Germination behavior of Sarcopoterium spinosum in response to smoke chemicals indicates adaptation to fire in the southeastern Mediterranean: Supplementary material
Sivan Golan
Yoni Waitz
Jotham Ziffer-Berger
Michal Barzilai
Nir Hanin
Zalmen Henkin
Oz Barazani
10.6084/m9.figshare.7222934.v1
https://brill.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Germination_behavior_of_Sarcopoterium_spinosum_in_response_to_smoke_chemicals_indicates_adaptation_to_fire_in_the_southeastern_Mediterranean_Supplementary_material/7222934
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</em><p>Germination
behavior of the widespread southeastern Mediterranean shrub <em>Sarcopoterium
spinosum</em> was conducted to assess its respond to post-fire cues. Germination
experiments were conducted on 10 populations along a rainfall gradient – from
productive, fuel-rich and fire-prone mesic Mediterranean populations, as well
as from those in arid and fuel-poor environments. Our results indicate that
post-fire cues induced germination of <em>S. spinosum</em> only among populations that
originated from sites that are prone to wild fires. As wild-fires in this
region occur mainly during the long dry season, but rarely ignited by natural
factors, the adaptation to human made fires in natural populations of the
southeastern Mediterranean environments is discussed.</p><em>
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dormancy
germination
post fire cues
smoke
Plant Biology not elsewhere classified