A soil seed bank in a mature conifer plantation and establishment of seedlings after clear-cutting in southwest Japan

Sakai, Atsushi; Sato, Shigeho; Sakai, Takeshi; Kuramoto, Shigeo; Tabuchi, Ryuichi

doi:10.1007/s10310-004-0138-3

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“…On the other hand, Scleria sp., the most important species in the standing vegetation had a frequence of only 13% in the seed bank. This lack of correspondence has been found numerous times (Korb et al 2005, Sakai et al 2005, Hopfensperger 2007, Lang & Halpern 2007, Zobel et al 2007, Bossuyt & Honnay 2008 and has been attributed to biological differences among species (seed viabilidad and/or likelihood to be predated) or to methodology (germination technique, time of sampling, number or volume of soil samples) which may limit quantification of the soil seed bank (Brown 1992, Malo 2000, Csontos 2007). …”

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Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation

Bueno¹,

Baruch²

2010

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Abstract:The soil seed bank is the basis for community establishment and permanence and plays a primary role in natural restoration of degraded or altered ecosystems. As part of a restoration project, this study aimed to quantify the soil seed bank and to evaluate the effect of the needle litter layer on seedling emergence. Soil samples from a pine plantation were collected at random in the field and set to germinate in a greenhouse. Half of them were covered by a 6cm layer of dead pine needles simulating field conditions. in the field, 20x20cm plots were established, half were left intact and half were cleaned from the litter needles. All four treatments had 15 replicates and seedling emergence was recorded during six months. Soil seed bank density was 1 222/m 2 from 17 morphotypes. in the field, the number of morphotypes and seedlings was only 9% and 6% respectively, of those emerged in the greenhouse, possibly due to watering and lack of predation in the latter. in both cases, herbs and graminoids were the dominant emerging seedlings, making up to 70-90% of the total. The needle layer didn't prevent seeds from reaching the soil but strongly reduced (>50%) seedling emergence, although high variability within treatments resulted in no statistically significant differences. These results show that the needle layer hinders germination and/or emergence of seedlings from the seed bank. its removal may be a recommended technique to accelerate natural restoration in pine plantations. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59 (3): 1071-1079. Epub 2011 September 01.

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Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation

Bueno¹,

Baruch²

2010

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“…In this case, the plantations were adjacent to natural forests, so that the seed rain would be higher than in the agricultural land. Therefore, the influence of the seed source on species richness should be considered as being relevant in plant plantations (Sakai et al, 2005). Climatic conditions (semiarid vs dry Mediterranean climate) together to seed sources disposal in the surrounding areas can justified differences found between this work and others researchs in semiarid Mediterranean areas in Iberian Peninsula This plant response suggests that habitat modifications generated by the plantations and silvicultural management may increase the richness and diversity of the understory flora.…”

Section: Greater Species Richness In Plantationsmentioning

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A Spatial Pattern Analysis of Landscape Changes Between 1956-1999 of Pinus Halepensis Miller Plantations in Montes De Malaga State Park (Andalusia, Spain)

Navarro-Cerrillo¹

2013

Appl Ecol Env Res

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. At a landscape level, a FRAGSTAT analysis was performed using aerial photograph series. At the community level, a total of 47 sample plots were analyzed. Field measurements indicate the presence of a total of 70 species in the different vegetation types sampled. Diversity indices showed a higher species richness for Aleppo pine plantations (H = 1.54 ± 0.2; D = 3.88 ± 0.6), while Holm oak forests (H = 1.37 ± 0.1; D = 3.35 ± 0.6) and agricultural land (H = 1.33 ± 0.01; D = 2.80 ± 0.03) had lower values. FRAGSTATS analyses at landscape and class levels indicated increases in patch richness, number of patches, and percent of landscape mainly for pine plantations, Holm oak forests and shrub. Replacement of agricultural uses by conifer plantations led to a homogenization of landscape structure. This shift has modified the landscape by recovering a natural indigenous tree species, and improving the regeneration of Holm oak species, which are stabilizing and protecting the future establishment of native forests in this area. Our findings suggest that pine plantations could favour woody species diversity by increasing individual abundance and species richness in contrast to the situation in non forested agricultural land.

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“…Abies firma can be present in the undergrowth of conifer plantations as a seedling bank owing to their shade tolerance (Sakai et al 2005). Although seedlings decrease in number after clear-cutting, perhaps associated with sunlight exposure and subsequent dry conditions, some can survive in abandoned sites (Sakai et al unpublished data).…”

Section: Regeneration Of Old-growth Species In Clear-cut Sitesmentioning

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“…The time since clear-cutting followed the environmental factors related to temperature in strength of correlation, although it was not independent of these variables due to our biased sampling. Many pioneer species occur immediately after clear-cutting from soil seed banks, which are formed in conifer plantations in Japan (Sakai et al 2005). Species dominance in plantations changes rapidly after clear-cutting from herbs to woody plants (Sakura and Numata 1976;Tanimoto 1982).…”

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“…The abundance of some common pioneer species in the larger clear-cut sites may explain how patch size influences species composition. Because seeds of these pioneer species are carried considerable distances by birds and form permanent soil seed banks (Sakai et al 2005), they might have invaded inside large plantations. However, the effect of a clear-cut area was not clarified in our results, because the number of plots per study site was too small to clarify the spatial structure of vegetation.…”

Section: Environmental Factors Affecting Species Composition In Clearmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of elevation and postharvest disturbance on the composition of vegetation established after the clear-cut harvest of conifer plantations in southern Shikoku, Japan

Sakai

Hirayama

Oshioka

et al. 2006

Journal of Forest Research

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A soil seed bank in a mature conifer plantation and establishment of seedlings after clear-cutting in southwest Japan

Cited by 39 publications

References 24 publications

Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation

Soil seed bank and the effect of needle litter layer on seedling emergence in a tropical pine plantation

A Spatial Pattern Analysis of Landscape Changes Between 1956-1999 of Pinus Halepensis Miller Plantations in Montes De Malaga State Park (Andalusia, Spain)

Effects of elevation and postharvest disturbance on the composition of vegetation established after the clear-cut harvest of conifer plantations in southern Shikoku, Japan

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