The relationship between above and belowground species composition has been
researched in forests, grasslands, and wetlands to understand what mechanisms control …

The genus Litsea is predominant in tropical and subtropical regions of India, China, Taiwan,
and Japan. The plant possesses medicinal properties and has been traditionally used for …

In the present work we examined the composition and distribution across three soil layers of
the buried soil seed bank under three different overstory types (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus …

土壤种子库种构成及数量特征一直是植被科学研究的热点问题, 同时土壤种子库数量特征具有
空间, 时间分布属性, 这些问题的研究对揭示土壤种子库的植被生态学机制具有重要意义 …

We investigate the persistent soil seed bank composition and its relation to the above-
ground flora of grazed and non-grazed sub-Mediterranean deciduous oak forests of NW …

Climate change is impairing tree physiology and growth, causing an increase in tree
dieback in many Mediterranean forests. These desiccation phenomena are leading to …

Despite the crucial role of the seed bank in forest conservation and dynamics, the effects of
forest edge microclimate and climate warming on germination responses from the forest …

Definitions of seed banks are discussed in the introductory part of the paper. In the second
part, a literature review regarding sampling problems in soil seed bank ecology is …

Current knowledge about processes that generate long-distance dispersal of plants is still
limited despite its importance for persistence of populations and colonization of new …

The understory of temperate forests harbour most of the plant species diversity present in
these ecosystems. The maintenance of this diversity is strongly dependent on canopy gap …