Resprouting vs seeding - a Mediterranean perspective

Article Abstract:

Research on fire-prone Mediterranean regions refutes the plant dynamics model that predicts the importance of seeding over resprouting. The model presented by the author incorporates a range of life traits, such as serotiny, seed dormancy, shade tolerance, age to maturity and plant longevity, to explain findings in the regions examined.

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More to resprouting than fire

Article Abstract:

A model is presented depicting a non-linear tradeoff between seeding and resprouting biomass allocation. The model accounts for the limited role played by fire in disturbance frequency, the idiosyncrasies of fire as a disturbance regime, and the importance of productivity differences.

New Zealand

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Recruitment in a Mediterranean annual plant community: seed bank, emergence, litter, and intra- and inter-specific interactions

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that germination and emergence are more important in plant succession than seedling survival. Seed mass was inversely related to litter effects. Data were obtained from observations of a four-year-old annual plant community in the Mediterranean region.

Statistical Data Included, Plants, Natural history, Germination, Seedlings, Plant reproduction, Plant succession

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