Soil seed bank composition along a gradient from dry alvar grassland to Juniperus shrubland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-176

  Bakker, J P ^a   Bakker, E S ^a   Rosen E ^b   Verweij, G L ^a   Bekker, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Juniperus communis; Restoration management; Seed longevity; Seedling; Species richness; Succession

Indexed keywords

DRY ALVAR GRASSLAND; SEED BANK; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION;

SWEDEN, OLAND;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AGROSTIS VINEALIS; ARENARIA SERPYLLIFOLIA; CERASTIUM FONTANUM; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; LINUM CATHARTICUM; LUZULA CAMPESTRIS; POLYGALA VULGARIS; POTENTILLA TABERNAEMONTANI; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030441546     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236316     Document Type: Review

References (39)

1. Bakker, J.P. 1989. Nature management by grazing and cutting. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
2. Barkman, J.J., Masselink, A.K. & de Vries, B.W.L. 1977. Über das Mikroklima in Wacholderfluren. In: Dierschke, H. (ed.) Vegetation und Klima, pp. 35-81. Cramer, Vaduz.
3. Bengtsson, K., Prentice, H.C., Rosén, E., Moberg, R. & Sjögren, E. 1988. The dry alvar grasslands of Öland: ecological amplitudes of plant species in relation to vegetation composition. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 76: 21-46.
4. Donelan, M. & Thompson, K. 1980. Distribution of buried viable seeds along a successional series. Biol. Conserv. 17: 297-311.
5. Hendry, G.A.F., Thompson, K. & Band, S.R. 1995. Seed survival and persistence on a calcareous land surface after a 32-year burial. J. Veg. Sci. 6: 153-156.
6. Krahulec, F., Rosén, E. & van der Maarel, E. 1986. Preliminary classification and ecology of dry grassland communities on Ölands Stora Alvar (Sweden). Nord. J. Bot. 6: 797-809.
7. Leck, M.A. 1989. Wetland seed banks. In: Leck, M.A., Parker, V.T. & Simpson, R.L. (eds.) Ecology of Seed Banks, pp. 283-305. Academic Press, London.
8. Lid, J. 1987. Norsk, svensk, finsk Flora. Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo.
9. McDonald, A.W. 1993. The relationship between seed bank and sown-seeds in a recreated flood-meadow after one year. J. Veg. Sci. 4: 395-400.
10. McDonald, A.W., Bakker, J.P. & Vegelin, K. 1996. Seed bank classification and its importance for the restoration of species-rich flood-meadows. J. Veg. Sci. 7: 157-164.
11. Milberg, P. 1995. Soil seed bank after eighteen years of succession from grassland to forest. Oikos 72: 3-13.
12. Milberg, P. & Hansson, M.L. 1993. Soil seed bank and species turnover in a limestone grassland. J. Veg. Sci. 4: 35-42.
13. Miles, J. 1974. Effects of experimental interference with stand structure on establishment of seedlings in Callunetum. J. Ecol. 62: 675-687.
14. Pfadenhauer, J. & Maas, D. 1987. Samenpotential in Niedermoorböden des Alpenvorlandes bei Grünlandnutzung unterschiedlicher Intensität. Flora 179: 85-97.
15. Poschlod, P. 1993. Die Dauerhaftigkeit von generativen Diasporenbanken in Böden am Beispiel von Kalkmagerrasenpflanzen und deren Bedeutung für den botanischen Arten-und Biotopschutz. Verh. Ges. Ökol. 22: 229-240.
16. Poschlod, P. & Jackel, A.K. 1993. Untersuchungen zur Dynamik von generativen Diasporenbanken von Samenpflanzen in Kalkmagerrasen. I. Jahreszeitliche Dynamik des Diasporenregens und der Diasporenbank auf zwei Kalkmagerrasenstandorten der Schwäbischen Alb. Flora 188: 49-71.
