This advanced textbook explores the intriguing flora and plant ecology of the Middle East,
framed by a changing desert landscape, global climate change, and the arc of human …

Grazing removes a plant's aboveground vegetative and reproductive tissues and can modify
the soil seed bank, potentially impacting the restoration of preferred species. Knowledge …

Astragalus is the largest genus of seed plants; however, information on its reproductive
biology and life history is widely scattered in the literature. About 96% of the species are …

The use of highly discriminatory methods for the identification and characterization of
genotypes is essential for plant protection and appropriate use. We utilized the RAPD …

We studied seasonal dynamics of seed banks along an altitudinal gradient in three alpine
meadows on the Tibetan Plateau, as well as seed size distribution relative to depth. Seed …

The interaction between microhabitat and inter-annual variation in precipitation has an
important role on the dynamics of the seed bank and can play a crucial role in survival and …

The soil seed bank (SSB) plays an important role in determining future community
composition and health of forests. The extent to which abiotic conditions alter the abundance …

In this study we investigated the variations in soil seed banks along an altitudinal gradient in
the Alborz mountains, Iran, covering three habitats from lower to upper altitudes: forest …

Toothbrush tree or miswak (Salvadora persica Linn.) is an important medicinal species
found abundantly on dry saline lands of the warm subtropical region. Seed germination …

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 …