Works (77)

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, R. Abreu, D. Rossatto & G. Durigan

author keywords: Frost; Litter accumulation; Neotropical savanna; Disturbance; Resilience
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, E. Honda*, N. Pilon*, W. Hoffmann & G. Durigan*

author keywords: Cerrado; competition; forest encroachment; stand development; tree growth; tree mortality; woody encroachment
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

author keywords: Fire modeling; Prescribed fire; Pinus palustris; Pyrodiversity; Rare plant management; Threatened, endangered and at-risk species
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* ...

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.

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

author keywords: assembly rules; Cerrado vegetation; ecological filters; functional traits; nucleation; nurse trees; perches; savanna-forest mosaic
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
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, A. Rodrigues n, N. Uncles n & L. Rossi n

author keywords: burn; cavitation; combustion; heat plume; Magnolia grandiflora; scorch; water transport
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, R. Abreu, G. Durigan* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: cerrado; community-weighted mean; competition; environmental filtering; fire suppression; functional traits; savanna-forest transition; succession
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
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
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.

By: K. Massi*, C. Orlando Eugenio*, A. Franco* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Brazil; Cerrado; diversity; fertilization; Ground layer; shading
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 & D. Rossatto*

author keywords: Cerrado; Frost; Disturbance; Chlorophyll fluorescence
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, R. Sanders n, M. Just, W. Wall & M. Hohmann*

author keywords: demographic threshold; fire trap; Quercus; savanna; stochasticity; tree dynamics
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.

author keywords: feedback; fire intensity; flammability; ignitability; Savanna; structural equation modelling; tropical forest
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.

By: G. Durigan*, N. Pilon*, R. Abreu, W. Hoffmann, M. Martins*, B. Fiorillo*, A. Antunes*, A. Carmignotto* ...

author keywords: cerrado; conservation; fauna; fire impact; fire management; plant functional groups; prescribed burn
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, E. Geiger, A. Franco*, G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer* & W. Hoffmann

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.

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
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, R. Abreu & G. Durigan*

author keywords: Campo cerrado; cerrado; fire; flower production; ground-layer plant species; seed production; tropical grasslands
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 & A. Pellegrini*

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.

author keywords: Drought tolerance; elastic modulus; hydraulic conductance; osmotic potential; soybean; transpiration
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
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, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Establishment limitation; Fire ecology; Pins palustris; Pyrus calletyana; Seedling recruitment; Streamhead pocosin
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 3(8).

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

author keywords: Subshrub vs tree; Brazilian Savanna; Savanna evolution; Fire adaptations; Traits phylogenetically conserved
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, J. Schafer*, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Longleaf pine savanna; Phenolics; Quercus laevis; Streamhead pocosin; Wood rot; Wood density
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, M. Ji, W. Hoffmann, A. Grunden & Q. Xiang

author keywords: antioxidant enzyme; Cornus canadensis; genetic transformation; heat tolerance; Pyrococcus furiosus; reactive oxygen species (ROS); superoxide reductase (SOR)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, 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

author keywords: bark thickness; carbon; cerrado; fire; functional traits; savanna; tree dieback; tropical forest; woody encroachment
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, L. Bostic n, R. Dunn & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: humidity; sap flux; stomata; stomatal conductance; temperature; warming experiment
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, 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, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Feedback; Fire ecology; Longleaf pine; Savanna; Streamhead pocosin; Wetland
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, J. Dole, A. Matthysse*, W. Hoffmann & J. Kornegay

author keywords: Cut flower; Postharvest; Phytopathogens; Biocontrol bacteria; Zinnia elegans
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, B. Breslow, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: bark accumulation; inner bark proportion; longleaf pine savanna; Pinus; Quercus; stream-head pocosin
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, C. Salk*, W. Hoffmann & R. Dunn

author keywords: budburst; climate change; flowering; growing season length; leaf senescence; phenology; southeastern United States; temperature sensitivity; warming experiment
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
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 & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Experimental warming; Vapor pressure deficit; Reproduction; Photosynthesis; Temperate forest understory
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
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 & A. Franco*

author keywords: Carbon sequestration; cerrado; fire; nitrogen limitation; savanna biogeochemistry; savanna-forest boundary; tropical ecosystem recovery
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. Douglas, W. Hoffmann, T. Wentworth, J. Gray*, Q. Xiang n, B. Knaus*, Hohmann, M. G.

