Variation in biomass allocation and root functional parameters in response to fire history in Brazilian savannas

Human-climate interactions shape fire regimes in the Cerrado of São Paulo state, Brazil

(2021) Dhemerson E. Conciani et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Focus on changing fire regimes: interactions with climate, ecosystems, and society

(2020) Brendan M Rogers et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Frequent burning causes large losses of carbon from deep soil layers in a temperate savanna

(2020) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Alternative Biome States in Terrestrial Ecosystems

(2020) Juli G. Pausas et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Early growth in a congeneric pair of savanna and seasonal forest trees under different nitrogen and phosphorus availability

(2020) Bruno Paganeli et al.   Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

Repeated fire shifts carbon and nitrogen cycling by changing plant inputs and soil decomposition across ecosystems

(2020) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers

(2020) Kendra K. McLauchlan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rooting depth as a key woody functional trait in savannas

(2020) Yong Zhou et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

C 4 photosynthesis and the economic spectra of leaf and root traits independently influence growth rates in grasses

(2020) Kimberley J. Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2020) Natashi A. L. Pilon et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root‐niche separation between savanna trees and grasses is greater on sandier soils

(2020) Madelon F. Case et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2020) Brooklynn M. Newberry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

(2020) Joana Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

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

(2020) Natashi A. L. Pilon et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Post‐fire regeneration strategies in a frequently burned Cerrado community

(2020) Talita Zupo et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders

(2020) Kimberley J. Simpson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

(2020) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modeling fuel loads dynamics and fire spread probability in the Brazilian Cerrado

(2020) Ubirajara Oliveira et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The ecology and significance of below-ground bud banks in plants

(2019) Jacqueline P Ott et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Root trait variation in African savannas

(2019) Benjamin J. Wigley et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Frequent fires prime plant developmental responses to burning

(2019) Kimberley J. Simpson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Timing of seed dispersal and seed dormancy in Brazilian savanna: two solutions to face seasonality

(2018) Diego F E Escobar et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Regeneration after fire in campo rupestre : Short- and long-term vegetation dynamics

(2018) Soizig Le Stradic et al.   FLORA

Rare frost events reinforce tropical savanna-forest boundaries

(2018) William A. Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems

(2018) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Groundwater depth as a constraint on the woody cover in a Neotropical Savanna

(2018) Marcelo Boccia Leite et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil types select for plants with matching nutrient-acquisition and -use traits in hyperdiverse and severely nutrient-impoverished campos rupestres and cerrado in Central Brazil

(2018) Anna Abrahão et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Community-level economics spectrum of fine-roots driven by nutrient limitations in subalpine forests

(2018) Fanglan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Sampling roots to capture plant and soil functions

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

(2017) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity

(2017) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   NATURE

Soils and fire jointly determine vegetation structure in an African savanna

(2017) A. Carla Staver et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root functional parameters predict fine root decomposability at the community level

(2016) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum

(2016) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

(2016) Catherine Roumet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Woody encroachment over 70 years in South African savannahs: overgrazing, global change or extinction aftershock?

(2016) Nicola Stevens et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Many shades of green: the dynamic tropical forest–savannah transition zones

(2016) Immaculada Oliveras et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fire effects on soils: the human dimension

(2016) Cristina Santín et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Explaining within-community variation in plant biomass allocation: a balance between organ biomass and morphology above vs below ground?

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

(2015) M. Luke McCormack et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Productivity-efficiency tradeoffs in tropical gallery forest-savanna transitions: linking plant and soil processes through litter input and composition

(2015) Artur Orelli Paiva et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Beta Regression inR

(2015) Francisco Cribari-Neto et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Convergent phylogenetic and functional responses to altered fire regimes in mesic savanna grasslands of North America and South Africa

(2014) Elisabeth J. Forrestel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary ecology of resprouting and seeding in fire-prone ecosystems

(2014) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Are fire, soil fertility and toxicity, water availability, plant functional diversity, and litter decomposition related in a Neotropical savanna?

(2014) Gustavo Henrique Carvalho et al.   OECOLOGIA

Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

(2014) C. E. R. Lehmann et al.   SCIENCE

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

(2013) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   ECOLOGY

Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient - is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water-limited mature trees?

(2013) Dietrich Hertel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes

(2013) S. Archibald et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of fire regimes on herbaceous biomass and nutrient dynamics in the Brazilian savanna

(2012) Immaculada Oliveras et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Biomass partitioning and root morphology of savanna trees across a water gradient

(2012) Kyle W. Tomlinson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Long-term effects of fire frequency and season on herbaceous vegetation in savannas of the Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2012) Melinda D. Smith et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Above- and below-ground biomass and carbon dynamics in Brazilian Cerrado wet grasslands

(2012) Alessandra Fidelis et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire

(2012) P. J. Clarke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

(2011) Marine Birouste et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

(2011) Caroline E. R. Lehmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Contrasting root behaviour in two grass species: a test of functionality in dynamic heterogeneous conditions

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states

(2010) A. Carla Staver et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity of shrub tree layer, leaf litter decomposition and N release in a Brazilian Cerrado under N, P and N plus P additions

(2010) Tamiel Khan Baiocchi Jacobson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fast stable restricted maximum likelihood and marginal likelihood estimation of semiparametric generalized linear models

(2010) Simon N. Wood   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY

Frequent fire affects soil nitrogen and carbon in an African savanna by changing woody cover

(2010) Corli Coetsee et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effect of fires on soil nutrient availability in an open savanna in Central Brazil

(2010) Vânia Regina Pivello et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses

(2010) E. J. Edwards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The distribution of tree and grass roots in savannas in relation to soil nitrogen and water

(2010) E.C. February et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Water and nutrients alter herbaceous competitive effects on tree seedlings in a semi-arid savanna

(2009) Cornelis van der Waal et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and fine root traits in sites under different plant successional phases in southern Brazil

(2008) Waldemar Zangaro et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Soil–vegetation relationships in cerrados under different fire frequencies

(2008) Danilo Muniz da Silva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL