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[[File:Banksia attenuata resprouter.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Banksia attenuata]]'' resprouting from epicormic buds following a [[bushfire]]]] |
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'''Resprouters''' are plant species that are able to survive [[fire]] by the activation of dormant vegetative [[bud]]s to produce regrowth.<ref name=Knox>{{cite journal | author = Knox, Kirsten J. E.; Briggs, Morrison, David A. | year = 2005 | title = Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of |
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resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae | journal = Austral Ecology | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | pages = 407–413 }}</ref> |
resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae | journal = Austral Ecology | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | pages = 407–413 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:39, 13 April 2010
Resprouters are plant species that are able to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth.[1]
Plants may resprout by means of lignotubers at the base or epicormic buds.
References
- ^ Knox, Kirsten J. E.; Briggs, Morrison, David A. (2005). "Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of
resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae". Austral Ecology. 3 (2): 407–413.
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