@article{fdi:010090597,
  title = {{H}igh resilience of {P}acific {I}sland forests to a category-5 cyclone},
  author = {{T}icktin, {T}. and {M}c{G}uigan, {A}. and {A}lo, {F}. and {B}alick, {M}. {J}. and {B}oraks, {A}. and {S}am, {C}. and {D}oro, {T}. and {D}ovo, {P}. and {I}banez, {T}homas and {N}aikatini, {A}. and {R}anker, {T}. {A}. and {T}uiwawa, {M}. {V}. and {W}ahe, {J}. {P}. and {P}lunkett, {G}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}ssessing how forests respond to, and recuperate from, cyclones is critical to understanding forest dynamics and planning for the impacts of climate change. {P}rojected increases in the intensity and frequency of severe cyclones can threaten both forests and forest -dependent communities. {T}he {P}acific {I}slands are subject to frequent lowintensity cyclones, but there is little information on the effects of high intensity cyclones, or on how forest stewardship practices may affect outcomes. {W}e assess the resistance and resilience of forests in three communitystewarded sites on the island of {T}anna, {V}anuatu, to the wind -related effects of 2015 {C}ategory -5 {C}yclone {P}am, one of the most intense cyclones to make landfall globally. {D}rawing on transect data established pre -and postcyclone, we (1) test whether windspeed and tree structural traits predict survival and damage intensity, and whether this varies across sites; (2) assess post -cyclone regeneration of canopy, ground cover, seedlings, and saplings, and how community composition shifts over time and across sites. {I}n sites that sustained a direct hit, 88 % of trees were defoliated, 34 % sustained severe damage, and immediate mortality was 13 %. {I}nitial mortality, but not severe damage, was lower in areas that received an indirect hit and had lower windspeed. {L}arger trees and those with lighter wood had a higher probability of uprooting and snapping, respectively. {C}anopy and ground cover regenerated within three years and seedling and sapling regeneration was widespread across life histories, from pioneer to mature forest species. {T}hree species of non-native vines recruited post -cyclone but within 5 years had largely declined or disappeared with canopy closure. {T}anna's historical cyclone frequency, combined with customary stewardship practices that actively maintain a diversity of species and multiplicity of regeneration pathways, are likely responsible for the island's resistance and resilience to an intense tropical cyclone.},
  keywords = {{C}yclone pam ; {I}ndigenous stewardship ; {R}esistance ; {F}orest management ; {V}anuatu ; {VANUATU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience of the {T}otal {E}nvironment},
  volume = {922},
  numero = {},
  pages = {170973 [13 ]},
  ISSN = {0048-9697},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170973},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010090597},
}