Pyrophile
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pyrophile-307-17258001
title:
Pyrophile
text:
A pyrophile or pyrophilic/pyrophilous insect is an insect which has evolved to rely upon fire ecology for important parts of their life cycle. Pyrophiles usually occur alongside and co-evolve with pyrophytes, the plant analog of a pyrophilic insect - those plants which rely upon natural fires as part of their lifecycle. These insects have evolved to be able to rapidly colonize environments after a wildfire. Highly sensitive infrared receptors are thought to have evolved independently in at least
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encyclopedia
description:
Insect which relies on fire ecology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophile
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date modified:
2023-11-14T18:31:34Z
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