17. Poschlod, P., Deffner, A., Beier, B. & Grunicke, U. 1991. Untersuchungen zur Diasporenbank von Samenpflanzen auf beweideten, gemähten, brachgefallenen und aufgeforsteten Kalkmagerrasenstandorten. Verh. Ges. Ökol. 20: 893-904.
18. Rejmánek, M. & Rosén, E. 1988. The effects of colonizing shrubs (Juniperus communis and Potentilla fruticosa) on species richness in the grasslands of Stora Alvaret, Öland (Sweden). Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 76: 67-72.
19. Rejmánek, M. & Rosén, E. 1992. Influence of colonizing shrubs on species area relationships in alvar plant communities. J. Veg. Sci. 3: 625-630.
20. Rosén, E. 1982. Vegetation development and sheep grazing in limestone grasslands of south Öland. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 71: 1-172.
21. Rosén, E. 1988a. Shrub expansion in alvar grasslands on Öland. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 76: 87-100.
22. Rosén, E. 1988b. Development and seedling establishment within a Juniperus communis stand on Öland, Sweden. Acta Bot. Neerl. 37: 193-201.
23. Rosén, E. & Sjögren, E. 1988. Plant cover in alvar junipers on Öland. Distribution features correlated to shrub size and shape. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 76: 101-112.
24. Rusch, G. 1988. Reproductive regeneration in grazed and ungrazed limestone grassland communities on Öland, preliminary results. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 76: 113-124.
25. Rusch, G. 1992. Spatial pattern of seedling recruitment at two different scales in a limestone grassland. Oikos 65: 433-442.
26. Schenkeveld, A.J. & Verkaar, H.J. 1984. On the ecology of short-lived forbs in chalk grasslands: Distribution of germinative seeds and its significance for seedling emergence. J. Biogeogr. 11: 251-260.
27. ter Heerdt, G.N.J., Verwey, G.L., Bekker, R.M. & Bakker, J.P. In press. An improved method for seed bank analysis: seedling emergence after removing the soil by sieving. Funct. Ecol.
28. Thompson, K. 1989. Seeds and seed banks. New Phytol. 106 (Suppl.): 23-34.
29. Thompson, K. 1992. The functional ecology of seed banks. In: Fenner, M. (ed.). Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities, pp. 231-258. CAB International, Wallingford.
30. Thompson, K. 1993. Persistence in soil. In: Hendry, C.A.F. & Grime, J.P. (eds.) Methods in Comparative Plant Ecology, pp. 199-202. Chapman & Hall, London.
31. Thompson, K. & Grime, J.P. 1979. Seasonal variation in the seed banks of herbaceous species in ten contrasting habitats. J. Ecol. 67: 893-921.
32. Thompson, K., Band, S.R. & Hodgson, J.G. 1993. Seed size and shape predict persistence in soil. Funct. Ecol. 7: 236-241.
33. van der Maarel, E. 1988. Floristic diversity and guild structure in the grasslands of Öland's Stora Alvar. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 76: 53-76.
34. van der Maarel, E. & Sykes, M.T. 1993. Small-scale plant species turnover in a limestone grassland: the carousel model and some comments on the niche concept. J.Veg. Sci. 4: 179-188.
35. van Tooren, B.F., During, H.J. & Lensink, M.J.G. 1987. The influence of the bryophyte layer on the microclimate in chalk grasslands. Abstr. Bot. 9: 219-230.
36. Vyvey, Q. 1986. Kiemkrachtige zaden in de bodem: Betekenis voor het natuurbehoud. Biol. Jaarb. Dodonaea 54: 116-130.
37. Warr, S.J., Kent, M. & Thompson, K. 1994. Seed bank composition and variability in five woodlands in south-west England. J. Biogeogr. 21: 151-168.
38. Willems, J.H. 1988. Soil seed bank and regeneration of a Calluna vulgaris community after forest clearing. Acta Bot. Neerl. 37: 313-320.
39. Zar, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice Hall, London.