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Oak Bark Allometry and Fire Survival Strategies in the Chihuahuan Desert Sky Islands, Texas, USA

Trees may survive fire through persistence of above or below ground structures. Investment in bark aids in above-ground survival while investment in carbohydrate storage aids in recovery through resprouting and is especially important following above-ground tissue loss. We investigated bark allocati...

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Autores principales: Schwilk, Dylan W., Gaetani, Maria S., Poulos, Helen M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079285