Disentangling plasticity of serotiny, a key adaptive trait in a Mediterranean conifer.

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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Serotiny, the maintenance of ripe seeds in closed fruits or cones until fire causes dehiscence, is a key adaptive trait of plants in fire-prone ecosystems, but knowledge of phenotypic plasticity for cone retention in woody plants is extremely scarce. On the basis of published literature and our field observations, we hypothesized that increased aridity might decrease the aerial seed bank as...

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• Environment
• Fires
• Gene-Environment Interaction
• Phenotype
• Pinus