Moisture loss rate drives the species‐specific sensitivity of shoot flammability to water status
This study suggests that the LFMC-flammability relationship across species depends on plant traits that influence water loss during fire weather conditions, and incorporating plant traits shaping LFMC dynamics into fire behavior models will improve our understanding of drought-vegetation-fire feedback.
Authors
- Dylan W. Schwilk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3833-1932)
- Nursema Aktepe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2544-4698)
- A. W. Mahmud
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- Kastamonu University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70052
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.63