{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Toth A"],"funding":["Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities","Bolyai János Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences","Hungarian Research, Development and Innovation Office"],"pagination":["e13226"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8992659"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Soil seed banks play a central role in vegetation dynamics and may be an important source of ecological restoration. However, the vast majority of seed bank studies examined only the uppermost soil layers (0-10 cm); hence, our knowledge on the depth distribution of seed bank and the ecological significance of deeply buried seeds is limited. The aim of our study was to examine the fine-scale vertical distribution of soil seed bank to a depth of 80 cm, which is one of the largest studied depth gradients so far. Our model systems were alkaline grasslands in East-Hungary, characterised by harsh environmental conditions, due to Solonetz soil reference group with Vertic horizon. We asked the following questions: (1) How do the seedling density and species richness of soil seed"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pubmed_title":["Vertical distribution of soil seed bank and the ecological importance of deeply buried seeds in alkaline grasslands."],"pmcid":["PMC8992659"],"funding_grant_id":["NTP-NFTÖ-21-B-0095","NKFI FK 124404, NKFI KDP C1762731, NKFI PD 137632, NKFI FK 135329, NKFI KDP 967901, NKFI K 124796"],"pubmed_authors":["Radai Z","Novak TJ","Batori Z","Kiss R","Kelemen A","Deak B","Godo L","Toth K","Miglecz T","Lukacs K","Valko O","Toth A","Borza S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Vertical distribution of soil seed bank and the ecological importance of deeply buried seeds in alkaline grasslands.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Soil seed banks play a central role in vegetation dynamics and may be an important source of ecological restoration. However, the vast majority of seed bank studies examined only the uppermost soil layers (0-10 cm); hence, our knowledge on the depth distribution of seed bank and the ecological significance of deeply buried seeds is limited. The aim of our study was to examine the fine-scale vertical distribution of soil seed bank to a depth of 80 cm, which is one of the largest studied depth gradients so far. Our model systems were alkaline grasslands in East-Hungary, characterised by harsh environmental conditions, due to Solonetz soil reference group with Vertic horizon. We asked the following questions: (1) How do the seedling density and species richness of soil seed","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-08-23T03:08:51.573Z","creation":"2025-08-23T03:08:51.573Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8992659","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35402097"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.13226"]}}