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Conclusions
Fire regimes constrain the options for postfire regeneration of plant communities.
Regeneration after crown fire regimes in sclerophyllous vegetation, both inside
and outside MTC regions, is dominated by a combination of resprouting and
postfire seedling recruitment. Forest trees in surface fire regimes commonly sur-
vive fire by a combination of traits that limit fire spread to dead surface fuels and
protect trunks from overheating. Recruitment is dependent on survival of parent
trees, and seedlings are dependent on patches of high-intensity burning as safe
sites for seedling recruitment.
