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List of works by William A. Hoffmann

Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees

scientific article published on 8 January 2010

Are rare species less shade tolerant than common species in fire-prone environments? A test with seven Amorpha (Fabaceae) species

scientific article published on 06 May 2009

Are winter-active species vulnerable to climate warming? A case study with the wintergreen terrestrial orchid, Tipularia discolor

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

Avoiding bias in calculations of relative growth rate

scientific article

Bacteria species and solution pH effect postharvest quality of cut Zinnia elegans

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Better lucky than good: How savanna trees escape the fire trap in a variable world

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Can savannas become forests? A coupled analysis of nutrient stocks and fire thresholds in central Brazil

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Carbon accumulation and nitrogen pool recovery during transitions from savanna to forest in central Brazil.

scientific article published on February 2014

Caught in a fire trap: Recurring fire creates stable size equilibria in woody resprouters

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Comment on "The extent of forest in dryland biomes".

scientific article published in November 2017

Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"

scientific article published in October 2019

Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees

scientific article published on 24 December 2004

Comparative growth analysis of tropical forest and savanna woody plants using phylogenetically independent contrasts

scientific article published on 14 May 2003

Constraints to seedling success of savanna and forest trees across the savanna-forest boundary

scientific article published on 18 May 2004

Controls on stand transpiration and soil water utilization along a tree density gradient in a Neotropical savanna

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Convergence of bark investment according to fire and climate structures ecosystem vulnerability to future change

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Correction to: Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Corrigendum: Enhancing Heat Tolerance of the Little Dogwood Cornus canadensis L. f. with Introduction of a Superoxide Reductase Gene from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Current and Historical Variation in Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) Abundance and Distribution Is Not Detectable from Soil δ13C Measurements in Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Savannas

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Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

scientific article published on 4 April 2011

Demographic effects of fire on two endemic plant species in the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem

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Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna

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Drought-deciduous behavior reduces nutrient losses from temperate deciduous trees under severe drought.

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Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes.

scientific article published on 04 May 2012

Effects and response of the Cerrado ground-layer to frost along the canopy cover gradient

scientific article published on 21 September 2022

Effects of light and temperature on germination of Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells (Diapensiaceae)1

scientific article published in 2010

Enhancing Heat Tolerance of the Little Dogwood Cornus canadensis L. f. with Introduction of a Superoxide Reductase Gene from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Evapotranspiration and energy balance of Brazilian savannas with contrasting tree density

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Evidence for range stasis during the latter Pleistocene for the Atlantic Coastal Plain endemic genus, Pyxidanthera Michaux

scientific article published on September 6, 2010

Evidence of population bottleneck in Astragalus michauxii (Fabaceae), a narrow endemic of the southeastern United States

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Facilitation by isolated trees triggers woody encroachment and a biome shift at the savanna–forest transition

scientific article published on 18 August 2021

Flammability thresholds or flammability gradients? Determinants of fire across savanna-forest transitions

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire in savannas and forests depend on biome and climate

Hydraulic lift in a Neotropical savanna: Experimental manipulation and model simulations

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Impact of the invasive alien grass Melinis minutiflora at the savanna-forest ecotone in the Brazilian Cerrado

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Invasibility of a fire-maintained savanna–wetland gradient by non-native, woody plant species

scientific article published in December 2017

Nitrogen Controls on Climate Model Evapotranspiration

No Net Loss of Species Diversity After Prescribed Fires in the Brazilian Savanna

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas

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Not all trees can make a forest: Tree species composition and competition control forest encroachment in a tropical savanna

scientific article published on 03 December 2021

Orlando magic

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Osteogenesis imperfecta: determining the demographics and the predictors of death from an inpatient population

scientific article published in March 2007

Positive feedbacks of fire, climate, and vegetation and the conversion of tropical savanna

scientific article published on 02 December 2002

Post-Establishment Seedling Success in the Brazilian Cerrado: A Comparison of Savanna and Forest Species1

scientific article published on 15 March 2006

Post‐burn reproduction of woody plants in a neotropical savanna: the relative importance of sexual and vegetative reproduction

scientific article published on 12 March 2003

Processes preventing nocturnal equilibration between leaf and soil water potential in tropical savanna woody species

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Quantifying the short-term flowering after fire in some plant communities of a cerrado grassland

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Rare frost events reinforce tropical savanna–forest boundaries

scientific article published in 2018

Recent vicariance and the origin of the rare, edaphically specialized Sandhills lily, Lilium pyrophilum (Liliaceae): evidence from phylogenetic and coalescent analyses

scientific article published on June 14, 2011

Regional feedbacks among fire, climate, and tropical deforestation

scientific article published on 03 December 2003

Relative Bark Thickness is Correlated with Tree Species Distributions Along a Fire Frequency Gradient

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Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

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Savannas are not old fields: Functional trajectories of forest expansion in a fire‐suppressed Brazilian savanna are driven by habitat generalists

scientific article published on 04 May 2021

Seasonal leaf dynamics across a tree density gradient in a Brazilian savanna

scientific article published in September 2005

Sensitivity of woody carbon stocks to bark investment strategy in Neotropical savannas and forests

scientific article published in 2018

Shade alters savanna grass layer structure and function along a gradient of canopy cover

scientific article published on 04 October 2020

Shifts in functional traits elevate risk of fire-driven tree dieback in tropical savanna and forest biomes.

scientific article published on October 2015

Size-dependent enhancement of water relations during post-fire resprouting

scientific article published on 30 March 2014

Size-dependent mortality in a Neotropical savanna tree: the role of height-related adjustments in hydraulic architecture and carbon allocation

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Stem and leaf hydraulics of congeneric tree species from adjacent tropical savanna and forest ecosystems

scientific article published on 30 November 2007

Stomatal acclimation to vapour pressure deficit doubles transpiration of small tree seedlings with warming

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Structure and Function of Root Systems

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Temperature alone does not explain phenological variation of diverse temperate plants under experimental warming

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The Effects of Fire and Cover on Seedling Establishment in a Neotropical Savanna

scientific article published on 17 June 2006

The biodiversity cost of carbon sequestration in tropical savanna

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

The diversity of post‐fire regeneration strategies in the cerrado ground layer

scientific article published in 2020

The effects of tree cover and soil nutrient addition on native herbaceous richness in a neotropical savanna

scientific article published on 22 March 2021

The importance of evolutionary history in studies of plant physiological ecology: examples from cerrados and forests of central Brazil

scientific article published on 18 April 2009

The role of morpho-physiological traits in frost tolerance of neotropical savanna trees

scientific article published on 18 June 2021

The role of topkill in the differential response of savanna woody species to fire

scientific article published on 17 January 2003

Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna-forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil

scientific article published on May 2009

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

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Water economy of Neotropical savanna trees: six paradigms revisited

scientific article published on March 2008

When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?

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Where fire stops: vegetation structure and microclimate influence fire spread along an ecotonal gradient

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Wood decay and the persistence of resprouting species in pyrophilic ecosystems