Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Aug., 2000), pp. 254-261 (8 pages) We studied the seed bank and above-ground vegetation in a replicated field experiment with sites ungrazed for 22 ...

Humans are not the only creatures who know how to invest. Plant communities have a secret “trust fund” buried underground: the soil seed bank. The soil seed bank is a natural reserve of seeds in the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Soil seed banks can act as an important source in forest regeneration, and the information on the seed bank composition is vital for ...

A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has shown that a common method of plants preserving seeds in "seed banks"—which involves storing them in soil until more favorable ...