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Data Paper summarizing 1998-2012 surveys
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Seed germination #32

Closed Aariq closed 2 years ago

Aariq commented 2 years ago

In L225-229 the description of germination could be more quantitative. In Bruna 2002, with unprotected seeds, ~2%, ~1%, and ~6% germinated after one year in 1-ha, 10-ha, and CF, respectively. After 2 years, ~ 2%, 3%, and 10% germinated. So the assertion that there's no seedbank seems to only hold for 1-ha fragments. The number of seeds germinating in other habitats roughly doubled after a second year, right?

embruna commented 2 years ago

It's a bit more complicated, I think, because most of that 10% did germinate in yr 1. But I tried to clarify and added long-term to the generalization about seed banks.