Experimental evidence for heat plume-induced cavitation and xylem deformation as a mechanism of rapid post-fire tree mortality

Low-severity fire increases tree defense against bark beetle attacks

(2015) Sharon Hood et al.   ECOLOGY

Fire alters ecosystem carbon and nutrients but not plant nutrient stoichiometry or composition in tropical savanna

(2015) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf hydraulic capacity and drought vulnerability: possible trade-offs and correlations with climate across three major biomes

(2014) Andrea Nardini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Bark thickness does not explain the different susceptibility of Australian and New Zealand temperate rain forests to anthropogenic fire

(2014) Michael J. Lawes et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Short-term physiological effects of smoke on grapevine leaves

(2013) T. L. Bell et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Which traits determine shifts in the abundance of tree species in a fire-prone savanna?

(2013) Steven I. Higgins et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

(2013) Hervé Cochard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Rapid hydraulic recovery inEucalyptus paucifloraafter drought: linkages between stem hydraulics and leaf gas exchange

(2013) SEBASTIÀ MARTORELL et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The stem xylem of Patagonian shrubs operates far from the point of catastrophic dysfunction and is additionally protected from drought-induced embolism by leaves and roots

(2013) SANDRA J. BUCCI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Moving beyond the cambium necrosis hypothesis of post-fire tree mortality: cavitation and deformation of xylem in forest fires

(2012) S. T. Michaletz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Hydraulic efficiency and safety of vascular and non-vascular components in Pinus pinaster leaves

(2012) K. Charra-Vaskou et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Hydraulic differences along the water transport system of South American Nothofagus species: do leaves protect the stem functionality?

(2012) S. J. Bucci et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Evidence for xylem embolism as a primary factor in dehydration-induced declines in leaf hydraulic conductance

(2011) DANIEL M. JOHNSON et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Bark thickness determines fire resistance of selected tree species from fire-prone tropical savanna in north Australia

(2011) Michael J. Lawes et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture

(2011) C. Scoffoni et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

(2011) Jon E. Keeley et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

TURNER REVIEW No. 19. Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically

(2010) Jeremy J. Midgley et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

How do fires kill plants? The hydraulic death hypothesis and Cape Proteaceae “fire-resisters”

(2010) J.J. Midgley et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

A Way Forward for Fire-Caused Tree Mortality Prediction: Modeling a Physiological Consequence of Fire

(2010) Kathleen L. Kavanagh et al.   Fire Ecology

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

(2009) William A. Hoffmann et al.   ECOLOGY

Evolution of stomatal responsiveness to CO2and optimization of water-use efficiency among land plants

(2009) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf hydraulic conductance, measured in situ, declines and recovers daily: leaf hydraulics, water potential and stomatal conductance in four temperate and three tropical tree species

(2009) D.M. Johnson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Vein recovery from embolism occurs under negative pressure in leaves of sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

(2008) Andrea Nardini et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM