FIRE, SOIL HEATING, AND THE FORMATION OF VEGETATION PATTERNS IN CHAPARRAL.

From: Ecological Monographs | Date: February 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

DENNIS C. ODION [1]

Abstract. We documented patterns of surface heating associated with chaparral fire to characterize fundamental scale variation in the intensity of this stand-replacing disturbance. To test how this variation may influence community structure, we studied its effect on the soil seed bank and the distribution of seedlings and resprouts that emerged after fire. To evaluate the long-term significance of initial patterns, we monitored vegetation development for 4-5 yr, thereby encompassing the dynamic portion of the chaparral fire cycle.

We studied two ...

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