Appendix S1 Table of studies contributing data on proportions of plants sprouting after various disturbances from various vegetation types. Region Australia Australia Australia Reference Armstrong, D.P. & Westoby, M. (1993) Seedlings from large seeds tolerate defoliation better: A test using phylogenetically independent contrasts. Ecology, 74, 1092-1100. Clarke, P.J. (unpublished) unpublished data from NSW northern tablelands seedling clip & burn experiments Vesk, P.A. (2002) PhD Thesis Chapter 7 seedling clip experiments Central America Harms, K.E. & Dalling, J.W. (1997) Damage and herbivory tolerance through resprouting as an advantage of large seed size in tropical trees and lianas. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 13, 617-621. North America Bonfil, C. (1998) The effects of seed size, cotyledon reserves, and herbivory on seedling survival and growth in Quercus rugosa and Q. laurina (Fagaceae). American Journal of Botany, 85, 79-87. North America Mayeux, H.S.J. (1982) Vegetative response of goldenweeds and rayless goldenrod to simulated mechanical control. Journal of Range Management, 35, 704-706. Central America Bellingham, P.J., Tanner, E.V.J., & Healey, J.R. (1994) Resprouting of trees in Jamaican montane forests after a hurricane. Journal of Ecology, 82, 747-758. Central America Frangi, J.L. & Lugo, A.E. (1991) Hurricane damage to a flood plain forest in the Luquillo mountains of Puerto Rico. Biotropica, 23, 324-335. Central America Guariguata, M.R. (1998) Responses of forest tree saplings to experimental mechanical damage in lowland Panama. Forest Ecology and Management, 102, 103-111. Central America Kinsman, S. (1990) Regeneration by fragmentation in tropical montane forest shrubs. American Journal of Botany, 77, 1626-1633. Central America Matelson, T.J., Nadkarni, N.M., & Solano, R. (1995) Tree damage and annual mortality in a montane forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Biotropica, 27, 441447. Central America Paciorek, C.J., Condit, R., Hubbell, S.P., & Foster, R.B. (2000) The demographics of resprouting in tree and shrub species of a moist tropical forest. Journal of Ecology, 88, 765-777. Central America Vandermeer, J., Zamora, N., Yih, K., & Boucher, D. (1990) Initial regeneration of a tropical forest in the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua after Hurricane Joan. Disturbance Location Veg no Vegetation Species clip glasshouse Sydney NSW Australia clip, clip & burn clip glasshouse, NSW northern Tablelands, Australia Glasshouse, Sydney Australia clip glasshouse, BCI Panama clip Mexico city Mexico 6 clip, potted glasshouse, Texas USA 9 wind, hurricane wind, hurricane snap, bend Blue Mountains, Jamaica 1 Evergreen rain forest 47 Luquillo Exp. Forest, Puerto Rico 1 Evergreen rain forest 4 Barro Colorado Is. Panama 1 Evergreen rain forest 4 fragmentation Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, 1 Costa Rica, 1300-1800m wind, various, Monteverde Cloud Forest reserve, 1 other treefall Costa Rica (10o18'N 84o48'W) etc 1480m treefall etc Barro Colorado Is. Panama 1 Evergreen rain forest 20 Evergreen rain forest 6 Evergreen rain forest 303 Evergreen rain forest 69 wind, hurricane Bluefields, Nicaragua (11o53'N, 83o58'W and 12o16'N, 83o53'W) 44 118 26 13 1 Revista de Biologia Tropical, 38, 347-360. Central America Zimmerman, J. K. et al. (1994) Responses of tree species to hurricane winds in subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico: implications for tropical life histories. Journal of Ecology 82, 911-922 (1994). South America Kauffman, J.B. (1991) Survival by resprouting following fire in tropical forests of the eastern Amazon. Biotropica, 23, 219-224. South America Negrelle, R.R.B. (1995) Resprouting after uprooting of canopy trees in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management, 27, 448-454. South America Vidal, E., Johns, J., Gerwing, J.J., Barreto, P., & Uhl, C. (1997) Vine management for reduced-impact logging in eastern Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management, 98, 105-114. South East Asia Kiyono, Y. & Hastaniah (2000). Pp. 199-217.. In Rainforest Ecosystems of East Kalimantan (eds E. Guhardja, M. Fatawa, M. Sutisna, T. Mori & S. Ohta), Springer, Tokyo. Australia Bowman, D.M.J.S. (1991) Recovery of some northern Australian monsoon forest tree species following fire. