Post‐fire germination and plant invasion in Mediterranean Chile
Our findings suggest that the influence of post-fire germination on invasion processes in the Chilean matorral is better explained by the negative effects of heat on the germination of native species (which lack fire-adaptive traits) than by the positive response of alien species to fire cues. The reduced germination of natives creates opportunities for alien species establishment, rather than pre-existing fire adaptive traits driving invasion success.
Authors
- Susana Gómez‐González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-8701)
- Susana Paula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-6155)
- Juli G. Pausas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3533-5786)
- Korina Ocampo‐Zuleta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7380-7751)
- Ángela Sierra‐Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-0950)
- Lohengrin A. Cavieres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9122-3020)
Institutions
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Austral University of Chile (CL)
- University of Concepción (CL)
- Universidad de Cádiz (ES)
- Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (CL)
- Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació (ES)
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CL)
- Universidad de Magallanes (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70057
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31