The role of seed rain, seed bank, and clonal growth in plant colonization of ancient and restored grasslands.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the establishment of plant species is important to inform management of restored grasslands and to preserve biodiversity in ancient grasslands. In grassland communities, plant species can establish from seeds arriving via spatial dispersal, from seeds in the soil seed bank or through vegetative spread from nearby source individuals. However, this colonization potential and the likelihood of species establishment can vary in grasslands with different land-use history. We investigated the relative importance of local species recruitment sources, such as dispersal in space and time and species presence in adjacent grasslands, in determining establishment of plant species in eight grasslands with different land-use history (paired ancient grasslands continuously managed as pastur

SUBMITTER: Kapas RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11186710 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature