Volume 217, Issue 6

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June 2016

Fire Ecology

Issue Editors:

Michael J. Lawes,
David A. Keith,
Ross A. Bradstock

18 articles in this issue

Advances in understanding the influence of fire on the ecology and evolution of plants: a tribute to Peter J. Clarke
Michael J. Lawes
David A. Keith
Ross A. Bradstock
Editorial 21 June 2016 Pages: 597 - 605
Measuring fire severity: Are canopy, understorey and below-ground measures coupled in sclerophyll forest fires?
Kirsten J. E. Knox
Peter J. Clarke
OriginalPaper 07 May 2016 Pages: 607 - 615
Responses of tree species to a severe fire indicate major structural change to Eucalyptus–Callitris forests
Andrew J. Denham
Ben E. Vincent
Tony D. Auld
OriginalPaper 10 February 2016 Pages: 617 - 629
Where fire stops: vegetation structure and microclimate influence fire spread along an ecotonal gradient
Michael G. Just
Matthew G. Hohmann
William A. Hoffmann
OriginalPaper 23 November 2015 Pages: 631 - 644
Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora
Norman W. H. Mason
Cyril Frazao
Sarah J. Richardson
OriginalPaper 13 June 2016 Pages: 645 - 659
Lignotubers in Mediterranean basin plants
Susana Paula
Paulette I. Naulin
Juli G. Pausas
OriginalPaper 05 November 2015 Pages: 661 - 676
Relative bark thickness: towards standardised measurement and analysis
Jeremy J. Midgley
Michael J. Lawes
OriginalPaper 18 March 2016 Pages: 677 - 681
Evidence for bark thickness as a fire-resistance trait from desert to savanna in fire-prone inland Australia
A. T. Schubert
C. E. M. Nano
M. J. Lawes
OriginalPaper 13 May 2016 Pages: 683 - 696
Post-fire resprouting oaks (genus: Quercus) exhibit plasticity in xylem vulnerability to drought
Dylan W. Schwilk
Tailor E. Brown
Joshua Willms
OriginalPaper 23 March 2016 Pages: 697 - 710
Post-fire resprouting strategies of rainforest and savanna saplings along the rainforest–savanna boundary in the Australian monsoon tropics
Stefania Ondei
Lynda D. Prior
David M. J. S. Bowman
OriginalPaper 14 October 2015 Pages: 711 - 724
Responses of resilience traits to gradients of temperature, rainfall and fire frequency in fire-prone, Australian forests: potential consequences of climate change
Kate Hammill
Trent Penman
Ross Bradstock
OriginalPaper 20 February 2016 Pages: 725 - 741
Resprouting and seeding hypotheses: a test of the gap-dependent model using resprouting and obligate seeding subspecies of Arctostaphylos
Jon E. Keeley
V. Thomas Parker
Michael C. Vasey
OriginalPaper 18 January 2016 Pages: 743 - 750
Biogeography and evolution of seeder and resprouter forms of Erica coccinea (Ericaceae) in the fire-prone Cape fynbos
Fernando Ojeda
Katharina B. Budde
Santiago C. González-Martínez
OriginalPaper 05 November 2015 Pages: 751 - 761
Are fire resprouters more carbon limited than non-resprouters? Effects of elevated CO₂ on biomass, storage and allocation of woody species
Peter J. Clarke
Anthony Manea
Michelle R. Leishman
OriginalPaper 07 October 2015 Pages: 763 - 771
Fitness benefits of serotiny in fire- and drought-prone environments
Casey Lee Causley
William M. Fowler
Tianhua He
OriginalPaper 11 February 2016 Pages: 773 - 779
Population variation in germination traits and its implications for responses to climate change in a fire-prone plant species complex
David A. Keith
Peter J. Myerscough
OriginalPaper 16 February 2016 Pages: 781 - 788
Fire severity mediates seedling recruitment patterns in slender mulga (Acacia aptaneura), a fire-sensitive Australian desert shrub with heat-stimulated germination
Boyd R. Wright
Peter K. Latz
A. F. Zuur
OriginalPaper 21 December 2015 Pages: 789 - 800
Regulation of seedling recruitment and survival in diverse ecotonal temperate forest understories
Monica L. Campbell
David A. Keith
Peter J. Clarke
OriginalPaper 20 May 2016 Pages: 801 - 816

Volume 217, Issue 6

Advances in understanding the influence of fire on the ecology and evolution of plants: a tribute to Peter J. Clarke

Measuring fire severity: Are canopy, understorey and below-ground measures coupled in sclerophyll forest fires?

Responses of tree species to a severe fire indicate major structural change to Eucalyptus–Callitris forests

Where fire stops: vegetation structure and microclimate influence fire spread along an ecotonal gradient

Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora

Lignotubers in Mediterranean basin plants

Relative bark thickness: towards standardised measurement and analysis

Evidence for bark thickness as a fire-resistance trait from desert to savanna in fire-prone inland Australia

Post-fire resprouting oaks (genus: Quercus) exhibit plasticity in xylem vulnerability to drought

Post-fire resprouting strategies of rainforest and savanna saplings along the rainforest–savanna boundary in the Australian monsoon tropics

Responses of resilience traits to gradients of temperature, rainfall and fire frequency in fire-prone, Australian forests: potential consequences of climate change

Resprouting and seeding hypotheses: a test of the gap-dependent model using resprouting and obligate seeding subspecies of Arctostaphylos

Biogeography and evolution of seeder and resprouter forms of Erica coccinea (Ericaceae) in the fire-prone Cape fynbos

Are fire resprouters more carbon limited than non-resprouters? Effects of elevated CO₂ on biomass, storage and allocation of woody species

Fitness benefits of serotiny in fire- and drought-prone environments

Population variation in germination traits and its implications for responses to climate change in a fire-prone plant species complex

Fire severity mediates seedling recruitment patterns in slender mulga (Acacia aptaneura), a fire-sensitive Australian desert shrub with heat-stimulated germination

Regulation of seedling recruitment and survival in diverse ecotonal temperate forest understories

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