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Existence of a soil seed bank under rainforest in New Guinea
Author(s) -
ENRIGHT NEAL
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1985.tb00864.x
Subject(s) - rainforest , germination , new guinea , dominance (genetics) , soil seed bank , ecology , tropical rainforest , biology , agroforestry , botany , biochemistry , ethnology , gene , history
A germination experiment indicated the existence of viable buried seed of early secondary species under well‐developed rainforest near Bulolo, Papua New Guinea. The seed bank was dominated numerically by the secondary tree species, Pipturus argenteus , this dominance increasing with depth. The same species was found to germinate most rapidly and to dominate developing plant cover in seed trays.