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 101, 21-25. Australia Bowman, D.M.J.S. (2000) Australian rainforests: islands of green in a land of fire Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. P171 Australia Lonsdale, W.M. & Braithwaite, R.W. (1991) Assessing the effects of fire on vegetation in tropical savannas. Australian Journal of Ecology, 16, 363-374. Australia Williams, P.R. (2000) Fire-stimulated rainforest seedling recruitment and vegetative regeneration in a densely grassed wet sclerophyll forest of northeastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 48, 651-658. Australia Williams, R.J., Cook, G.D., Gill, A.M., & Moore, P.H.R. (1999) Fire regime, fire intensity and tree survival in a tropical savanna in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology, 24, 50-59. North America Terry, S.W. & White, L.D. (1979) Southern wax-myrtle response following winter prescribed burning in South Florida USA. Journal of Range Management, 32, 326-327. South America Hoffmann, W.A. (2000) Post-establishment seedling success in the Brazilian cerrado: a comparison of savanna and forest species. Biotropica, 32, 62-69. South America Pinard, M.A., Putz, F.E., & Licona, J.C. (1999) Tree mortality and vine proliferation following a wildfire in a subhumid tropical forest in eastern Bolivia. Forest Ecology and Management, 116, 247-252. Australia Brown, R.F. (1986) The effects of burning, fertilizing, and clipping on populations of Aristida armata, Thyridolepis mitchelliana, and Monachather paradoxa in a mulga woodland pasture. Australian Rangeland Journal, 8, 4-10. wind, hurricane Luquillo Exp. Forest, Puerto Rico 1 Evergreen rain forest 26 fire ne Amazonia, Para Brazil (2o55'S, 47o34'W) Atlantic coast Forest, sw Brazil, 26o04'S 48o38'W Fazenda Sete, east Amazon, Para, Brazil 1 Evergreen rain forest 13 1 Evergreen rain forest 13 1 Evergreen rain forest 11 slash and burn east Kalimantan, Indonesia 1 Evergreen rain forest 31 fire NT Australia 2 Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest 32 fire NT Australia 2 56 fire Kapalga, Kakadu NP, NT Australia 2 (12o34' S, 132o34' E) Lumholtz NP, Queensland 2 Australia (18o36' S, 145o48' E) Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest fire Kapalga, Kakadu NP NT Australia 2 (12o34' S, 132o34' E) Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest 29 fire southern Florida USA 2 Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest 1 fire nr Brasilia, D. F. Brazil, 15o56'S, 2 47o53'W Guaryos Forest Reserve, e. Bolivia, 2 (15o37'-56' S, 62o16'-63o0' W) Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest Semi-evergreen & deciduous forest 12 Charleville, Qld Australia, 26o25'S 2a 146o13'E Dry woodland treefall clip fire fire fire, clipping 29 14 25 9 Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia South America South America Australia Australia Australia Australia Griffin, G.F. & Friedel, M.H. (1984) Effects of fire on central Australian rangelands. II. Changes in tree and shrub populations. Australian Journal of Ecology, 395-403. Hodgkinson, K.C. & Griffin, G.F. (1982) Adaptation of shrub species to fires in the arid zone. In Evolution of the Flora and Fauna of Arid Australia (eds W.R. Barker & P.J.M. Greenslade), pp. 145-152. Peacock Publications, Adelaide. Hodgkinson, K.C. (1979) The shrubs of poplar box (Eucalyptus populnea) lands and their biology. Australian Rangeland Journal, 1, 280-293. Hodgkinson, K.C. 