Fire is common in the Cerrado, imposing a major challenge mainly to perennial plants because they must deal with a highly destructive and frequent disturbance. In this sense, plants, which are sessile organisms, need to compensate for the lack of escaping ability to survive fires when they occur. In this context, researchers from LEVEg, at the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in Brazil, are investigating how different fire regimes affect plant traits that allow plants to survive and resprout after fire events in the Cerrado.
In the following video, which was produced for broad dissemination of the results of the research project “After the fire, where do the resprouts come from? Evaluation of the bud bank and belowground organs of Cerrado", Dra. Aline Bombo explains the effects of fire frequency on the plant traits evaluated by the group.
This project was developed in partnership with national and international institutions and researchers, and funded by CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Project ID CNPq 40655/2018-7).
Video production: Aline Bombo & Marco Chiminazzo