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🔥 Fire-stimulated flowering appears to be an adaptive strategy that helps plants maximize reproductive success in fire-prone ecosystems. Fire may play a major role in shaping plant life-history evolution in Mediterranean habitats. (7/7)

👉 https://doi.org/qvxg

#PlantScience #Ecology #FireEcology #WildfireEcology #PlantReproduction #AoBpapers

Annals of Botany 6h ago

🌿Just published in @AnnBot : “Fire-stimulated flowering enhances multiple plant fitness components” by Julia Gegunde and co-authors. 🧵(1/7)

👉 https://doi.org/qvxg

#PlantScience #Ecology #FireEcology #WildfireEcology #PlantReproduction #AoBpapers

Scientific Frontline 4d ago

Following severe wildfires, fast-growing, highly flammable invasive grasses rapidly colonize denuded landscapes, acting as combustible runways that significantly elevate the risk and severity of subsequent fires.
#FireEcology #Ecology #Environmental #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/eco03192601.html

Invasive grasses may be turning B.C.’s burn scars into the next wildfire

As climate patterns shift toward an era of more frequent mega-fires, understanding vegetation recovery is critical for hazard prevention

Erik Gauger 6d ago

I took this in Detroit, Oregon after the 2020 fires.
A washing machine melted into something unrecognizable. Soil sterilized.
This is the reality Patrick Moore waves away in Chapter 9 of his anti–climate change book.

Read my full rebuttal:
https://www.notesfromtheroad.com/roam/patrick-moore-wildfires-climate-change.html

#Wildfires #ClimateChange #Oregon #FireEcology #ClimateCrisis #PacificNorthwest

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Mar 14

Populus Tremuloides [Aka Aspen] As A Natural Fire Barrier In Canada’s Boreal Forest Under A Changing Climate
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123671 <-- shared paper 🔗
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #flammable #barrier #extremeweather #fireweather #fireactivity #wildfire #bushfire #fire #firebreak #FireKnowledge #FireEcology #AspenTrees #Canada #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #forest #risk #hazard #damage #climatechange #warming #tree #mixed #diversity #species #perimeter #ecozones #ecology #geostatistics #forest #forestcover #burn #severity #stand #burnarea #management #aspen #populustremuloides #Fireactivity #Burnseverity #Fireweather #Deciduous #Phenology
#NRCANScience #NRCAN #NaturalResourcesCanada

Dr Micha Campbell Feb 27

Really enjoyed this study from Ruby Paroissien at UNSW and the Australian Plantbank, looking at seed dispersal in the wet sclerophyll forests of SE Aus following the 2019/20 disaster fire season.

They found that post-fire seed dispersal from rainforest species was almost entirely absent 😟 hugely concerning when we have begun to see some of our oldest rainforests burn.

A highlight of the paper is Ruby's hand-drawn seed illustrations!

https://doi.org/10.1071/BT25061

#FireEcology #FireScience #Wildfire #SeedBank #Australia

Annals of Botany Jan 26

🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!

🌱 How leaf-dwelling fungi can reshape soil chemistry
🌬️ Why some wind-pollinated plants evolved grass-like traits
🔥 How plants recover after fire, drought, and salinity
and more…

New issue👉 https://botany.fyi/bep8tb

#plantscience #botany #plantbiology #soilmicrobiome #plantfungi #pollinationbiology #windpollination
#plantecology #plantadaptation #stresstolerance #fireecology

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Annals of Botany Jan 15

🚨 Key takeaway: A single fire can limit reproduction and seed quality for years, highlighting the importance of longer fire-free intervals to allow canopy recovery and healthy seed production. (9/9)

👉 https://doi.org/qmgq

#PlantEcology #FireEcology #Cerrado #SeedBiology #SavannaEcosystems #PlantScience

Annals of Botany Jan 15

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Single fire events impose lasting reproductive costs in savanna trees’ in @AnnBot by Marcelle de Castro Cavalheiro and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)

👉 https://doi.org/qmgq

#PlantEcology #FireEcology #SeedBiology #Cerrado #PlantScience #AoBpapers