Plants in the Cerrado combine at least two strategies to survive fire (IMAGE)

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Plants in the Cerrado combine at least two strategies to survive fire

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Different below-ground organs analyzed in Cerrado species: (a) xylopodium in Stryphnodendron rotundifolium; (b) xylopodium and possible tuberous root in Annona crassiflora; (c) root crown in Miconia albicans; (d) woody rhizome in Handroanthus ochraceus 

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Marco Antonio Chiminazzo/UNESP

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