; Brazil; Ecosystem; Hymenaea / physiology; Melastomataceae / physiology; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Stems / physiology; Primulaceae / physiology; Styrax / physiology; Trees / physiology; Tropical Climate; Water / physiology
TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that the relative success of savanna over forest species in savanna is related in part to their ability to cope with drought, which is determined more by leaf than by stem hydraulic traits. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

The invasive grass, Melinis minutiflora, inhibits tree regeneration in a Neotropical savanna

AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 33(1), 29–36.

By: W. Hoffmann n & M. Haridasan*

author keywords: alien; Cerrado; competition; exotic species; invasive species; savanna
TL;DR: The results indicate that this exotic grass is having substantial effects on the dynamics of the tree community, with likely consequences for ecosystem structure and function. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 article

Water economy of Neotropical savanna trees: six paradigms revisited

Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F. C., Bucci, S. J., Scholz, F. G., Franco, A. C., & Hoffmann, W. A. (2008, March). TREE PHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 28, pp. 395–404.

By: G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer, S. Bucci*, F. Scholz*, A. Franco* & W. Hoffmann n

author keywords: cerrado; nighttime transpiration; tropical savannas; water deficit; water uptake
MeSH headings : Brazil; Circadian Rhythm / physiology; Ecosystem; Plant Roots / anatomy & histology; Plant Roots / physiology; Plant Stomata / physiology; Plant Transpiration / physiology; Poaceae / physiology; Seasons; Soil; Trees / anatomy & histology; Trees / classification; Trees / metabolism; Tropical Climate; Water / metabolism
TL;DR: Comparative studies showed that the grouping of species into functional categories is somewhat arbitrary and that ranking species along continuous functional axes better represents the ecological complexity of adaptations of cerrado woody species to their seasonal environment. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2006 journal article

Positive effect of seed size on seedling survival in fire-prone savannas of Australia, Brazil and West Africa

JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY, 22, 719–722.

By: G. Lahoreau*, S. Barot*, J. Gignoux*, W. Hoffmann n, S. Setterfield* & P. Williams*

author keywords: buds; resource allocation; resprouting; root reserves; seed mass; seedling size
TL;DR: All plant species face a fundamental reproductive trade-off: for a given investment in seed mass, they can produce either many small seeds or few large seeds, which favours the survival of seedlings in the face of common stresses such as herbivory, drought or shade. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

Long range lateral root activity by neo-tropical savanna trees

PLANT AND SOIL, 270(1-2), 169–178.

By: L. Sternberg*, S. Bucci*, A. Franco*, G. Goldstein*, W. Hoffman n, F. Meinzer*, M. Moreira*, F. Scholz*

TL;DR: The conclusion that savanna trees have more or longer lateral roots compared to tropical forest trees is concluded, which may be an adaptation for more efficient nutrient absorption. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

Seasonal leaf dynamics across a tree density gradient in a Brazilian savanna

OECOLOGIA, 145(2), 307–316.

By: W. Hoffmann n, E. Silva*, G. Machado*, S. Bucci*, F. Scholz*, G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer*

author keywords: cerrado; leaf area index; phenology; tropical forest; water potential
MeSH headings : Brazil; Ecosystem; Plant Leaves / physiology; Poaceae / physiology; Population Dynamics; Seasons; Trees / physiology
TL;DR: Ground-based measurements demonstrate that groundlayer LAI declines with increasing tree density across sites, with savanna grasses being excluded at a tree LAI of approximately 3.3, and compared the data to remotely sensed vegetation indices, finding that field measurements were more strongly correlated to the enhanced vegetation index than to the normalized difference vegetation index. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

Specific leaf area explains differences in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 19(6), 932–940.

By: W. Hoffmann n, A. Franco*, M. Moreira* & M. Haridasan*

author keywords: isotopes; phylogenetically independent contrasts; specific leaf area; tropical forest; water-use efficiency
TL;DR: Recent studies showing that tropical savanna and forest species represent two distinct functional types, with large differences in ecology and physiology, that have important consequences for the dynamics of savanna–forest boundaries are added. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2004 journal article

Constraints to seedling success of savanna and forest trees across the savanna-forest boundary

OECOLOGIA, 140(2), 252–260.

By: W. Hoffmann n, B. Orthen* & A. Franco*

author keywords: carbohydrate; cerrado; fire; tropical forest; water potential
MeSH headings : Analysis of Variance; Brazil; Carbohydrates / analysis; Disasters; Environment; Plant Leaves / physiology; Plant Roots / chemistry; Seedlings / growth & development; Species Specificity; Trees; Water / analysis
TL;DR: Compared field and nursery experiments to compare seedling establishment success, predawn leaf water potential, biomass allocation, and root carbohydrate concentration of congeneric species found that savanna species had greater root: shoot ratios and root total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) concentration, particularly among evergreen genera. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2004 journal article

Impact of the invasive alien grass Melinis minutiflora at the savanna-forest ecotone in the Brazilian Cerrado

DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 10(2), 99–103.

By: W. Hoffmann n, V. Lucatelli*, F. Silva*, I. Azeuedo*, M. Marinho*, A. Albuquerque*, A. Lopes*, S. Moreira*

author keywords: alien species; biological invasions; exotic species; fire; savanna; tropical gallery forest
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2003 journal article

Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 17(6), 720–726.

By: W. Hoffmann*, B. Orthen* & P. Do Nascimento*

author keywords: bark; carbohydrates; TNC; gallery forest; cerrado
TL;DR: Differences in fire-related traits may largely explain the greater capacity of savanna species to persist in the savanna environment. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2003 journal article

Regional feedbacks among fire, climate, and tropical deforestation

Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 108(D23).

By: W. Hoffmann, W. Schroeder & R. Jackson

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

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