{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2109192132","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","title":"The effect of short fire cycles on the cover and density of understorey sprouting species in South African mountain fynbos","display_name":"The effect of short fire cycles on the cover and density of understorey sprouting species in South African mountain fynbos","publication_year":2000,"publication_date":"2000-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2109192132","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","mag":"2109192132"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S11703781","display_name":"Diversity and Distributions","issn_l":"0967-9952","issn":["0967-9952","1366-9516","1472-4642"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-b","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","norway-2","oarl","poland-140","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Diversity and Distributions","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073747953","display_name":"J. H. J. Vlok","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I95023434","display_name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal","ror":"https://ror.org/04qzfn040","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J. H. J. Vlok","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Botany, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Botany, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005349269","display_name":"Richard I. Yeaton","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I95023434","display_name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal","ror":"https://ror.org/04qzfn040","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"R. I. Yeaton","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Botany, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Botany, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5005349269"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95023434"],"apc_list":{"value":3430,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3430},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.8457,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":32,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.75631639,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"6","issue":"5","first_page":"233","last_page":"242"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10555","display_name":"Fire effects on ecosystems","score":0.9663000106811523,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10555","display_name":"Fire effects on ecosystems","score":0.9663000106811523,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10005","display_name":"Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies","score":0.029999999329447746,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2309","display_name":"Nature and Landscape Conservation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13388","display_name":"Rangeland and Wildlife Management","score":0.0017999999690800905,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fire-frequency","display_name":"fire frequency","score":0.8629999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mountain-fynbos","display_name":"mountain fynbos","score":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vegetation-cover","display_name":"vegetation cover","score":0.5419999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-density","display_name":"plant density","score":0.8899999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/species-richness","display_name":"species richness","score":0.8939999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plant-functional-groups","display_name":"plant functional groups","score":0.6899999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/post-fire-regeneration","display_name":"post-fire regeneration","score":0.3970000147819519}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139669111","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q422666","display_name":"Understory","level":3,"score":0.8436189889907837},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53565203","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17146659","display_name":"Species richness","level":2,"score":0.8074303865432739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107394435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1300585","display_name":"Quadrat","level":3,"score":0.6301652193069458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.6238505244255066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778241760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1057052","display_name":"Sprouting","level":2,"score":0.5380430221557617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.43684351444244385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2985179745","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131449","display_name":"Plant species","level":2,"score":0.42697036266326904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101000010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5033434","display_name":"Canopy","level":2,"score":0.3373035192489624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.19757899641990662},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778091200","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42295","display_name":"Shrub","level":2,"score":0.11609810590744019}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S11703781","display_name":"Diversity and Distributions","issn_l":"0967-9952","issn":["0967-9952","1366-9516","1472-4642"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-b","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","norway-2","oarl","poland-140","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Diversity and Distributions","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00087.x","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S11703781","display_name":"Diversity and Distributions","issn_l":"0967-9952","issn":["0967-9952","1366-9516","1472-4642"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-b","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","norway-2","oarl","poland-140","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Diversity and Distributions","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Life on land","score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2109192132.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2109192132.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":31,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W24451335","https://openalex.org/W31095731","https://openalex.org/W58351753","https://openalex.org/W115971274","https://openalex.org/W1487424150","https://openalex.org/W1498247019","https://openalex.org/W1505680362","https://openalex.org/W1545662433","https://openalex.org/W1975945410","https://openalex.org/W1978510415","https://openalex.org/W1980034158","https://openalex.org/W1980735279","https://openalex.org/W2002814656","https://openalex.org/W2020421845","https://openalex.org/W2037959835","https://openalex.org/W2050988852","https://openalex.org/W2052184018","https://openalex.org/W2091395676","https://openalex.org/W2102919223","https://openalex.org/W2121606608","https://openalex.org/W2161651047","https://openalex.org/W2288442373","https://openalex.org/W2314416002","https://openalex.org/W2315391098","https://openalex.org/W2319107826","https://openalex.org/W2328903333","https://openalex.org/W2484579926","https://openalex.org/W2619116533","https://openalex.org/W4211019828","https://openalex.org/W4229954146","https://openalex.org/W4405213046"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1995823036","https://openalex.org/W2161651047","https://openalex.org/W2052798676","https://openalex.org/W1545662433","https://openalex.org/W4407005992","https://openalex.org/W7100406927","https://openalex.org/W2484508065","https://openalex.org/W2295841236","https://openalex.org/W7220756120","https://openalex.org/W2119673779"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract.":[0],"Two":[1],"South":[2],"African":[3],"mountain":[4],"fynbos":[5],"sites":[6,81],"were":[7,78],"studied":[8],"to":[9,49,103,140],"determine":[10],"the":[11,18,40,54,71,112,116,147,176],"effect":[12,29,66,154],"of":[13,22,42,67,73,88,91,108,115,124,133,150,155,163,178],"short":[14,83],"fire":[15,56,68,84,104],"cycles":[16],"on":[17,30,70,111],"cover":[19,41,132],"and":[20,26,169],"density":[21],"understorey":[23,74],"sprouting":[24,43,109],"species":[25,44,90,110,113,125,164,179],"their":[27],"subsequent":[28],"plant\u2010species":[31],"richness.":[32],"Frequent":[33],"fires":[34],"(4\u20136":[35],"years":[36,59],"between":[37],"burns)":[38],"increased":[39],"by":[45],"32%":[46],"when":[47],"compared":[48],"an":[50],"adjacent":[51],"site":[52],"where":[53],"penultimate":[55],"was":[57,62,93,119,135,157],"28":[58],"previously.":[60],"There":[61],"little":[63],"or":[64,145],"no":[65,101],"frequency":[69],"densities":[72],"sprouters;":[75],"however,":[76],"individuals":[77],"larger":[79],"at":[80],"with":[82,95,129,142],"cycles.":[85],"The":[86,106,121,153],"response":[87,102],"individual":[89],"sprouters":[92,134,156],"variable":[94],"one":[96],"species,":[97],"Hypodiscus":[98],"striatus,":[99],"showing":[100],"frequency.":[105],"impact":[107],"richness":[114],"plant":[117],"community":[118],"great.":[120],"mean":[122],"number":[123,177],"recorded":[126],"in":[127,138,172],"quadrats":[128,141],"a":[130],"high":[131],"60%":[136],"lower":[137],"comparison":[139],"low":[143],"covers":[144],"under":[146],"burned":[148],"skeletons":[149],"overstorey":[151],"proteas.":[152],"consistent":[158],"for":[159],"all":[160],"functional":[161],"groups":[162],"(i.e.":[165],"sprouters,":[166],"non\u2010sprouters,":[167],"short\u2010lived":[168],"long\u2010lived":[170],"species),":[171],"each":[173],"case":[174],"reducing":[175],"present.":[180]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}