Prescribing Fire Frequencies in Cape Fynbos in Relation to Plant Demography1
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Deputy Director for Conservation Research, South African Forestry Research Institute, Department of Water Affairs, Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. Abstract--Regulating fire frequency in Cape fynbos areas causes marked changes in vegetation. Very frequent fire eliminates seeding shrubs with long youth periods; infrequent fire reduces shrubs because of senescence. Variation between these extremes will cause more subtle compositional changes. Research on plant fecundity schedules and on the dynamics of seed pools is necessary to understand these.
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