Claim · model-written summary
Native species slowly returned to the seedbank over 15 years.
- Taxon
- native speciese0
- Outcome
- reintroduction of native species into the seedbanke0
- Qualifier
- over the last 15 yre0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Verbatim
e0“There was a slow shift to reintroduction of native species into the seedbank over the last 15 yr”
Title
Blake M. Thilmony; Rodney G. Lym Invasive Plant Science and Management 2017. doi:10.1017/inp.2017.18
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Leafy spurge stem density fell 94% in loamy overflow sites after 15 years.
- Intervention effect Leafy spurge stem density fell 88% in loamy sites after 15 years.
- Observation Leafy spurge formed 2% of overflow seedbanks in 2004 versus nearly 67% in 1999.
- Observation Leafy spurge formed 6% of loamy seedbanks in 2004 versus nearly 70% in 1999.
- Observation Desirable species reached 21 in overflow sites by 2014, over triple the 1999 count.
- Observation Desirable species doubled to 14 in loamy sites.
- Observation Less desirable forb species doubled in both sites.
- Observation Desirable grass species doubled in overflow sites.
- Observation Desirable grass species remained unchanged in loamy sites.
- Intervention effect Aphthona beetles controlled leafy spurge for over 15 years without added control.