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Fire‐sensitive species dominate seed rain after fire suppression: Implications for plant community diversity and woody encroachment in the Cerrado |
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| Authors: | Vanessa Mariano Isabele F. Rebolo Alexander V. Christianini |
| Abstract: | Woody encroachment is becoming common in tropical savannas. We studied natural seed rain and performed seed addition experiments in a Brazilian savanna that had not been burned for several decades. We found greater abundance of fire‐sensitive species in the seed rain, likely contributing to woody encroachment. Flexible fire management policies that allow for natural and prescribed fires may be required to maintain savanna diversity. |
| Keywords: | lianas recruitment limitation savanna seed addition seed limitation source limitation tree encroachment tree– grass coexistence |