Recent advances in soil seed bank research
WANG YONGCUI1,2, JIANG DEMING1, TOSHIO OSHIDA3, ZHOU QUANLAI1
1Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, Chinа, Shenyang
jiangdm.iae@gmail.com
2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Chinа, Beijing
3Azabu University, 252-5201, Japan, Sagamihara
Keywords: soil seed bank, disturbance, geographic factor, vegetation, seed size
Abstract
Soil seed bank is an important component of ecosystem resilience and represents a stock of regeneration potential in many plant assemblages. Soil seed banks can be used to predict the composition of new plant recruitment. Species overcome periods of unfavorable weather conditions by building up a large seed bank. With this strategy, the species diversity is preserved and information on their dynamics and structure is retained. The research on soil seed bank has received wide interest because of its important role in plantation renovation and restoration, biological diversity preservation, vegetation succession and diffusion processes and other aspects. This paper reviews the relationship between soil seed bank and disturbance, geographic factor, vegetation and seed size and is aimed at providing some useful reference for future research.
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