The soil seed banks of north west Europe : methodology, density and longevity
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The soil seed banks of north west Europe : methodology, density and longevity
Cambridge University Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references
Accompanied by: Database on disk
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Description
Buried viable seed banks are a fundamental aspect of seed plant biology. They play a key role in the conservation and restoration of plant communities and the response of plants to changing land use and climate. There is almost no area of plant ecology in which seed banks are not implicated. Despite several recent reviews of the ecology of seed banks, there has previously been no single source of data on seed persistence in individual species. This volume, which compiles the available data from the nineteenth century up to the end of 1993, provides this source for the 1189 members of the northwest European flora. The text describes the criteria for inclusion of data and discusses seed classification systems, the relative representation of different habitats, methods and taxa, and challenges for future research. Includes PC disc with database in searchable format.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Seed banks: coverage, criteria and classification
- 2. Principal features of the data
- 3. Methods for the study of seed banks
- 4. Description and guide to the interpretation of the database
- 5. The database
- 6. Data sources and references cited in the text.
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