November 26, 2025International Journal of Wildland Fire

Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: comparing heated water baths to experimental laboratory fires

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RPRaquel Partelli‐FeltrinPlentyoffish Media (Canada)ASAaron C. SparksUniversity of Bern ZFZachary FoleyUniversity of Idaho

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Experimental evaluation reveals heated water baths alter embolism vulnerability in pine saplings unlike fires, indicating laboratory water heating may yield misleading mortality data.

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Heated water baths induced vulnerability to embolism in only one conifer species, whereas experimental laboratory fires caused no hydraulic impairment or xylem damage.
Experimental laboratory fires and heated water baths were applied to Pinus ponderosa and Pinus monticola saplings using thermal parameters linked to lethal outcomes.
Highlights that heated water baths may generate misleading assessments of fire-induced tree mortality, requiring careful validation of alternative fire proxy methods.

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Partelli‐Feltrin et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/694033bb2d562116f290736c https://doi.org/10.1071/wf24144

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Experimental evaluation reveals heated water baths alter embolism vulnerability in pine saplings unlike fires, indicating laboratory water heating may yield misleading mortality data.

Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: comparing heated water baths to experimental laboratory fires

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