The diversity of post‐fire regeneration strategies in the cerrado ground layer

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 109; no. 1; pp. 154 - 166
• Main Authors: Pilon, Natashi A. L., Cava, Mário G. B., Hoffmann, William A., Abreu, Rodolfo C. R., Fidelis, Alessandra, Durigan, Giselda, Staver, Carla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2021
• Subjects: below‐ground bud bank; cerrado; Colonization; Community involvement; Community structure; Composition; Conservation; Controlled burning; Ecosystem disturbance; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystems; fire ecology; fire response; Fires; fire‐prone ecosystems; Flowering; Flowers & plants; Functional groups; functional traits; herbaceous species; indigenous species; Natural disturbance; neotropical savanna; Plant communities; Plant species; Population density; prescribed burning; Prescribed fire; Recovery; Regeneration; Regeneration (biological); Resilience; Restoration; Savannahs; savannas; Seeders; Soil; Soils; species abundance; Species richness; Tropical climate; Underground structures; Vegetation; Cerrado Biome

Disentangling species strategies that confer resilience to natural disturbances is key to conserving and restoring savanna ecosystems. Fire is a recurrent disturbance in savannas, and savanna vegetation is highly adapted to and often dependent on fire. However, although the woody component of tropic...