Recovery of <i>Ocotea bullata</i> (Lauraceae) after Fire Damage

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Synopsis Fire damage to Ocotea bullata (Lauraceae) may result in crown death but survival and eventual recovery is possible by means of shoot formation. Survival is due to the above-average thickness of the bark of O. bullata and possibly the isolating effect of a thick root mat. It is also suggested that if a tree does not show any signs of life within three months of fire damage it may be considered dead. The fire scars on trees in this study appear similar to scars observed on O. bullata trees elsewhere in the undamaged parts of the forest, which give an indication of capacity for regeneration of the species and the forest.

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10.1080/00382167.1990.9629012

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