Photo of a prescribed fire (Credit: Mark Ooi).

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

Extreme #fire severity interacts with seed traits to moderate post-fire species assemblages
By @ryantangney.bsky.social, @markooiecol.bsky.social, et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Defining the pyro‐thermal niche: do seed traits, ecosystem type and phylogeny influence thermal thresholds in seeds with physical dormancy? Seeds are a key pathway for plant population recovery following disturbance. To prevent germination during unsuitable conditions, most species produce dormant seeds. In fire-prone regions, physical .....

Finally a good reason to make my first bluesky post.
Our new paper describes the pyro-thermal niche - a way to qualify how seeds respond to fire type temperatures.

The metrics that comprise the pyro-thermal niche are influenced by phylogeny!

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...