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Bill Hoffmann
William (Bill) A. Hoffmann
Assistant Professor
Tropical Ecology, Ecophysiology

4217 Gardner Hall
Campus Box 7612
Office phone: 919-513-7668
Lab: 919-513-7667
E-mail: william_hoffmann@ncsu.edu

Courses taught:

PB 595E Plant Functional Ecology

Hoffmann Lab

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Research Interests:
My research focuses primarily on the ecology of tropical savannas and forests, with special emphasis on the Cerrado region of central Brazil.  I am primarily interested in understanding the causes of variations in tree density in tropical savannas and the consequences of land-use change on regional climate.  Current projects involve comparative ecology of savanna and forest trees, fire ecology, and land-atmosphere interactions.  These projects involve a range of approaches, including ecophysiology, population dynamics, remote sensing and GCM climate modelling.

Selected Publications:

Hoffmann, W.A., R. Adasme, M. Haridasan,  M. Carvalho, E. L. Geiger, M. A. B. Pereira, S. G. Gotsch, and A. C. Franco (2009). Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of alternate stable states at savanna-forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil.  Ecology, in press

Hao, G.-Y. Hoffmann, W.A. Scholz, F.G. Bucci, S.J. Meinzer, F.C. Franco, A.C. Cao, K.-F. Goldstein, G. (2008)  Stem and leaf hydraulics of congeneric tree species from adjacent tropical savanna and forest ecosystems. Oecologia 155:405-415.

Hoffmann, W.A., Orthen, B. and Franco, A.C. 2004. Constraints to seedling success of savanna and forest trees across the savanna-forest boundary. Oecologia 140:252-260.

Hoffmann, W.A., W. Schroeder and R.B. Jackson. Regional feedbacks among climate, fire, and tropical deforestation. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 108, DOI:2003JD003494

Hoffmann, W. A. and R.B. Jackson. 2000. Vegetation-climate feedbacks in the conversion of tropical savanna to grassland.  Journal of Climate 13:1593-1602.

Hoffmann, W. A. 1999. Fire and population dynamics of woody plants in a Neotropical savanna: matrix model predictions. Ecology 80:1354-1369.

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