Neighbours consistently influence tree growth and survival in a frequently burned open oak landscape

The 16-ha Cedar Creek plot had all trees at least 2 cm dbh measured every 5 years from 1990 to 2015. Additional censuses were carried out every year, but trees were only checked for survival in those intervening censuses. The six growth censuses are thus numbered 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26. Data included here were used in Davis and Condit (2022). More details on methods and other uses of the data appear Davis (2021) and Davis et al. (1997, 2005).

References

Davis, M. A., Duke, A., Ibsen, T., Tran, H., and Rhodes, R. 1997. Spatial Distribution of Penstemon grandiflorus(Nutt.) and Geomys bursarius in a fragmented oak woodland in Minnesota, USA. Natural Areas Journal 17:136-143.
Davis, M. A., Curran, C., Tietmeyer, A., and  Miller, A. 2005. Dynamic tree aggregation patterns in a species-poor temperate woodland disturbed by fire. Journal of Vegetation Science 16: 167-174.
Davis, M. A. 2021.  Twenty-five years of tree demography in a frequently burned oak woodland: implications for savanna restoration. Ecosphere 2(12):e03844. 10.1002/ecs2.3844.
Davis, M. A., Condit R. 2022. Neighbors consistently influence tree growth and survival in a frequently burned open oak landscape. Journal of Ecology, in press.
Methods
See references under abstract.