Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 105; no. 2; pp. 289 - 297
• Main Authors: Pausas, Juli G., Keeley, Jon E., Schwilk, Dylan W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.03.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Ecosystems; environmental impact; ESSAY REVIEW; Evolution; fire spread; Fires; fire‐prone ecosystems; Flammability; flammability dimensions; Flora; Forest & brush fires; heat; Heat transfer; plant flammability strategies; quantitative traits; reproduction; scale

1. We live on a flammable planet yet there is little consensus on the origin and evolution of flammability in our flora. 2. We argue that part of the problem lies in the concept of flammability, which should not be viewed as a single quantitative trait or metric. Rather, we propose that flammability...