@article{fdi:010093531,
  title = {{F}rom plant traits to fire behavior : scaling issues in flammability studies},
  author = {{S}chwilk, {D}. {W}. and {A}lam, {M}. {A}. and {G}ill, {N}. and {M}urray, {B}. {R}. and {N}olan, {R}. {H}. and {O}ndei, {S}. and {P}erry, {G}. {L}. {W}. and {S}mith, {A}. {M}. {S}. and {B}owman, {D}mjs and {F}idelis, {A}. and {J}aureguiberry, {P}. and {O}liveras {M}enor, {I}mma and {R}osado, {B}. {H}. {P}. and {R}oland, {H}. and {Y}ebra, {M}. and {Y}elenik, {S}. {G}. and {C}urran, {T}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}espite fire being one of the oldest and most important ecological disturbance processes on {E}arth, many aspects of fire-vegetation feedbacks are poorly understood, limiting their accurate representation in predictive models. {T}ranslating plant flammability traits to fire behavior and fire effects on ecosystems has proven a challenge with different disciplines approaching the problem at widely different scales. {O}ne approach has been a top-down assessment of ecosystem-level effects of vegetation structural characteristics and plant physiology on fuel properties such as fuel moisture. {T}his approach has had some success, but is often forced to collapse species-specific variation into a small number of functional types and, as a practical necessity, usually focuses on highly plastic traits (e.g., moisture content) that can be modeled across an ecosystem without the need to characterize species-specific characteristics. {T}he other approach grew out of trait-centric comparative ecology and focused on how traits might influence individual plant flammability. {H}owever, the degree to which such lab-based flammability trials reflect real species-specific differences maintained during wildland fires has been questioned. {W}e review the history of these approaches, discuss where each has succeeded, and identify areas of research aimed at closing the apparent gap in scale.},
  keywords = {combustibility ; consumability ; fire behavior ; fire regime ; flammability ; fuel architecture ; fuel load ; fuel moisture ; ignitibility ; plant traits},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {B}otany},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {{S}pecial issue},
  pages = {[17 p.]},
  ISSN = {0002-9122},
  year = {2025},
  DOI = {10.1002/ajb2.70040},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010093531},
}