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Fire Ecology (WILDFIRES & INDIGENOUS FIRE MANAGEMENT) Mega Encore with Gavin Jones & Amy Christianson

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The Effect of Fire on Seeds Opening

Fires are burning through forests that historically just didn't look like that at all. Some trees have this waxy kind of resin that encompasses their cones and their seeds. And they only open when fires burn because the fire melts that wax off of their their seeds. Trees have really thick bark because they need to survive frequent heat and disturbance from fire.

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