Soil seed bank responses to edge effects in temperate European forests

• DOI: 10.1111/geb.13568
• Publication Date: 2022-07-17T03:40:35Z
• Authors: Cristina Gasperini; Kurt Bollmann; Jörg Brunet; Sara A. O. Cousins; Guillaume Decocq; Karen De Pauw; Martin Diekmann; Sanne Govaert; Bente J. Graae; Per‐Ola Hedwall; Giovanni Iacopetti; Jonathan Lenoir; Sigrid Lindmo; Camille Meeussen; Anna Orczewska; Quentin Ponette; Jan Plue; Pieter Sanczuk; Fabien Spicher; Thomas Vanneste; Pieter Vangansbeke; Florian Zellweger; Federico Selvi; Pieter De Frenne
• Keywords: Temperate rainforest; Temperate forest; Soil seed bank

The amount of forest edges is increasing globally due to fragmentation and land-use changes. However, edge effects on the soil seed bank temperate forests are still poorly understood. Here, we assessed at contrasting spatial scales across Europe quantified extent which can preserve seeds specialist plants.