Review of soil seed bank studies: Size, pattern and impacting factors

Abstract

Abstract: In our study to understand soil seed bank mechanisms we investigated several topics such as species diversity, seed number and their spatio-temporal pattern. All these are important for understanding soil seed bank mechanisms in vegetation ecology. A knowledge of soil seed banks can help with the planning to optimize inputs for vegetation regeneration source and nutrition. All of these factors influenced soil seed bank form, disturbed soil seed bank state, and inputs/outputs. In the study of factors influencing soil seed banks, research methods are an important factor that can affect the result, so we should refer to former experiments to develop good, objective methods to obtain reliable results. In the future, studies of soil seed banks should focus on soil seed bank capacity and composition, as these are important guides to vegetation succession, development and management.

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SHANG Zhan-huan, REN Guo-hua, LONG Rui-jun. Review of soil seed bank studies: Size, pattern and impacting factors[J]. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, 2009, 18(1): 144-154.

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