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Serotiny is an adaptive trait that allows certain woody plants to persist in stand‐replacing fire regimes. However, the mechanisms by which serotinous cones avoid seed necrosis and nonserotinous species persist in landscapes with short fire cycles and serotinous competitors remain poorly understood.
To investigate whether ovulate cone traits that enhance seed survival differ between serotinous and...