Combining extraction and cultivation methods for soil seed bank analysis increases number of captured species and their similarity to above-ground vegetation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Analysis of aboveground vegetation and soil seed bank is an important source of data on the state and dynamics of vegetation. It is especially important in landscapes exposed to disturbances, which have lost their functions. For our research, a post-mining area in the region of the Upper Silesian Black Coal Basin was selected, whose relief and ecosystems are strongly disturbed by underground mining and are currently also affected by ongoing climate change.

Method

Data collection for our research took place in the territory of two waterlogged subsidence basins in the Karvina region, Czech Republic. We evaluated 30 phytosociological releves using techniques of Zurich - Montpellier school and 540 soil cores using cultivation and extraction method.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Plohak P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788334 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature