Claim · model-written summary
Seedling recruitment from the soil seed bank was appreciable and maintained for a further 10 years at the highest stocking rate.
- Taxon
- Siratroe2
- Treatment
- highest stocking ratee2
- Outcome
- seedling recruitment from the soil seed banke3
- Qualifier
- maintained for a further 10 yearse3
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Verbatim
e2“At the highest stocking rate, Siratro yields were low and seed input ceased after 1972”
e3“yet appreciable seedling recruitment from the soil seed bank was maintained for a further 10 years”
Title
RM Jones; GA Bunch Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 1988. doi:10.1071/ar9880221
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Stocking rate markedly affected Siratro seed set and seedling demography.
- Intervention effect At the highest stocking rate, Siratro yields were low.
- Intervention effect At the highest stocking rate, seed input ceased after 1972.
- Intervention effect Seed set and soil seed reserves were highest at the lightest stocking rate.
- Intervention effect Seedling recruitment was of little importance at the lightest stocking rate.
- Intervention effect Almost all seedlings died at the lightest stocking rate.
- Intervention effect Seedling recruitment and survival were best at the intermediate stocking rate.
- Mechanism Seedling recruitment and survival were the key to long-term persistence of Siratro.
- Observation Soil seed reserves of Siratro were about 500 m-2 under light stocking.
- Observation Soil seed reserves of Siratro were below 100 m-2 after several years of heavy stocking.
- Observation Very little Siratro seed was recovered in cattle faeces.
- Recommendation Studies of this type can help in qualitatively predicting long-term persistence of pasture legumes.