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Evolutionary fire ecology: lessons learned from pines
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Macroevolutionary studies of the genus Pinus provide the oldest current evidence of fire as an evolutionary pressure on plants and date back to ca. 125 million years ago (Ma). Microevolutionary studies show that fire traits are variable within and among populations, especially among those subject to different fire regimes. In addition, there is increasing evidence of an inherited genetic basis to variability in fire traits. Added together, pines provide compelling evidence that fire can exert an evolutionary pressure on plants and, thus, shape biodiversity. In addition, evolutionary fire ecology is providing insights to improve the management of pine forests under changing conditions. The lessons learned from pines may guide research on the evolutionary ecology of other taxa.
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“Forest fires, by contrast, can lead to a variety of post-fire successional pathways, depending not only on fire severity but also on the adaptations (Pausas, 2015) and spatial configurations of surviving trees, and canopy and soil seed banks (Figure 3).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pausas, J. G.
- Affiliations
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Pausas, Juli G.
- ORCID
- Pausas, Juli G.
- Venue
- Trends in Plant Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-05
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 318-324
- ISSN
- 1360-1385 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2092566568
- Cited by
- 187
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 16
- FWCI
- 1.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Plant Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Keywords
- Pinus, fire adaptation, fire regimes, macroevolution, microevolution, pine forest management
- MeSH terms
- Ecology, Biological Evolution, Fires, Ecosystem, Pinus
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