Soil seed banks in the Arasbaran Protected Area of Iran and their significance for conservation management

Habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity have been threatened by over-exploitation in the Arasbaran Protected Area, an important but little researched nature reserve in Iran. The soil seed bank was evaluated to gauge whether there are sufficient species represented as persistent seeds to reconstitute...

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Published in:	Biological conservation Vol. 109; no. 3; pp. 425 - 431
Main Authors:	JALILI, Adel, HAMZEH'EE, Behnam, HODGSON, John G, THOMPSON, Ken, AKBARZADEH, Morteza, PAKPARVAR, Mojtaba, ASRI, Younes, SHIRVANY, Anoushiravan, YAZDANI, Shahbaz, KHOSHNEVIS, Mostafa, ZARRINKAMAR, Fatemeh, GHAHRAMANI, Mohammad-Ali, SAFAVI, Reza, SHAW, Sue
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier 01-03-2003
Subjects:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Biological and medical sciences Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking Iran Asia Land use change Conservation Property of soil Environmental factor Environmental management Plant conservation Conservation area Species diversity Soils Vegetation type Iran Seed bank Life form Population density Comparative study Environmental protection
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Summary:	Habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity have been threatened by over-exploitation in the Arasbaran Protected Area, an important but little researched nature reserve in Iran. The soil seed bank was evaluated to gauge whether there are sufficient species represented as persistent seeds to reconstitute vegetation in the event of habitat deterioration. Differences were noted between seed banks from different soils and vegetation types, but all soil seed banks hosted few species and low densities of seed. The species in the seed bank were not representative of the vegetation.
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ISSN:	0006-3207 1873-2917
DOI:	10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00170-2