A seed bank inside a clonal plant: the case of the sedge Carex cespitosa on an unmowed grassland

Volume: 215, Issue: 12, Pages: 1423 - 1432
Published: Sep 4, 2014
Abstract
This study examined a non-soil seed bank deposited inside the tussock cores of Carex cespitosa, a perennial plant with a tussock growth form. Based on the vertical structure of the seed bank in 20 tussock cores, the history of changes in plant species composition during succession in an unmowed grassland in the Bialowieza National Park was reconstructed. Three horizontal layers were distinguished in each tussock core: upper (corresponding to the...
Paper Details
Title
A seed bank inside a clonal plant: the case of the sedge Carex cespitosa on an unmowed grassland
Published Date
Sep 4, 2014
Volume
215
Issue
12
Pages
1423 - 1432
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