How have we studied seed rain in grasslands and what do we need to improve for better restoration?

• Published in: Restoration ecology Vol. 26; no. S2; pp. S84 - S91
• Main Authors: Arruda, André J., Buisson, Elise, Poschlod, Peter, Silveira, Fernando A. O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.06.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley
• Series: SEED DISPERSAL AND SOIL SEED BANKS ‐ PROMISING SOURCES FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
• Subjects: Atmospheric precipitations; Biodiversity and Ecology; Data processing; Dynamics; Environmental restoration; Environmental Sciences; Global climate; grassland restoration; Grasslands; Guidelines; meadow; mechanistic models; Methods; Plant communities; prairie; Rain; rangeland; Regeneration; Regeneration (biological); Reproducibility; Restoration; seed dispersal; seed limitation; seed trap; Seeds; steppe; Surveying; surveys; Transparency (optical); seed limitation; seed trap; rangeland; meadow; prairie; steppe

Seed rain, the number of seeds reaching an area, is a process that plays a key role in recruitment and regeneration in plant communities. A better understanding of seed rain dynamics is therefore a critical step for restoration practices. A wide variety of methods to study seed rain in grasslands ar...