Bill Hoffmann 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.

Silva, L.C.R, L. Sternberg, M. Haridasan, W. Hoffmann, F. Miralles-Wilhelm. A. C Franco (2008) Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14, 2108–2118.

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.

Goldstein, G, Meinzer, F.C. Bucci, S.J., Scholz, F.G. Franco, A.C. and Hoffmann, W.A.  (2008) Water economy of Neotropical savanna trees: six paradigms revisited.  Tree Physiology 28:395–404.

Hoffmann, W.A. and M. Haridasan (2008) The invasive grass, Melinis minutiflora, inhibits tree regeneration in a Neotropical Savanna. Austral Ecology 33:29-36. 

Jackson, R.B., Farley, K.A., Hoffmann, W.A., Jobbagy, E.G., McCulley, R.L. (2007)  Carbon and water tradeoffs in conversions to forests and shrublands. Pp .237-246 in J. Canadell, D. Pataki, L. Pitelka (eds.) Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World

Jackson, R. B., W. T. Pockman, and W. A. Hoffmann. 2007. Structure and function of root systems. Pp 151-173 in: F. I. Pugnaire and F. Valladeres (eds). Handbook of Plant Functional Ecology, 2nd Edition. Marcel Dekker, Inc.

Lahoreau, G., Barot, S., Gignoux, J., Hoffmann, W.A., Setterfield, S.A., and Williams, P.R. (2006) Positive effect of seed size on seedling survival in fire-prone savannas of Australia, Brazil and West Africa.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:719-722.

Hoffmann, W.A. (2006) Ecologia comparativa de espécies lenhosas de cerrado e de mata (Comparative ecology of savanna and forest woody plants).  Pp. 155-165 in A. Scariot, J.M. Felfili, and J.C. Sousa-Silva (eds.) Ecologia e Biodiversidade do Cerrado, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brasilia, Brazil.

Hoffmann, W.A., Franco, A.C., Moreira, M.Z., Haridasan, M. (2005) Specific leaf area explains differences in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees.  Functional Ecology 19:932-940.

Hoffmann, W.A., Silva, E.R., Machado, G.C., Bucci, S.J., Scholz, F.G., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C. (2005) Seasonal leaf dynamics across a tree density gradient in a Brazilian savanna.  Oecologia 145:307-316.

Sternberg, L.S.L., Bucci, S., Franco, A.C., Goldstein, G., Hoffmann, W.A., Moreira, M.Z., Scholz, F. (2005) Long range lateral root activity by Neo-tropical savanna trees.  Plant and Soil 270:169-178.

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., Lucatelli, V.M.P.C., Silva, F.J., Azeuedo, I.N.C., Marinho, M. da S., Albuquerque, A.M.S., Lopes, A. de O., Moreira, S.P. (2004) Impact of the invasive grass Melinis minutiflora at the savanna-forest ecotone in the Brazilian Cerrado.  Diversity and Distributions 10: 99-103.

Bucci, S.J., Scholz, F.G., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C , Hinojosa, J.A. and. Hoffmann, W.A. (2004) Processes preventing nocturnal equilibrium between leaf and soil water potential in tropical savanna woody species.  Tree Physiology 24:1119-1127.

Hoffmann, W.A., Orthen, B. and Nascimento, P.K.V. (2003) Comparative fire ecology of tropical savanna and forest trees.  Functional Ecology 17:720-726.

Hoffmann, W.A., Schroeder, W. and Jackson, R.B. (2003) Regional feedbacks among climate, fire, and tropical deforestation.

Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres 108:DOI: 2003JD003494.

Hoffmann, W.A. and Solbrig, O.T. (2003) The role of topkill in the differential response of savanna woody species to fire.  Forest Ecology and Management 180:273-286.

Hoffmann, W.A. and Franco, A.C. (2002) Comparative growth analysis of tropical savanna and forest trees using phylogenetically-independent contrasts. Journal of Ecology 91:475-484.

Hoffmann, W.A., Schroeder, W. and Jackson, R.B. (2002) Positive feedbacks of fire, climate, and vegetation change and the conversion of tropical savannas. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi:10.1029/2002GL015424.

Dickinson, R.E., Berry, J.A., Bonan, G.B., Collatz, G.J., Field, C.B., Fung, I.Y., Goulden, M.,  Hoffmann, W.A., Jackson, R., Myneni, R., Sellers, P. and Shaikh, M. (2002) Nitrogen controls on climate model evapotranspiration.  Journal of Climate 15:278-295.

Hoffmann, W.A. and Poorter, H. (2002) Avoiding bias in calculations of relative growth rate. Annals of Botany 80:37-42.

Hoffmann, W.A. (2002) Direct and indirect effects of fire on radial growth of cerrado savanna trees.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 18:137-142.

Silva, G.F., Ferreira, R.L.C., Hoffmann, W.A., Fiedler, N.C. and Janin, G. (2002) Optimization applied to management of natural forests.  ETFRN News 36:26-27.

Hoffmann, W.A. and Moreira, A.G. (2002) The Role of Fire in Population Dynamics of Woody Plants.  Pp. 159-177 in P.S. Oliveira and R.J. Marquis (eds.) The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna, Columbia University Press, New York.

Hoffmann, W.A., Bazzaz, F.A., Chatterton, N.J., Harrison, P. and Jackson, R.B. (2000) Elevated CO₂ enhances resprouting of a tropical savanna tree.  Oecologia 123:312-317.

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

Hoffmann, W.A. (2000) Post-establishment seedling success of savanna and forest species in the Brazilian Cerrado. Biotropica 32:62-69.

Hoffmann, W.A. (2000) The relative importance of sexual and vegetative reproduction in cerrado woody plants.  Pp. 231-234 in T.B. Cavalcanti and B.M.T. Walter (eds.) Tópicos Atuais em Botânica, EMBRAPA, Brasília.

Jackson R.B., Moore, L.A., Hoffmann, W.A., Pockman, W.T. and Linder, C.R. (1999) Ecosystem rooting depth determined with caves and DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 96:11387-11392.

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

Jackson, R.B., Pockman, W.T. and Hoffmann, W.A. (1999) Structure and function of root systems. Pp. 195-220 in F.I. Pugnaire and F. Valladeres (eds.) Handbook of Plant Functional Ecology, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Hoffmann, W.A. (1998) Post-burn reproduction of woody plants in a Neotropical savanna: the relative importance of sexual and vegetative reproduction. Journal of Applied Ecology 35:422-433.

Hoffmann, W. A. (1996) The effects of cover and fire on seedling establishment in a neotropical savanna.  Journal of Ecology 84:383-393.

Archer, S., Coughenour, M., Dall'Aglio, C., Fernandez, C.W., Hay, J., Hoffmann, W., Klink, C, Silva, J.F. and Solbrig, O.T. (1996) Savanna biodiversity and ecosystem properties.  Pp. 207-215 in O.T. Solbrig, E. Medina, J.F. Silva (eds.) Biodiversity and Savanna Ecosystem Properties, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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