Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems

African geoxyles evolved in response to fire; frost came later

(2017) Byron B. Lamont et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Epicormic Resprouting in Fire-Prone Ecosystems

(2017) Juli G. Pausas et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Fire-Proneness as a Prerequisite for the Evolution of Fire-Adapted Traits

(2017) Byron B. Lamont et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Disturbance is an important factor in the evolution and distribution of root-sprouting species

(2016) Jitka Klimešová et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution

(2016) Eric Garnier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bark thickness and fire regime: another twist

(2016) Juli G. Pausas   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Below-ground frontiers in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Etienne Laliberté   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Pre-Gondwanan-breakup origin of Beauprea (Proteaceae) explains its historical presence in New Caledonia and New Zealand

(2016) T. He et al.   Science Advances

A Cretaceous origin for fire adaptations in the Cape flora

(2016) Tianhua He et al.   Scientific Reports

Do Mediterranean-type ecosystems have a common history?-Insights from the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae)

(2015) Renske E. Onstein et al.   EVOLUTION

A 350-million-year legacy of fire adaptation among conifers

(2015) Tianhua He et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale

(2015) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lignotubers in Mediterranean basin plants

(2015) Susana Paula et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Fires in the Cenozoic: a late flowering of flammable ecosystems

(2015) William J. Bond   Frontiers in Plant Science

Clock model makes a large difference to age estimates of long-stemmed clades with no internal calibration: a test using Australian grasstrees

(2014) Michael D Crisp et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Does disturbance affect bud bank size and belowground structures diversity in Brazilian subtropical grasslands?

(2014) Alessandra Fidelis et al.   FLORA

Bark thickness and fire regime

(2014) Juli G. Pausas   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The genome of Eucalyptus grandis

(2014) Alexander A. Myburg et al.   NATURE

The remarkable congruence of New and Old World savanna origins

(2014) R. Toby Pennington et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Savanna fire and the origins of the ‘underground forests’ of Africa

(2014) Olivier Maurin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evolutionary ecology of resprouting and seeding in fire-prone ecosystems

(2014) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Anatomy of vegetative organs in Aldama tenuifolia and A. kunthiana (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)

(2014) Edilmara Michelly Souza da Silva et al.   Brazilian Journal of Botany

Longevity of the Brazilian underground tree Jacaranda decurrens Cham.

(2013) RUY J.V. ALVES et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Buds, bushfires and resprouting in the eucalypts

(2013) G. E. Burrows   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Adaptive responses to directional trait selection in the Miocene enabled Cape proteas to colonize the savanna grasslands

(2013) Byron B. Lamont et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Underground system of Mandevilla atroviolacea (Stadelm.) Woodson (Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae) from the Brazilian high-altitude grassland

(2013) K.L.B. Lopes-Mattos et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Resprouting as a key functional trait: how buds, protection and resources drive persistence after fire

(2012) P. J. Clarke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Low Rate of Between-Population Seed Dispersal Restricts Genetic Connectivity and Metapopulation Dynamics in a Clonal Shrub

(2012) Laura Merwin et al.   PLoS One

Root suckering in a Triassic conifer from Antarctica: Paleoecological and evolutionary implications

(2011) Anne-Laure Decombeix et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Morpho-anatomical features of underground systems in six Asteraceae species from the Brazilian Cerrado

(2011) Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Revision of Early Cretaceous angiosperm remains from the Rajmahal Basin, India, with notes on the palaeoecology of the Pentoxylon plant

(2011) Rashmi Srivastava et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

Factors affecting the sprouting of shortleaf pine rootstock following prescribed fire

(2011) Curtis J. Lilly et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Banksia born to burn

(2011) Tianhua He et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fitness and evolution of resprouters in relation to fire

(2011) Byron B. Lamont et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Fire-stimulated flowering among resprouters and geophytes in Australia and South Africa

(2011) Byron B. Lamont et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Recent Synchronous Radiation of a Living Fossil

(2011) N. S. Nagalingum et al.   SCIENCE

Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

(2011) Jon E. Keeley et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous

(2010) William J. Bond et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Population biology and regeneration of forbs and shrubs after fire in Brazilian Campos grasslands

(2010) Alessandra Fidelis et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Estimating the age of fire in the Cape flora of South Africa from an orchid phylogeny

(2010) B. Bytebier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Burning Story: The Role of Fire in the History of Life

(2009) Juli G. Pausas et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire

(2009) M. F. Simon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Root suckering patterns in Populus euphratica (Euphrates poplar, Salicaceae)

(2009) Martin Wiehle et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Anatomy of axis contraction in seedlings from a fire prone habitat

(2008) J. B. Fisher   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mechanical Properties of Plant Underground Storage Organs and Implications for Dietary Models of Early Hominins

(2008) Nathaniel J. Dominy et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Underground systems of Asteraceae species from the Brazilian Cerrado1

(2008) Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY