Vegetation responses to season of fire in an aseasonal, fire-prone fynbos shrubland

Vegetation responses to season of fire in an aseasonal, fire-prone fynbos shrubland

Season of fire has marked effects on floristic composition in fire-prone Mediterranean-climate shrublands. In these winter-rainfall systems, summer-autumn fires lead to optimal recruitment of overstorey proteoid shrubs (non-sprouting, slow-maturing, serotinous Proteaceae) which are important to the...

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Main Authors: Tineke Kraaij, Richard M. Cowling, Brian W. van Wilgen, Diba R. Rikhotso, Mark Difford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-08-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Fire season
Post-fire recruitment
Protea
Germination
Prescribed burning
Cape Floral Kingdom
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3591.pdf

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