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Seed Bank and Vegetation in a Closed Depression in Agricultural Landscape : Relation to Moisture Conditions and Soil Properties

Franczak Magdalena, Franczak Łukasz

Polish Journal of Ecology

2020

Vol. 68, nr 3

195--210

The aim of the study was to estimate the effect of habitat factors such as moisture conditions and some physicochemical soil characteristics on the structure of the vegetation and the soil seed bank, and to compare species composition of the vegetation cover and the seed bank along the soil moisture and fertility gradients in closed depression in agricultural landscape. Based on the averaged results of the extent and time of stagnation of the water, along the transect four habitat moisture zones were distinguished (dry, periodically moist, moist, and wet). In eighteen study plots we analysed flora, soil seed bank, and contents of Ca, Mg, K, Mn, Fe and pH of the soil. The analysed closed depression is characterised by high variability in moisture conditions and in the physical and chemical properties of the soil. The most important factors affecting the diversity of the vegetation cover and seed bank were the duration of water stagnation and the content of Fe and Mn in the soil. The lowest plant species richness and the smallest seed resources were determined for the wet zone of the depression. An increase in the habitat moisture level was accompanied by a decline in the floristic similarity between the vegetation cover and the seed bank.

Comparison of Seed Longevity for Thirty Forest, Grassland and Weed Species of the Central European Flora : Results of a Seed Burial Experiment

Csontos P., Kalapos T., Tamás J.

Polish Journal of Ecology

2016

Vol. 64, nr 3

313--326

We compared seed longevity of herbaceous species in three habitat types differing in stability. We hypothesized that seed longevity is the lowest for forest species (living in stable habitat), the highest for weeds, while species of xerothermic grasslands take an intermediate value. Ten species were selected from each of the three habitats with balanced representation of plant families among habitats. Seeds of the 30 species were deep buried at 65 cm depth, then replicates recovered after 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 years, and germinated in an unheated greenhouse. Weeds expressed the highest germination rate (36.1% in average) exceeding forest (14.4%) and grassland species (10.2%) which did not differ significantly. The number of species with transient, short-term persistent and long-term persistent seed bank, respectively, was 1, 7 and 2 for grasslands; 1, 3 and 6 for forests; and 0, 1 and 9 for weeds. As expected, weeds possessed the highest seed longevity. Contrary to our assumption, low seed longevity was not the norm among forest understorey species, and seed longevity of xerothermic grassland species was not intermediate but the shortest one. Ecological background of differences between hypotheses and experimental results are discussed. First record on seed bank type is reported here for 12 species: Dianthus pontederae, Digitalis grandiflora, Ferula sadleriana, Hieracium sylvaticum, Inula ensifolia, Jurinea mollis, Lychnis coronaria, Saponaria officinalis, Scorzonera austriaca, Secale sylvestre, Stipa borysthenica, Verbascum lychnitis.