Seed banks are central to the regeneration strategy of many plant species. Any factor altering seed bank density thus affects plant regeneration and population dynamics. Although seed banks are dynamic entities controlled by multiple environmental drivers, climatic factors are the most comprehensive, but still poorly understood.
A new study, published in Global Ecology and Biogeography, investigates how climatic variation structures seed production and resulting seed bank patterns.
Some of the authors are from Edysan research Unit and all are members of FLEUR, a network of researchers interested in population dynamics, biodiversity patterns and functioning of ecosystems along latitudinal gradients.