Germinable Soil Seed Banks and the Restoration Potential of Abandoned Cropland on the Chinese Hilly-Gullied Loess Plateau

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Wang ◽  
Ju-Ying Jiao ◽  
Yan-Feng Jia ◽  
Wen-Juan Bai ◽  
Zhen-Guo Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Restoration Potential ◽  
Abandoned Cropland

Soil seed banks in Pinus ponderosa forests in Arizona: Clues to site history and restoration potential

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie E. Korb ◽  
Judith D. Springer ◽  
Stephanie R. Powers ◽  
Margaret M. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Ponderosa ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Restoration Potential ◽  
Site History

Soil seed banks and restoration potential of tussock sedge meadows after farming in Changbai Mountain, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (9) ◽  
pp. 1099
Author(s):  
Ming Wang ◽  
Shengzhong Wang ◽  
Guodong Wang ◽  
Ming Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Species ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Lythrum Salicaria ◽  
Changbai Mountain ◽  
Paddy Fields ◽  
Potamogeton Pectinatus ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Restoration Potential ◽  
Sedge Meadows ◽  
Standing Vegetation

Vast tracts of the wettest agricultural fields have been abandoned worldwide, hence knowledge of their restoration potential is becoming important. Soil seed banks can be important components of ecological restoration, particularly if the seeds of key structural dominants can survive periods of cultivation. In Changbai Mountain, China, we compared the seed banks and standing vegetation between natural sedge meadows and adjacent paddy fields under drained and flooded conditions. The tussock-forming sedge Carex schmidtii dominated plant communities in the natural sedge meadows. However, this key structural dominant species was not found in the paddy fields. Other important wetland species survived cultivation as seeds (e.g. Cyperus fuscus, Lythrum salicaria and Sagittaria trifolia). Species of various life history types require either drawdown (emergent; e.g. C. schmidtii) or flooding (e.g. Potamogeton pectinatus) for successful germination. This study indicates that the seed banks of farmed sedge meadows could contribute towards the establishment of new wetland vegetation assemblages. Active revegetation of sedge meadow, particularly the native tussock-forming Carex, and changes in environmental conditions are necessary to support the region’s biodiversity.

Soil Seed Banks and Forest Succession Direction Reflect Soil Quality in Ziwuling Mountain, Loess Plateau, China

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimin Cheng ◽  
Jie Cheng ◽  
Hongbo Shao ◽  
Lingping Zhao ◽  
Xiaomei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Forest Succession ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks

Effects of farming on wetland soil seed banks in the Sanjing Plain and wetland restoration potential

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
王国栋 WANG Guodong ◽  
Beth A Middleton Beth A Middleton ◽  
吕宪国 LÜ Xianguo ◽  
姜明 JIANG Ming ◽  
王铭 WANG Ming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wetland Restoration ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Wetland Soil ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Restoration Potential

Soil seed banks in Pinus ponderosa forests in Arizona: Clues to site history and restoration potential

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie E. Korb ◽  
Judith D. Springer ◽  
Stephanie R. Powers ◽  
Margaret M. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Ponderosa ◽  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Restoration Potential ◽  
Site History

Influence of Grazing on Soil Seed Banks Determines the Restoration Potential of Aboveground Vegetation in a Semi-arid Savanna of Ethiopia

Biotropica ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zewdu K. Tessema ◽  
Willem F. de Boer ◽  
Robert M. T. Baars ◽  
Herbert H. T. Prins
Keyword(s):  
Seed Banks ◽  
Soil Seed Banks ◽  
Restoration Potential ◽  
Semi Arid

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.

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