Pollination, Reproduction, and Fire
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The American Naturalist
- Vol. 113 (6) , 871-879
- https://doi.org/10.1086/283442
Abstract
Separate and usually mutually exclusive suites of adaptations are found in fire-adapted trees and shrubs that have evolved in habitats prone to fire. Two adaptive strategies in chaparral communities have been distinguished: one strategy is for the plant to mature quickly and set large numbers of seeds, which are often stimulated to germination by fire, which kills the parent; the 2nd strategy is for the plant to survive the fire and resprout from a tuber or other underground storage organ. A 3rd strategy of fire adaptation, survival by protective bark and growth habits that prevent crown fires in forests, was added. Mature-die and resprout strategies were discussed for the genera Pinus and Arctostaphylos, and the species Banksia ornata, B. marginata, B. ericifolia and B. spinulosa.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Hooks for mammal pollination?Oecologia, 1977
- Pollination by Birds of Native Plants in South AustraliaEmu - Austral Ornithology, 1977