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The seed bank of a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: The soil seed bank was studied in a gallery forest in Southeastern Brazil. Samples were collected from edge to edge along transects perpendicular to the river during the wet (December, 1990) and dry (August, 1991) seasons. The number of seeds found in the seed bank samples was greater in the dry season than in the wet season indicating that there was important variation in the seed stocks in these two periods. The similarity values between the seed bank and the community composition were low. The high density of weed species might be reflecting forest fragmentation and indicating a degree of perturbation.

Source: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132004000500015

Authors: Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini, Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho, Paulo Yoshio Kageyama

Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Language: English

Topic: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico