@article{fdi:010083177,
  title = {{D}rivers of tree community assembly during tropical forest post-fire succession in anthropogenic savannas},
  author = {{B}lanchard, {G}r{\'e}goire and {I}banez, {T}homas and {M}unoz, {F}. and {B}ruy, {D}avid and {H}ely, {C}. and {M}unzinger, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {B}irnbaum, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the context of global change, tropical forests are increasingly affected by fires. {U}nderstanding the ecological processes driving forest recovery in fire-modified landscapes is a critical issue. {W}e analyzed spatial and temporal (8 years) changes in functional and phylogenetic composition of tree communities during forest post-fire recovery in anthropogenic savannas. {W}e used null models to infer the main assembly processes driving forest succession along three 90-m transects running from an advancing savanna forest edge to forest interior in {N}ew {C}aledonia. {W}e also evaluated if successional changes differed between large and small trees, or depended on the demography of remnant savanna trees. {W}e found coordinated shifts from drought-and fire-resistance towards shade-tolerance strategies, involving leaf, stem, and architectural traits along transects. {O}ur results indicate stronger environmental filtering and faster temporal changes in composition of young edge communities. {I}n forest interior, our results suggest slower compositional changes, with an important role of light limitation in community assembly. {T}hese non-random patterns depended on both the decline of savanna trees and compositional changes among forest species. {W}e also found contrasting community patterns depending on tree size, supporting a stronger influence of environmental filtering on small trees. {O}ur work emphasized the dominance of deterministic assembly processes driving tropical forest post-fire succession. {O}ur study suggests that fire and drought drive environmental filtering during early succession at the forest edge, entailing constraints on multiple functional dimensions. {A}s succession progresses, light limitation becomes a stronger driver of community assembly, and community composition becomes more stable in time. {O}ur study provides insights for a better understanding of the processes guiding tropical forest succession in the particular context of post-fire forest recovery.},
  keywords = {{T}ropical forest ; {S}uccession ; {F}unctional traits ; {F}ire ; {S}avanna ; {A}ssembly processes ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}erspectives in {P}lant {E}cology {E}volution and {S}ystematics},
  volume = {52},
  numero = {},
  pages = {125630 [14 ]},
  ISSN = {1433-8319},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125630},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083177},
}