jgpausas, 3 months ago to FIRE

I'm sorry to tell you again, but #fire increases the #germination of #Cistaceae #seeds in contrast to summer-type heat (which reduces germination!)
Paper: https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00251-5
Blog: https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2024/02/18/seed-dormancy-release-and-summer-temperatures/

Some people are uncomfortable with the prominent role of fire in plant reproduction & actively look for the role of climate ...

#FireEcology #SeedEcology #dormancy #PlantEcology #PlantScience #Botany #SeedDormancy @ecology @plants @botany @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature

ktoddbrown, 5 months ago to random

Fire and can ‘wake up’ seeds from their domant state vai heat and/or smoke. This is an evolutionary trait in fire dominated systems that we do not see in systems that don’t have regular fire events (arid lands and rainforests for example). Humans seem to reduce fire frequency and this in turn reduces biodiversity. Pausas and Lamont 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12855 #FireEcology #SciLit

rglueckler, 8 months ago to climate

Misleading arguments: spreading like a #wildfire 🔥

For a German anti-fake-news blog, I've refuted three common but nonsensical arguments designed to deny an impact of #ClimateChange on #wildfires.

You can see the full article here (in German):
https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/waldbrand-fakes-erkennen-widerlegen/

In the following responses you'll find the basic points summarized!

@wildfirescience @paleofire @ecology @academicchatter @academicsunite @ClimateMigration #SciComm #FakeNews #fire #FireEcology #Ecology

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