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Assessing the fire tolerance of forest species in N ew C aledonian savanna: modelling choices do matter
Author(s) -
Fernandes Paulo M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.1111/jvs.12086
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , canopy , forestry , environmental science , ecology , tree (set theory) , atmospheric sciences , physical geography , geography , biology , mathematics , geology , medicine , mathematical analysis , pathology
Ibanez et al. ( Journal of Vegetation Science, 2013 , 24: 177) used fire modelling to examine the differential fire tolerance of secondary forest species in N ew C aledonia savanna. Misinterpretation of the concept of flame‐front residence time and inadequate choices and linkages of fire behaviour and fire effects models affected the estimation of both stem and canopy injury. The most relevant concern is that the depth of fire‐induced necrosis in the stem was overemphasized by a factor of two to three, underestimating tree tolerance to fire and overestimating the tree size thresholds for escaping fire.