Plant naturalization possibility to Japan: from a perspective of seed persistence

• Published in: Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 9 - 14
• Main Authors: HONDA, Yukio, ITOH, Kouji, KATOH, Kazuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: JAPANESE SOCIETY OF REVEGETATION TECHNOLOGY 2004
• Subjects: Japan; longevity index; naturalized plant; seed persistence; soil seed bank

Although overgrowth of naturalized plants would become a major cause of decrease in biodiversity, establishment mechanism of such plants has not been explained. In this study we explored the plant databases of "comparative ecology" and "seed persistence" consist of north European...