Seed banks present in soils provide information on past/existing standing vegetation and the
probable future vegetation of the area. We reviewed 187 articles related to seed banks that …

Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However,
despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of …

1 Stage projection (Lefkovitch) matrices for 21 species of woody plants and 45 herbaceous
perennials were extracted from the plant demographic literature or compiled from published …

The long-term ecological interactions between fire and the composition of dominant trees
and shrubs in boreal and cold temperate Fennoscandian forests are still under discussion …

Recruitment from seedlings is generally considered to be infrequent in many clonal plants.
This study examines the extent to which new genets are so recruited within established …

The effects of fire on seed germination and plant regeneration are discussed. Among the
topics considered are the triggering of opening of serotinous fruits or cones by fire, the …

This study examines the effects of soil disturbance by gophers on patterns of species
abundance in an annual grassland community on serpentine soil. We assessed production …

Bryophytes live in microhabitats determined by the physical environment, usually modified
by the vascular plant vegetation, and seemingly in 'ecological isolation'from other plants …

The many evolutionary modifications to seed biology in response to seed predation do not
necessarily imply that seed predators have an important impact on population recruitment …

The effects of altitude and seed size on germination and seedling survival were studied in
Calluna vulgaris, Erica cinerea and Erica vagans. Experiments were carried out in the …