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Is fire always the “bad guy”?
(2020-07-01)
Much distortion about the real role of fire in different ecosystems exists, mostly because fire events attract media attention, usually focusing on the negative aspects of fire. In the perception of the general public, ...
From ashes to understanding: Opinion papers on fire and a call for papers for a Special Issue in Flora
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-07-01)
In the recent past, wildfires have received much attention both by science and by the media, especially in relation to deforestation, degradation and climate change and when affecting fire-sensitive ecosystems. On the other ...
Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems
(2018-03-01)
Despite long-time awareness of the importance of the location of buds in plant biology, research on belowground bud banks has been scant. Terms such as lignotuber, xylopodium and sobole, all referring to belowground ...
Does Fire Trigger Seed Germination in the Neotropical Savannas? Experimental Tests with Six Cerrado Species
(2016-03-01)
The Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) is a biodiversity hotspot with a history of fire that goes back as far as 10 million years. Fire has influenced the evolution of several aspects of the vegetation, including reproduction and ...
The effect of simulated heat-shock and daily temperature fluctuations on seed germination of four species from fire-prone ecosystems
(Soc Botanica Brasil, 2016-07-01)
Seed germination in many species from fire-prone ecosystems may be triggered by heat shock and/or temperature fluctuation, and how species respond to such fire-related cues is important to understand post-fire regeneration ...
The diversity of post-fire regeneration strategies in the cerrado ground layer
(2020-01-01)
Disentangling species strategies that confer resilience to natural disturbances is key to conserving and restoring savanna ecosystems. Fire is a recurrent disturbance in savannas, and savanna vegetation is highly adapted ...
Fire promotes functional plant diversity and modifies soil carbon dynamics in tropical savanna
(2022-03-15)
Fire is an evolutionary environmental filter in tropical savanna ecosystems altering functional diversity and associated C pools in the biosphere and fluxes between the atmosphere and biosphere. Therefore, alterations in ...
Bromeliads provide shelter against fire to mutualistic spiders in a fire-prone landscape
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2018-06-01)
1. A key challenge in the study of mutualistic interactions is understanding sources of variation that strengthen or weaken these interactions. In spider-plant mutualisms, spiders benefit plants by improving plant nutrition ...
Your best buds are worth protecting: Variation in bud protection in a fire-prone cerrado system
(2021-01-01)
Species growing in fire-prone savannas usually persist by resprouting from their buds. In this study, we evaluated how various persistence traits allow bud protection for improved survival in fire-prone ecosystems. Using ...
Post-burning germination responses of woody invaders in a fire-prone ecosystem
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-11)
It has been frequently recognised that there is a positive feedback between plant invasion and fire underlying invasion success in fire-prone ecosystems. Accordingly, the response of woody alien species germination to fire ...