Is foliar flammability of woody species related to time since fire and herbivory in northwest Patagonia, Argentina?

• Published in: Journal of Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Blackhall, Melisa, Raffaele, Estela, Veblen, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Cattle Herbivory; Fire Ecology; Fuel Flammability; Ignitability Tests; Leaf Traits; Plant-Herbivore Interactions; Resprouting Species; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Ribes; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/75570

Question: In northwest Patagonia burning of fire-resistant forests creates a community-level positive feedback towards increased fire occurrence because of successional replacement by fire-prone shrublands. We hypothesize that variability in plant traits related to time since last fire and to herbiv...