Abstract: The 4th International Society for Seed Science Meeting was held in Shenyang, China, on June 22-26, 2013. In total 136 abstracts were submitted to the conference, which covered the following six aspects: evolutionary seed ecology, seed dispersal, seed bank, seed germination and dormancy, seed longevity and storage, and the relationship between seed ecology and biodiversity conservation and vegetation restoration, demonstrating the latest progress in seed ecology. Here, we reviewed all of the presentations aiming to provide relevant information and references for the seed ecologists.

Key words: ecological water demand, hydrological variation, the southern three outlets of Jingjiang River