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Austral Ecology, 25, 409-421. fire Alice Springs, central Australia 2a Dry woodland 9 fire central Australia, various regions 2a Dry woodland 14 fire, various semi-arid eastern Australia 2a Dry woodland 13 fire, clip Oakvale, nr Bourke, nw NSW, Australia (30o55'S; 146o30'E) Carnarvon, Western Australia (25o30'S; 114o24'E) 2a Dry woodland 24 2a Dry woodland 3 fire Cobar district cw NSW Australia 2a Dry woodland 18 fire western New South Wales, Australia 2a Dry woodland 12 clip, repeated sprout removal clip, fire Ceara, NE Brazil 2a Dry woodland 4 Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil 2a (7o59' S, 38o19'16'" W) Dry woodland 25 fire Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 1 fire Mt Adams, Enneaba, sw WA Australia (29o25' S 114o58' E) mediterranean sw WA Australia 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 4 Tingle Mosaic, sw Western Australia (34o45' - 35o10' S, 116o30'-117o45' E) 4 fire fire fire 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 15 10 Mediterranean Basin Mediterranean Basin Mediterranean Basin Mediterranean Basin North America North America North America North America North America South Africa South Africa Australia Australia Australia Canadell, J. & López-Soria, L. 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(1990) The survival of juvenile plants of the resprouting shrub Angophora hispida (Myrtaceae) after a simulated low-intensity fire. Australian Journal of Botany, 38, 255-260. Beadle, N.C.W. (1940) Soil temperatures during forest fires and their effect on the survival of vegetation. Journal of Ecology, 28, 180-192. Bradstock, R.A. & Myerscough, P.J. (1988) The survival and population response to frequent fires of two woody resprouters Banksia serrata and Isopogon anemonifolius. Australian Journal of Botany, 36, 415-431. clip, multiple El Corredor, Serra de Marina ne Spain. Lat 42o5'N, long 2o50'E El Corredor, Serra de Marina ne Spain. Lat 42o5'N, long 2o50'E 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 2 4 fire Serra de les Cores, Tarronga province, Spain (40o53'N, 0o41'E) Barcelona province, ne Spain (41o35' N, 35o1'54" E) San Diego Co. California USA Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 7 fire s California, USA 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 17 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 24 fire San Diego county, California, USA 4 Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 3 fire, post-fire drought fire Santa Monica mtns, California, USA (34o2'30" N, 118o42'30" W) Cape province, South Africa Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 3 fire Jonkershoek valley, Cape province, 4 South Africa (33o57's, 18o55'E) Sclerophyll woodlands, winter rain 8 clip, scorch Manly Dam Reserve, n Sydney, NSW Australia 5 Moist warm temperate woodland 2 fire Hawkesbury NSW Australia 5 13 fire, clip scorch Brisbane Water NP Sydney, NSW Australia 5 Moist warm temperate woodland Moist warm temperate woodland clip, scorch clip, scorch fire fire, clip, burn Cerro Viejo, Tehuacan Valley, Mexico (18o15" N, 97o26'W) 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 4 1 15 Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia North America North America North America North America North America South America Bradstock, R.A. 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Texas, USA shredded, fire 7 Temperate steppe 5 clip Garza Co Texas, USA 7 Temperate steppe 1 clip Garza Co Texas, USA 7 Temperate steppe 2 clip, burn Garza Co Texas, USA 7 Temperate steppe 2 fire 24km se of Baird, Callahan Co. Texas, USA Dubois Idaho, USA 7 Temperate steppe 1 7a 6 7a fire Santa Cruz Co. & Pinal Co. Arizona USA Nr Tuscon Arizona, USA fire Nr Tuscon Arizona, USA 7a clip, burn High Plains, great Basin Oregon, 7a Semidesert and desert with cold winter Semidesert and desert with cold winter Semidesert and desert with cold winter Semidesert and desert with cold winter Semidesert and desert wind (pulling) Harvard Forest, north-central Massachusetts, USA fire sw Wisconsin, e USA (42o59'N, 90o07'W) wind, tornado Allegheny NF Pennsylvania USA fire, clip fire 7a 6 2 5 4 North America North America North America North America North America North America South America North America burning and clipping in eastern Oregon USA. Journal of Range Management, 35, 711-714. 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