Michael Bedward

Tree Species Vulnerability to Fire Increases at Dry Range Edge

ABSTRACT Plant responses to fire are generally characterized for individual species and thus do not capture the variation in responses that can occur geographically. Here, we examine post‐fire responses across the climatic range of multiple resprouting eucalypt species following...

Eucalypt bark thickness and density are explained more by landscape aridity and species than by fire frequency

Context Bark thickness and density are key traits protecting tree cambium from lethal fire temperatures, and may become increasingly important for tree survival as fire frequency and landscape aridity shift under climate change. However, it is unknown how these traits vary with f...