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

• Published in: Basic and applied ecology Vol. 56; pp. 110 - 121
• Main Authors: Scalon, Marina Corrêa, Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo, Oliveras, Imma, Miatto, Raquel Carolina, Gray, Emma Fiona, Domingos, Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho, Brum, Fernanda Thiesen, Carlucci, Marcos Bergmann, Hoffmann, William Arthur, Marimon-Júnior, Ben Hur, Marimon, Beatriz S., Franco, Augusto Cesar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Amazonia; applied ecology; atmospheric precipitation; bark; biome transition; Brazil; Cerrado; drought; dry environmental conditions; dry season; evaporative demand; fire ecology; forests; Neotropics; phellogen; risk; savannas; species diversity; trees; water content; water storage; Brazil; Amazonia; water storage; biome transition; Cerrado; bark; fire ecology; phellogen

•Inner bark thickness at the community level vary across a continental-size biome range.•There was little variation in outer bark for branches and main stem.•Higher water deficit was associated with higher inner bark thickness•Bark trait composition of species in core region were nested within perip...