2016 Research Brief
Description
Resprouting plants are common throughout the world and resprouting is a familiar response to any kind of disturbance that kills living tissue. Resprouting is a seemingly simple trait that has complex underlying morphological and anatomical origins among diverse evolutionary lineages.
Contact
For more information, contact: jon_keeley@usgs.gov, marti_witter@nps.gov, evanmantgem@usgs.gov
Additional Information
Pausas, J.G., R. B. Pratt, J.E. Keeley, A.L. Jacobsen, A.R. Ramirez, A. Vilagrosa, S. Paula, I.N. Kaneakua-Pia, and S.D. Davis. 2016. Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale. New Phytologist 209:945-954. doi: 10.1111/nph.13644