Bark thickness and fire regime
JG Pausas - Functional Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bark is a vital and very visible part of woody plants, yet only recently has bark characteristics
started to be considered as key traits structuring communities and biomes. Bark thickness is …
started to be considered as key traits structuring communities and biomes. Bark thickness is …
The cover uncovered: Bark control over wood decomposition
GGO Dossa, D Schaefer, JL Zhang, JP Tao… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Woody debris (WD) represents a globally significant carbon stock and its decomposition
returns nutrients to the soil while providing habitat to microbes, plants and animals …
returns nutrients to the soil while providing habitat to microbes, plants and animals …
Bark thickness across the angiosperms: more than just fire
JA Rosell - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Global variation in total bark thickness (TBT) is traditionally attributed to fire. However, bark
is multifunctional, as reflected by its inner living and outer dead regions, meaning that, in …
is multifunctional, as reflected by its inner living and outer dead regions, meaning that, in …
Bark in woody plants: understanding the diversity of a multifunctional structure
JA Rosell - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Most biological structures carry out multiple functions. Focusing on only one function to
make adaptive inferences overlooks that manifold selection pressures and tradeoffs shape …
make adaptive inferences overlooks that manifold selection pressures and tradeoffs shape …
Bark traits and life‐history strategies of tropical dry‐and moist forest trees
Bark is crucial to trees because it protects their stems against fire and other hazards and
because of its importance for assimilate transport, water relationships and repair. We …
because of its importance for assimilate transport, water relationships and repair. We …
Hygroscopic contributions to bark water storage and controls exerted by internal bark structure over water vapor absorption
A Ilek, CM Siegert, A Wade - Trees, 2021 - Springer
Key message Hygroscopicity is a crucial element of bark water storage and can reach> 60%
of water holding capacity of bark depending on tree species Abstract Bark forms the outer …
of water holding capacity of bark depending on tree species Abstract Bark forms the outer …
Outer bark thickness decreases more with height on stems of fire‐resistant than fire‐sensitive Floridian oaks (Quercus spp.; Fagaceae)
• Premise of the study: In ecosystems maintained by low‐intensity surface fires, tree bark
thickness is a determinant of fire‐survival because it protects underlying tissues from heat …
thickness is a determinant of fire‐survival because it protects underlying tissues from heat …
Sustaining Medicinal Barks: Survival and Bark Regeneration of Amphipterygium adstringens (Anacardiaceae), a Tropical Tree under Experimental Debarking
L Beltrán-Rodríguez, JI Valdez-Hernández… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Commercial harvests can threaten tree species harvested for their bark. Amphipterygium
adstringens is a dioecious tree, endemic to the tropical dry forests of Mexico, where it is …
adstringens is a dioecious tree, endemic to the tropical dry forests of Mexico, where it is …
Exploring the bark thickness–stem diameter relationship: clues from lianas, successive cambia, monocots and gymnosperms
Bark thickness is ecologically crucial, affecting functions from fire protection to
photosynthesis. Bark thickness scales predictably with stem diameter, but there is little …
photosynthesis. Bark thickness scales predictably with stem diameter, but there is little …
Priorities for bark anatomical research: study venues and open questions
The bark fulfils several essential functions in vascular plants and yields a wealth of raw
materials, but the understanding of bark structure and function strongly lags behind our …
materials, but the understanding of bark structure and function strongly lags behind our …