Potential of soil seed banks in the ecological restoration of overgrazed floor vegetation in a cool-temperate old-growth damp forest in eastern Japan

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Tamura
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Cool Temperate ◽  
Eastern Japan

Seed banks of an Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape: responses to environmental gradients and fire cues

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 552-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott R. Abella ◽  
Judith D. Springer ◽  
W. Wallace Covington
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Seed Bank ◽  
Pinus Ponderosa ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Seed Density ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Tree Canopies ◽  
Dense Tree

We measured soil seed banks in 102 plots within a 110 000 ha Arizona Pinus ponderosa landscape, determined seed-bank responses to fire cues and tree canopy types (open or densely treed patches), compared seed-bank composition among ecosystem types, and assessed the utility of seed banks for ecological restoration. Liquid smoke was associated with increased community-level emergence from seed banks in greenhouse experiments, whereas heating to 100 °C had minimal effect and charred P. ponderosa wood decreased emergence. We detected 103 species in seed-bank samples and 280 species in aboveground vegetation. Erigeron divergens was the commonest seed-bank species; with the exception of Gnaphalium exilifolium , species detected in seed banks also occurred above ground. Although a dry, sandy-textured black-cinder ecosystem exhibited the greatest seed density, seed-bank composition was more ecosystem-specific than was seed density. Native graminoids (e.g., Carex geophila and Muhlenbergia montana ) were common in seed banks, whereas perennial forbs were sparse, particularly under dense tree canopies. Our results suggest that (i) smoke may increase emergence from seed banks in these forests, (ii) seed banks can assist establishment of major graminoids but not forbs during ecological restoration, and (iii) seed-bank composition is partly ecosystem-specific across the landscape.

Persistent soil seed banks in old-growth Hyrcanian Box tree (Buxus hyrcana) stands in northern Iran

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Asadi ◽  
Seyed Mohsen Hosseini ◽  
Omid Esmailzadeh ◽  
Carol C. Baskin
Keyword(s):  
Seed Banks ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Soil Seed Banks

scholarly journals Classification of Post-Fire Responses of Woody Plants to include Pyrophobic Communities

Fire ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda D. Prior ◽  
David M. J. S. Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
General Category ◽  
Conifer Species ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Obligate Seeder ◽  
In Fire

Developing standardised classification of post-fire responses is essential for globally consistent comparisons of woody vegetation communities. Existing classification systems are based on responses of species growing in fire-prone environments. To accommodate species that occur in rarely burnt environments, we have suggested some important points of clarification to earlier schemes categorizing post-fire responses. We have illustrated this approach using several Australasian conifer species as examples of pyrophobic species. In particular, we suggest using the term “obligate seeder” for the general category of plants that rely on seed to reproduce, and qualifying this to “post-fire obligate seeder” for the narrower category of species with populations that recover from canopy fire only by seeding; the species are typically fire-cued, with large aerial or soil seed banks that germinate profusely following a fire, and grow and reproduce rapidly in order to renew the seed bank before the next fire.

Soil seed banks and the effects of meadow management on vegetation change in a 10-year meadow field trial

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Smith ◽  
R.S. Shiel ◽  
D. Millward ◽  
P. Corkhill ◽  
R.A. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Field Trial ◽  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks

scholarly journals Ecology of soil seed banks: Implications for conservation and restoration of natural vegetation: A review

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 380-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiferaw Wakshum ◽  
Demissew Sebsebe ◽  
Bekele Tamrat
Keyword(s):  
Seed Banks ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Soil Seed Banks

Resilience of soil seed banks to site degradation in intermittently flooded riverine woodlands

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Eldridge ◽  
Ian D. Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks
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