Sampling requirements for estimation of the soil seed bank of a west Texas...

The Texas Journal of Science;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......depth was sufficient to sample the soil seed bank in this inland salt marsh community...McCue & Holtsford 1998). The soil seed bank of a species includes all the...important to adequately sample the soil seed bank of these communities. These factors...

Seed-bank sleuths. (journal extracts).(Brief Article)

Ecos;  January 1, 2002 ;     281 words ......match the contents of the seed bank? To find out, Scott King and...Technology in Sydney, assessed the soil seed bank at 10 urban bushland sites...both the vegetation and the seed bank. They also found that the...indicator of the contents of the seed bank, for ...

Relationship between community structure and seed bank to describe...

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......community composition and the soil seed bank were investigated within a maritime...1995, Fleming et al. 2001). The soil seed bank is considered to be an important...Vankat 1991). Thus, knowledge of soil seed bank dynamics in maritime forests is...

Differences between seed bank composition and field recruitment in a...

The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......much is known about variation in both seed bank composition and disturbance effects in...examine the interactive influences of seed bank composition and postdisturbance environment on seed bank recruitment, a seed bank transplant experiment...

The seed bank of hemlock forests: implications for forest regeneration...

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Petersham, MA 01366, USA). The seed bank of hemlock forests: implications...Bot. Soc. 133:393-402. 2006.-Soil seed banks are especially important...ecology, we documented the seed bank composition of eight large...Suppressed saplings and soil seed banks are an important ...

Arts: On a clear day you can seed for miles At the Millennium Seed Bank,...

The Independent - London;  January 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......building's glass walls. At the Millennium Seed Bank, in the grounds of Wakehurst Place, to...both adult and child should leave the Seed Bank feeling enriched." The remarks are in...up with their "ideal" layout for a new seed bank, they produced a clunky, hermetic box...

Dispersal patterns and seed bank dynamics of pioneer trees in moist...

Ecology;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......soil samples have shown that the soil seed bank is often dominated by species...been integrated with those of the soil seed bank in either temperate or tropical...rain becomes incorporated in the soil seed bank?, (2) Do secondary seed dispersal...

FREEZE-DRIED SEEDS COULD SERVE AS 'BOTANICAL SEAT BELT'

The Columbian;  November 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......were left. But thanks to the Millennium Seed Bank, the corrigiola litoralis was not lost...today, thrive it does. Roger Smith, the seed bank's director, hopes the taxpayer-funded...wild plants. Smith chose to focus the seed bank's collection efforts on drylands, which...

Seed bank to 'save' world

China Daily;  June 21, 2006 ;     508 words ......Diversity Trust, which will manage the seed bank. "But crop diversity is imperiled not...This would no longer occur once the seed bank opened." The Norwegian Government and...worked on the idea of building a global seed bank of last resort in the Arctic ice since...

Reaching a milestone

Hull Daily Mail (UK);  May 23, 2007 ;     555 words ...The Uk's Millennium Seed Bank, part of the Royal Botanic Garden...safekeeping and conservation. The Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP) is widely regarded...natural environments. The Millennium Seed Bank currently contains the seeds of more...

Saving the plants for a chat with Charles

Evening Standard - London;  November 20, 2000 ;     147 words ......PRINCE of Wales today opened an 80 million seed bank intended to preserve more than 4,500...described the Kew Gardens Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place in West Sussex as...gold reserve" will have to be used. The seed bank is the largest conservation project of...

Malaysia plans to have seed bank

Xinhua News Agency;  August 8, 2006 ;     162 words ...Malaysia plans to have seed bank KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia plans to have its own seed bank to serve the local flower, vegetable and...2006-2010), an official said Tuesday. The seed bank will reduce farmers' dependence on imported...

Prince launches pounds 80m seed bank.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  November 21, 2000 ;     102 words ......Prince of Wales opened an pounds 80million seed bank to preserve plant species - and joked...prince (left) described the Millennium Seed Bank in West Sussex as the Bank of England...in the glass building, at Kew Gardens seed bank at Wakehurst Place in Ardingly, Sussex...

Botanists seek last 32 species for seed bank

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 21, 1999 ;     648 words ......seeds are frozen in a giant underground seed bank at Wakehurst Place in Sussex, part of...were taken from. The original Wakehurst seed bank was set up 25 years ago but had only...in 1997 and renamed it the Millennium Seed Bank. A target date of 31 December 1999 was...

Density, dispersion and population genetics of a Silene latifolia seed...

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......population genetics of a Silene latifolia seed bank from southwestern Virginias PERONI, P...population genetics of a Silene latifolia seed bank from southwestern Virginia. J. Torrey...this study region maintained a dormant seed bank we collected soil cores, placed them...