Soil Seed Bank of a Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana Ecosystem

The soil seed bank of a jack pine ecosystem was studied using visual evidence of the rooting systems on site, and direct popagule emergence in the lab. While 643 (65%) of the emergents from the soil cores came from seeds, 342 (35%) came from rhizomes. Seed emergents were dominated by grasses and sed...

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Published inAustralasian plant pathology Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 67
Main Authors Whittle, CA, Duchesne, L C, Needham, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.06.1998
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Summary:The soil seed bank of a jack pine ecosystem was studied using visual evidence of the rooting systems on site, and direct popagule emergence in the lab. While 643 (65%) of the emergents from the soil cores came from seeds, 342 (35%) came from rhizomes. Seed emergents were dominated by grasses and sedge (89%), while shrubs dominated the vegetative emergents (75%). The location of rhizomes in the soil layers differed according to species. Patterns of succession after a disturbance are partly explained by the level at which reproductive material i buried in the soil.
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ISSN:0815-3191