... the three species may explain their different be-haviour during the process of germination, and their dif-fering sensibility to high temperatures, ash, and the effect of both of these together. ... smallest seeds, and is the most sensitive to seed age and the effects of fire. Of the two species of pine studied,P. pinaster is the least sensitive to seed age and the ef-fects of fire, and also ... germinative response of these three species to treatment with heat and ash was analysed by using therate of germination, average germination time and the pe-riod of time over which germination...