

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN: 1475-2735|9|4|341-345
ISSN: 0960-2585
Source: Seed Science Research, Vol.9, Iss.4, 1999-04, pp. : 341-345
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Abstract
We tested whether seed mass and shape are good predictors of seed persistence in the soil of subhumid temperate montane grasslands of central Argentina. We plotted seed mass against variance of seed dimensions of 71 herbaceous species and obtained information on their persistence in the soil from a previous experiment on germinable seed banks. We identified a certain seed mass/shape combination beyond which no seed was persistent in the soil, with the exception of the annual
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