Experimental tests of fire resprouting in Hawaiian plants

Context Fire is increasing in intensity and frequency, leading to novel fire regimes in many regions. For oceanic islands of volcanic origin, endemic plants have evolved in the context of lava-ignited fires. Aims Responses to fire were investigated in four endemic (Nototrichium humile, Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. mokuleianus, Gossypium tomentosum, and Erythrina sandwicensis) and one invasive (Leucaena leucocephala) plant species in Hawai‘i. Because conservation efforts commonly rely on juvenil