Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-233-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-233-2018
Research article
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11 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 11 Jan 2018

Sensitivity of woody carbon stocks to bark investment strategy in Neotropical savannas and forests

Anna T. Trugman, David Medvigy, William A. Hoffmann, and Adam F. A. Pellegrini

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Tree fire tolerance strategies may significantly impact woody carbon stability and the existence of tropical savannas under global climate change. We used a numerical ecosystem model to test the impacts of fire survival strategy under differing fire and rainfall regimes. We found that the high survival rate of large fire-tolerant trees reduced carbon losses with increasing fire frequency, and reduced the range of conditions leading to either complete tree loss or complete grass loss.
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