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cje ›› 2004, Vol. ›› Issue (2): 114-120.

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A review on soil seed banks study

ZHANG Ling, LI Guanghe, ZHANG Xu   

  1. Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2002-10-13 Revised:2003-04-01 Online:2004-04-10

Abstract: Areserve of viable, ungerminated seeds in a habitat is called a seed bank. Effects of seed banks on populations of species and persistence of communities are important. The research on soil seed banks is an important subject in plant ecology. This paper reviewed the formation of soil seed banks, methodology of soil seed banks studies, aspects and signification of the studies on soil seed banks.

Key words: Village-level landscape, Landscape fragment, Disturbance intensity

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