Rapid recovery of the vegetation diversity and soil fertility after cropland abandonment in a semiarid oak ecosystem: An approach based on plant functional groups

M Heydari, N Zeynali, M Bazgir, R Omidipour… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
In many parts of the world, including the semi-arid Mediterranean areas, land abandonment
has led to significant changes in vegetation composition, plant diversity as well as soil …

Composition, species richness, and density of the germinable seed bank over 4 years in young and mature forests in Brazilian semiarid regions

DM dos Santos, JMFF dos Santos, KA da Silva… - Journal of Arid …, 2016 - Elsevier
The soil seed bank is an important ecological component in forest regeneration. In semiarid
regions, forest regeneration is highly affected by seasonal and interannual variations in …

Regenerative capacity of old‐fields on semi‐arid floodplains in the northern Murray–Darling basin

P Zivec, F Sheldon, S Capon - Restoration Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Revegetating abandoned agricultural lands is vital to restoring critical ecological functions
and services. Natural regeneration, whereby vegetation regrows via the seeds already …

Natural regeneration of the vegetation of an abandoned agricultural field in a semi-arid region: a focus on seed bank and above-ground vegetation.

PA do Nascimento Oliveira, JMFF dos Santos… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - go.gale.com
Forest age has been reported to be a determining factor affecting species richness and
composition or population abundance in forests and soil seed banks in fragmented …

Natural regeneration of the vegetation of an abandoned agricultural field in a semi-arid region: a focus on seed bank and above-ground vegetation

P Arthur do Nascimento Oliveira… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Forest age has been reported to be a determining factor affecting species richness and
composition or population abundance in forests and soil seed banks in fragmented …