Claim · model-written summary
Perfect seeds in the soil bank were 2.15 seeds m-2 fewer than in seed rain.
- Taxon
- C.chungiie1
- Outcome
- quantities of the perfecte0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Value
- 2.15 seeds m-2e0
- Comparator
- seed raine0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Compared with the seed rain,the quantities of the perfect and geminated seed were less 2.15 seeds m-2 and 0.20 seeds m-2 respectively”
e1“a C.chungii forest in Minqing C.chungii Forest Nature Reserve”
Title
Seed rain and soil seed bank of Cyclobalanopsis chungii forest in Minqing, Fujian Province.
Huang YongRong; Ma Xiangqing; Kai Zhuang; et al. Redai yaredai zhiwu xuebao 2010
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Seed rain lasted about two months and averaged 12.44 seeds m-2.
- Observation Seed rain peaked in late November to early December.
- Observation Seed rain seed categories differed significantly; worm-eaten seeds were 19.44 times germinated seeds.
- Observation Worm-eaten seeds made up 53.79% of the soil seed bank.
- Observation Germinated seeds in the soil bank were 0.20 seeds m-2 fewer than in seed rain.
- Observation Seed survival rate was 13.51%.
- Observation Animal damage affected 45.90% of seeds.
- Observation The soil seed bank contained seeds of 69 species.
- Observation Germinable seeds had very low density and were mostly buried at 2~5 cm.
- Observation Seedling density was very low in the natural forest.
- Association Seed characteristics and habitat were closely related to low seedling density.
- Mechanism Animal damage, decay and abortion hinder long-term seed persistence and natural regeneration.