The responses and survival of organisms in fire-prone environments.

Abstract

Focuses on the effects of fire on South African plants and animals and the means by which they avoid, minimise, recover from or exploit these effects. Fire may act directly on an individual, eg through death or damage, or indirectly by changing the environment. Responses of plants to fire include discussion of avoidance in space, escape in time, tolerance (resistance and recovery), regeneration from seed, and post-fire flowering. The mobility of animals is stressed as an advantage, but some animals require shelter.-P.J.Jarvis