Soil seed banks offer plants the possibility to disperse through time. This has implications for
population and community dynamics, as recognised by ecological and evolutionary theory …

Our understanding of how environmental heterogeneity shapes plant community dynamics
is largely based on above-ground diversity despite the importance of seed banks as …

Reproductive output and seed traits can be altered by water availability during seed
formation and maturation, which could affect the population recovery after fire of seeders (ie …

Variations in the degree of seed dormancy expressed among conspecific populations
provide a basis for improving understanding of the mechanisms controlling species …

Beta diversity, and its components of turnover and nestedness, reflects the processes
governing community assembly, such as dispersal limitation or biotic interactions, but it is …

To evaluate fire effects on the soil seed bank of a Mediterranean heathland, soil and litter
samples were collected under the three dominant shrub species (Erica australis L., Erica …

Background Mediterranean shrublands are composed of species that have different
regeneration strategies after fire and soil seed bank types. However, differences over the …

In Mediterranean ecosystems, climate change is projected to increase fire danger and
summer drought, thus reducing post-fire recruitment of obligate seeder species, and …

This thesis is an investigation of the DNA metabarcoding approach to biodiversity
assessment of vascular plant diversity. Specifically, the investigation focused on DNA …