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Mediterranean Pines – Adaptations to Fire

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Focusing on pines, this chapter describes the main fire-related traits that contribute to plant fitness in response to fire. First we describe the most relevant fire-adaptive traits, and discuss their evolutionary history and syndromes. Next we compare the fire-adaptive traits of Mediterranean pine species in relation to their native habitats.

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Ne’eman, G., Arianoutsou, M. (2021). Mediterranean Pines – Adaptations to Fire. In: Ne'eman, G., Osem, Y. (eds) Pines and Their Mixed Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63625-8_22

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