Flammability and serotiny as strategies: correlated evolution in pines

By D. Schwilk, David D. Ackerly. 2001

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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The role of forest genetic resources in responding to biotic and abiotic factors in the context of anthropogenic climate change (2014, background): “For example, Schwilk and Ackerly (2001) indicated that trees that embrace fire as a species survival strategy are more likely to favour traits such as short height, flammable foliage and no self-pruning.”
Plant size and resprouting ability: trading tolerance and avoidance of damage? (2006, background): “Phylogenetic analyses are not reported here (however, see Vesk & Westoby 2004b) because previous studies have demonstrated that resprouting is a phylogenetically widespread and labile trait across broad phylogenetic trees (Vesk & Westoby 2004b) and within particular clades ( Schwilk & Ackerly 2001; ”
Plant persistence traits in fire-prone ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin: a phylogenetic approach (2005, background): “Schwilk and Ackerly (2001) also found a similar evolutionary correlation between bark thickness (which, as resprouting, it allows individual persistence; Pausas and Lavorel 2003) and serotiny (a propagule persistence trait) in Pinus species.”
Inferring differential evolutionary processes of plant persistence traits in Northern Hemisphere Mediterranean fire‐prone ecosystems (2006, background): “2004), and in serotinous pines this trait has coevolved with characteristics that enhance flammability (Schwilk & Ackerly 2001).”
Fire as a Selective Agent for both Serotiny and Nonserotiny Over Space and Time (2020, background): “Serotiny in pines is tied to the retention of dead branches that enable propagation of flames from the ground to the crown (the ‘ ladder ’ effect) where the closed cones are located (Schwilk and Ackerly, 2001; Pausas, 2015a).”
Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver (2017, background): “…increasing the fuel gap between the forest floor and the canopy) to avoid understorey fires reaching their crowns (Pausas 2015a); in this case, the low tree flammability is coupled with thick basal bark to resist understorey fires (Keeley & Zedler 1998; Schwilk & Ackerly 2001; Pausas 2015a,b).”
Shocks to the system: community assembly of the oak savanna in a 40-year fire frequency experiment (2012, background): “Fire is a major force in the evolution of fire-tolerant and fire-dependent plant species (Keeley 1991, Schwilk and Ackerly 2001, Bond and Keeley 2005) and is a critical driver of ecosystem structure and function globally (Whelan 1995, Pyne et al. 1996, Thonicke et al.”
Patterns of flammability of the California oaks: the role of leaf traits (2012, background): “Research in North America (Fonda 2001; Schwilk and Ackerly 2001; Behm et al. 2004; Kane et al. 2008; Gagnon et al. 2010; Schwilk and Caprio 2011) and in Europe (Ganteaume et al.”
Fire adaptations in the Canary Islands pine (Pinus canariensis) (2004, background): “The maintenance of thick bark together with resprouting ability is generally considered an alternative strategy which is complementary to cone serotiny related to fire resilience in the genus Pinus (Keeley and Zedler 1988, Schwilk and Ackerly 2001).”
Scaling from leaf traits to fire behaviour: community composition predicts fire severity in a temperate forest (2011, background): “…scientific interest in possible feedback effects of flammability traits on community assembly and trait evolution (Mutch 1970; Bond &Midgley 1995; Schwilk & Ackerly 2001; Schwilk & Kerr 2002; Schwilk 2003; Bond & Keeley 2005), examples specifically attributing fire behaviour differences to…”
A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2003, background): “References on theory and significance: Mutch (1970); Bond and Midgley (1995); Bond and Van Wilgen (1996); Schwilk and Ackerly (2001); Lavorel and Garnier (2002).”