RT Journal Article
T1 Similarity between seed bank and vegetation in Mediterranean grassland: a predictive model
A1 Peco, Begoña
A1 Ortega Quero, Marta
A1 Levassor, Catherine
AB The similarity in species composition between seed bank and vegetation was analysed in Mediterranean grasslands in relation to altitude, topography and grazing. Soil samples were collected in permanent plots in autumn at the end of the summer drought period and in spring, before the new seed fall and after the natural winter seed stratification. The seed bank composition was determined by greenhouse germination over a nine‐month period. Presence/absence of species in the standing vegetation throughout the complete annual cycle, and the percentage area of bare ground in October, were recorded in the same plots. The species composition of the standing vegetation is clearly determined by altitude, topography and grazing, while the floristic composition of the seed banks is only related to altitude and topography in the case of autumn seed bank and with any of the three factors in the spring seed bank. Relative abundances of grasses, legumes and forbs also show different patterns in vegetation and seed bank data. Sørensen similarity between the autumn seed bank and the vegetation declines as altitude rises, but there are no significant differences for topography and grazing. This similarity decreases in the case of the spring seed bank and does not show any significant relationship with any of the factors. The perennial/ annual ratio and the proportion of bare soil in October are proposed as explanatory variables in a predictive model of similarity between the seed composition of the seed bank and vegetation.
PB Wiley
SN 1100-9233
YR 1998
FD 1998
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97373
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/97373
LA eng
NO Peco, B., et al. «Similarity between Seed Bank and Vegetation in Mediterranean Grassland: A Predictive Model». Journal of Vegetation Science, vol. 9, n.o 6, diciembre de 1998, pp. 815-28. https://doi.org/10.2307/3237047.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 30 abr 2025