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Publication Date

1989

Location

Nice France

Description

Sudies describing seed banks and seed rain on native rangelands are few in number although it is recognized that there is an abundance of viable seed within the soil (Rabinowitz, 1981; Johnston et al., 1969). The seed bank and seed rain represent an integral part of the potential for recruit­ment or regeneration of species into the sward (Rabinowitz, 1981). The role of seed banks in succession is yet to be com­pletely understood. Field experiments were conducted to describe seed bank and seed rain on a Canadian native prairie and to evaluate the impact of high intensity low frequency graz­ing on seed rain and the correlation to the seed bank.

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Buried Viable Seeds in the Alberta Foothills Under High Intensity Low Frequency Grazing and the Resemblance to Seed Rain

Nice France

Sudies describing seed banks and seed rain on native rangelands are few in number although it is recognized that there is an abundance of viable seed within the soil (Rabinowitz, 1981; Johnston et al., 1969). The seed bank and seed rain represent an integral part of the potential for recruit­ment or regeneration of species into the sward (Rabinowitz, 1981). The role of seed banks in succession is yet to be com­pletely understood. Field experiments were conducted to describe seed bank and seed rain on a Canadian native prairie and to evaluate the impact of high intensity low frequency graz­ing on seed rain and the correlation to the seed bank.