Could mesophyte canopy, bark, and leaf litter traits drive future flammability of upland oak forests?
<p>In the absence of canopy-opening disturbances, upland oak forests in the eastern United States are shifting to shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive tree species (i.e. mesophytes) via a hypothesized positive feedback loop of less flammable, self-promoting conditions, termed mesophication. To evalu...
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MSSTATE
2018
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| Online Access: | http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06282018-104802/ |