A 350-million-year legacy of fire adaptation among conifers
Current phylogenetic evidence shows that fire began shaping the evolution of land plants 125 Ma, although the fossil charcoal record indicates that fire has a much longer history (>350 Ma). Serotiny (on-plant seed storage) is generally accepted as an adaptation to fire among woody plants. We...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120103389 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16646 |