Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits.

By J. E. Keeley, Juli G. Pausas, Philip W. Rundel, W. Bond, Ross A. Bradstock. Trends in Plant Science, 2011

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Juli G. Pausas
2. W. Bond
3. Peter Clarke
4. J. E. Keeley
5. B. Lamont
6. Tianhua He
7. E. Edwards
8. J. Midgley

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Juli G. Pausas
2. W. Bond
3. J. E. Keeley
4. B. Lamont
5. Tianhua He
6. C. Parr
7. Ross A. Bradstock
8. J. Midgley

In Plant Science

1. Juli G. Pausas
2. W. Bond
3. J. E. Keeley
4. Peter Clarke
5. B. Lamont
6. Tianhua He
7. J. Midgley
8. M. Lawes

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• Ecology and long-term history of fire in New Zealand. (2014, background): “As Keeley et al. (2011) emphasise, selection for fire adaptations occurs in the context of the fire regime, not individual fire events.”
• Spatial patterns of ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches (2017, positive): “Following high-severity fi res, sprouting species have regeneration strategies that allow them to quickly recover (Bond and Midgley, 2001; Keeley et al., 2011).”
• Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver (2017, background): “consensus on the role of this biological characteristic on the ecology and evolution of our biota (Keeley et al. 2011; Bowman, French & Prior 2014).”
• Fire as a Selective Agent for both Serotiny and Nonserotiny Over Space and Time (2020, background): “…in Australia, North America, Mediterranean Basin, and South Africa where it is recognized as a key adaptive trait to fire (Lamont and Enright, 2000; Keeley et al. , 2011; Treurnicht et al. , 2016) with an evolutionary history that extends back to the Triassic (He, Belcher, et al. , 2016; Lamont et…”
• Focus on changing fire regimes: interactions with climate, ecosystems, and society (2020, background): “…geologic history, fire has played a major role in regulating atmospheric O2 (Lenton 2001, 2013, Belcher et al 2010), driving plant evolution (Pausas and Keeley 2009, Keeley et al 2011, Archibald et al 2018), and determining the distribution of biomes and plant communities (Bond et al 2005).”
• The Worldwide Spread, Success, and Impact of Ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) (2017, background): “Resprouting capacity (a resistance/resilience trait) can be considered one of the main functional traits related to successfully overcoming fire, mowing, intensive grazing, and some severe atmospheric events leading to suppression of the aerial parts of plants (Table 4; Keeley et al., 2011).”
• Biome Shifts and Niche Evolution in Plants (2014, background): “Other cases relate to the multiple ways in which plants have adapted to cope with fire (Simon et al. 2009, Keeley et al. 2011).”
• Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals (2018, background): “This has allowed the evolution of structural traits for in situ persistence (survival and population persistence; Pausas et al. 2004; Keeley et al. 2011).”
• A global synthesis of fire effects on pollinators (2019, background): “This is critical because it emphasizes the importance of fire regime (and not fire per se; Keeley et al., 2011) in determining the winners and losers in fire‐prone ecosystems.”
• The lanky and the corky: fire‐escape strategies in savanna woody species (2013, background): “While there is plenty of information about the role of fire (e.g. Keeley et al. 2011) and herbivory (e.g. Díaz et al. 2007) in shaping plant traits, their interactive effects have received little attention (Pausas & Lavorel 2003; Midgley, Lawes & Chamaill e-Jammes 2010).”
• Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: a savanna/forest contrast (2013, background): “Our data support the notion that thick bark in savanna trees is an adaptive trait (Keeley et al. 2011) and functions to protect the stem from heat damage (Lawes et al. 2011a,b).”
• Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa (2011, background): “Despite recent attempts to identify plant traits uniquely associated with fire (Crisp et al. 2011; He et al. 2011; Keeley et al. 2011), fire-stimulated flowering (fsf) has been ignored, yet potentially there can be no better demonstration of a fire-adapted trait than one whose expression is solely d”
• Baptism by fire: the pivotal role of ancient conflagrations in evolution of the Earth's flora (2018, background): “This ensures that germination is cued to post-fire conditions when light, water and nutrient resources are optimal for seedling recruitment [112].”
• Biogeography of fire regimes in western U.S. conifer forests: A trait‐based approach (2020, background): “Functional traits, such as those that confer fire resistance, are adaptive in certain conditions (Schwilk & Ackerly, 2001), but might not be adapted to future conditions (Keeley et al., 2011).”
• Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system (2018, background): “Traits that determine plant performance in post-fire colonisation and regeneration depend on the particular fire regime (Keeley et al 2011).”