From: Suites of Fire-Adapted traits of Oaks in the Southeastern USA: Multiple Strategies for Persistence
Trait grouping | Data sources |
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Flammability traits (units) | |
Litter flame height (cm) | |
Litter flaming duration (sec) | Kane et al. 2008, |
Litter smoldering duration (sec) | Kreye et al. 2013, |
Fuel consumption (%) | Varner et al. 2015 b |
Litter depth (cm) | |
Litter drying rate (hr, timelag) | |
Litter absorptive capacity (%) | |
Protective traits (units) | |
Rhytidome thickness (cm) | |
Phloem allometric coefficient (accumulation rate; unitless) | |
Sapling rhytidome thickness (cm) | |
Adult rhytidome thickness (cm) | |
Wound closure (%) | |
Xylem area lost (cm2) | |
Xylem vertical (up+down) decay (cm) | |
Inner bark (%) | |
Physiological traits (units) | |
Mature height (as asympototic height; m) | |
Seed mass (without seed coat; g) | |
Leaf lifespan (days) | |
Canopy duration (days the canopy had >50% of its leaves) | |
Laminar leaf area (cm2) | |
Specific leaf area (SLA; g cm−2) | |
Maximum assimilation rate-area basis (Amax; µmol CO2 m−2 s−1) | |
Maximum assimilation rate-mass basis (Amass; µmol CO2 g−1) | |
Leaf nitrogen (%) | Cavender-Bares et al. 2004 a |
Leaf chlorophyll (mg cm−2) | |
Maximum hydraulic conductance (max Ks; kg H2O s−1 m−1 MPa−1) | |
Transpiration rate per sapwood area (mmol H2O m−2 s−1) | |
Huber (sapwood area: leaf area) | |
Negative percent loss of conductivity (PLC;%) | |
Wood density (g m−3) | |
Radial growth increment (cm yr−1) | |
Absolute growth rate of seedlings (AGR; g yr−1) | |
Seedling relative growth rate (RGR; g g−1 day−1) |