Fire and PlantsLarge regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However, despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of research on plant population biology in relation to fire, until now there have only been limited attempts at a coherent conceptual synthesis of the field for use by students or researchers. |
Contents
Why and how do ecosystems burn? | 16 |
Surviving fires vegetative and reproductive responses | 34 |
Plant demography and fire I Intervaldependent effects | 52 |
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Fire and the evolutionary ecology of plants | 123 |
Fire competition and the organization of communities | 148 |
Fire and management | 188 |
Fire and the ecology of a changing world | 204 |
References | 228 |
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Adenostoma fasciculatum Australian Banksia Banksia ericifolia Banksia hookeriana biomass buds burnt Calluna canopy Cape fynbos Ceanothus chamise chaparral Chapter climate coexistence competitive conifer crown fires density density-dependent depends different fire disturbance diversity dynamics ecologists ecosystems effects of fire Eucalyptus event-dependent effects example Figure fire behaviour fire ecology fire frequency fire intensity fire life-histories fire regime fire season fire survival fire-recruiting fire-stimulated flammability flowering forests fuel fynbos germination global grass grasslands heat heathlands herbivory hypothesis important increased interval-dependent intervals Journal of Ecology Keeley killed Lamont landscape leaf lignotubers litter mature Midgley models moisture content mortality niche non-sprouters occur patterns persistence post-burn post-fire predators predict Protea Proteaceae rates recruitment reproduction response resprouting savanna sclerophyll seed predation seed production seedbanks seedlings serotinous shrublands shrubs simulated soil South African spatial sprouters sprouting studies successional survivorship curves Table temperatures traits trees unburnt understorey variable variation vegetation change vital attributes Wilgen woodlands woody