Role of charred wood, heat-shock and light in germination of postfire phrygana species from the eastern Mediterranean Basin
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Abstract
Seeds of 22 species collected from recently burned phrygana were tested for their response to fire-type cues of charred wood and heat-shock. All Cistus species were stimulated by brief heat-shock, as shown in previous studies; however, none responded to charred wood. Only one of the 22 species was stimulated by charred wood, and only in dark-inhibited seeds, and this response did not occur in the light. The lack of charred-wood-induced germination is in contrast to the substantial proportion of species with this germination response reported for mediterranean-type vegetation in California, the Cape region of South Africa, and Western Australia. Phrygana has many species with heat-shock-stimulated germination, primarily in the Fabaceae and Cistaceae. This germination cue is widespread in these two families, thus, the presence of heat-shock-stimulated germination is a result of homologous, rather than covergent, adaptations in mediterranean-climate ecosystems. Germination response to light was not randomly distributed with respect to fire-type response. Heat-shock-stimulated species were almost uniformly light neutral, in contrast to more opportunistic colonizing species with non-refractory seeds, in which half of the species responded positively or negatively to light.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Role of charred wood, heat-shock and light in germination of postfire phrygana species from the eastern Mediterranean Basin |
| Series title | Israel Journal of Plant Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1080/07929978.1999.10676746 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 11 |
| Last page | 16 |
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