At the core of plant regeneration, temperature and water supply are critical drivers for seed
dormancy (initiation, break) and germination. Hence, global climate change is altering these …

Seed dormancy is an innate seed property that defines the environmental conditions in
which the seed is able to germinate. It is determined by genetics with a substantial …

The integration of functional traits into vulnerability assessments is a promising approach to
quantitatively capture differences in species sensitivity and adaptive capacity to climate …

Data on 386 species with fire-stimulated flowering (fsf) in Australasia and South
Africa/Madagascar were collated to show that they occur under a wide range of fire regimes …

With globalisation facilitating the movement of plants and seeds beyond the native range,
preventing potentially harmful introductions requires knowledge of what drives the …

This chapter covers the types and definitions of soil seed banks; evolution of soil seed
reservoirs as affected by seed characteristics (seed density and size), and biotic (including …

Despite efforts to eliminate weeds, they continue to thrive. Weed persistence is reliant upon
the soil seedbank. Knowledge of the soil seedbank is continually expanding, but with the …

This chapter covers seed ecology and assembly rules in plant communities, starting with the
ecological aspects of diaspore regeneration, a brief historical review, dispersal, and soil …

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants providing key ecological services and functions in
coasts and estuaries across the globe. Increased environmental changes fueled by human …

Global warming is occurring more rapidly above the treeline than at lower elevations and
alpine areas are predicted to experience above average warming in the future. Temperature …