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Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm in 2018, caused extensive forest damage in its refugial habitat. We investigated how natural variation in disturbance was linked to tree health and microclimatic conditions relevant to disease.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We monitored the health and habitat of 40 wild\n                      <jats:italic>T. taxifolia<\/jats:italic>\n                      individuals for 4 years after the hurricane by measuring branch growth and mortality and temperature and light around each\n                      <jats:italic>T. taxifolia<\/jats:italic>\n                      . We assessed the abundance and area of fungal cankers. Hurricane disturbance was characterized using complementary metrics of forest structural change (basal area) and the size\u2010weighted abundance of fallen and standing trees.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Tree fall was associated with increased branch growth when quantified with summed diameter at breast height (DBH) metrics, but not with basal area metrics. Neither metric of tree fall was significantly associated with branch mortality. Local temperatures were positively associated with canker abundance, though not with total canker area, and were not directly linked to measures of forest change.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Hurricane disturbance was associated with short\u2010term after\u2010storm growth responses among surviving\n                      <jats:italic>T. taxifolia<\/jats:italic>\n                      individuals, while warmer local conditions were linked to increased canker disease symptoms. Together, these results suggest that torreya growth was more closely associated with neighborhood\u2010scale disturbance intensity than with broad reductions in stand\u2010level biomass.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ajb2.70222","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,19]],"date-time":"2026-06-19T01:16:54Z","timestamp":1781831814000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hurricane disturbance and local temperature are associated with growth and disease patterns in the endangered Florida torreya"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4626-6747","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xingwen","family":"Loy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast Atlanta 30309 GA USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4322-797X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashlynn","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast Atlanta 30309 GA USA"},{"name":"South Dakota State University Natural Resource Management 711 N Creek Drive Rapid City 57703 SD USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lilly","family":"Anderson\u2010Messec","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Florida Native Plant Society PO Box 5007 Gainesville 32627 FL USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ian","family":"Sabo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast Atlanta 30309 GA USA"},{"name":"Great Smoky Mountains National Park 107 Park Headquarters Road Gatlinburg 37738 TN USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Evans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast Atlanta 30309 GA USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Stockert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast Atlanta 30309 GA USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laurie","family":"Blackmore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Atlanta Botanical Garden 1345 Piedmont Avenue Northeast Atlanta 30309 GA USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9199-2943","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emily E. 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