“…We expected that, according to previous studies on M. albicans (Hoffmann, 1998;1999), the time after the fire would not have been sufficient for the two species to recover, with smaller reproductive output by burnt plants. The two species are physiologically similar in a number of aspects: they are evergreen (Damascos et al, 2005;Lucena et al, 2015), respond to fire by intense resprouting which results in little difference in plant density between burnt and unburnt sites (Lucena 2009, Dodonov et al, 2014, produce small flowers (Goldenberg and Shepherd, 1998;Durigan et al, 2004), and produce small fleshy fruits which are likely to be dispersed mainly by birds (Durigan, et al 2004;Allenspach and Dias, 2012). In addition, they are among the three most common woody plant species at the study site (Dodonov, 2015), indicating that they are highly adapted to the local environment.…”