author keywords: Astragalus; Bottleneck; Endemism; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Pinus palustris
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, 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, B. Breslow, S. Hollingsworth, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: leaf area; leaf-specific whole-plant hydraulic conductance; mid-day leaf water potential; root hydraulic conductance; stem height; stomatal conductance
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
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, D. Rossatto*, M. Haridasan*, A. Franco* & W. Horwath*

author keywords: Cerrado; Ecosystem dynamics; Fire; Forest expansion; Nutrient cycling; Soil-plant interactions; Succession; Tradeoffs; Tropics
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
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, L. Ramos Silva, M. Haridasan*, L. Sternberg* & A. Franco*

author keywords: Cerrado; Specific leaf area; Leaf nutrients; Carbon isotope discrimination; Leaf functional traits
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

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
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, W. Hoffmann, T. Wentworth, J. Gray* & M. Hohmann*

author keywords: Astragalus; Demography; Endemism; Fire; Matrix models; Pinus palustris; Pyxidanthera
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, E. Geiger, S. Gotsch, D. Rossatto*, L. Silva*, O. Lau n, M. Haridasan*, A. Franco*

author keywords: Alternate stable states; critical thresholds; forest; savanna; tipping point
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, S. Jaconis n, K. Mckinley n, E. Geiger, S. Gotsch & A. Franco*

author keywords: C4 grass; Cerrado; fire behaviour; fire intensity; positive feedback
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
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, S. Gotsch, G. Damasco*, M. Haridasan*, A. Franco* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Cerrado; fire; forest expansion; forest-savanna boundary; tropical savanna
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, R. Marchin, P. Abit n & O. Lau

author keywords: cavitation; drought; embolism; hydraulic failure; water relations
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, T. Wentworth, S. Shelingoski, J. Stucky, R. LeBlond* & W. Hoffmann

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, W. Wall, Q. Xiang, W. Hoffmann, T. Wentworth, J. Gray*, M. Hohmann*

author keywords: coalescence; divergence; edaphic; Lilium; Pleistocene; rarity
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
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
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, E. Geiger, A. Franco*, G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Leaf area index; Huber value; Sap flow; Brazil; Cerrado
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, H. Zeng & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: Nutrient resorption; Leaf senescence; Temperate forest; Desiccation; Nitrogen
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, J. Hilton*, T. Wentworth, J. Gray*, M. Hohmann* & W. Hoffmann

author keywords: after-ripening; conservation; Diapensiaceae; Fort Bragg Military Reservation; germination; Pyxidanthera brevifolia; Sandhills
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, F. Meinzer* & G. Goldstein*

author keywords: Cerrado; Leaf area index; Non saturated flow; Soil water model; Soil water potential recovery
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

author keywords: Carbon isotopes; Cerrado; Forest expansion; Leaf area index; Tropical forests; Tropical soils
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

author keywords: Amorpha; Growth analysis; Shade tolerance; Conservation biology; Rare species
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 & A. Franco*

author keywords: cerrado; ecosystem dynamics; forest-savanna boundaries; leaf phenology; photosynthesis; specific leaf area
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.

author keywords: Tropical savannas; Land-atmosphere interaction; Leaf area index; Soil moisture
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
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 & A. Franco*

author keywords: stomata; stomatal conductance; stomatal pore; transpiration
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, R. Adasme n, M. Haridasan*, M. Carvalho*, E. Geiger, 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
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.

author keywords: canopy resistance; Cerrado; leaf area index; sap flow; soil water potential
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, 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
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.

author keywords: plant water relations; embolism; vulnerability; phylogenetic inertia
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 & M. Haridasan*

author keywords: alien; Cerrado; competition; exotic species; invasive species; savanna
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

author keywords: cerrado; nighttime transpiration; tropical savannas; water deficit; water uptake
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, S. Setterfield* & P. Williams*

author keywords: buds; resource allocation; resprouting; root reserves; seed mass; seedling size
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*

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, E. Silva*, G. Machado*, S. Bucci*, F. Scholz*, G. Goldstein*, F. Meinzer*

author keywords: cerrado; leaf area index; phenology; tropical forest; water potential
Source: Web Of Science
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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, A. Franco*, M. Moreira* & M. Haridasan*

author keywords: isotopes; phylogenetically independent contrasts; specific leaf area; tropical forest; water-use efficiency
Source: Web Of Science
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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, B. Orthen* & A. Franco*

author keywords: carbohydrate; cerrado; fire; tropical forest; water potential
Source: Web Of Science
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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, 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
Source: Web Of Science
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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
Source: Web Of Science
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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