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| Author(s): | Thompson, K. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, Plymouth Polytechnic, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA |
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| Title: | Small-Scale Heterogeneity in the Seed Bank of An Acidic Grassland |
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| Source: | Journal of Ecology. Vol. 74, No. 3, September 1986, p. 733-738. |
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| Publishing Information: | Cambridge: University Press |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Seed bank; Germination; Agrostis tenuis; Festuca ovina
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| Abstract/Contents: | "(1) Density of germinable seeds has been determined in each of 128 blocks of surface soil each 7 cm x 7 cm, together forming a 112 cm x 56 cm retangle, taken from an acidic grassland on Dartmoor, Devon. (2) Agrostis capillaris and Danthonia decumbens were the major species in the seed bank. Agrostis was also common in the vegetation but Danthonia was absent. Festuca ovina was frequent in the vegetation but absent from the seed bank. (3) Buried seeds of Danthonia and, to a lesser extent, of Agrostis were significantly clumped. The implications of this for the practical sampling of seed banks are discussed and it is concluded that most previous studies have taken far too few soil samples. Possible reasons for the clumping of Agrostis and Danthonia are discussed." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 27 |
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| Note: | Summary as abstract
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Thompson, K. 1986. Small-Scale Heterogeneity in the Seed Bank of An Acidic Grassland. J. Ecol. 74(3):p. 733-738. |
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