Conserving alpine ecosystems and the plant communities they contain using ex situ
conservation requires an understanding of seed longevity. Knowledge of seed longevity …

Climate warming in mountain areas is increasing faster than the global average, threatening
alpine plants. Climate affects many traits including seeds, the longevity of which is important …

Management of seed banks conserving the biodiversity of phylogenetically diverse species
requires insight into seed longevity. This study determined the seed longevity of 172 species …

Abstract Background and Aims Alpine plants are considered one of the groups of species
most sensitive to the direct and indirect threats to ecosystems caused by land use and …

UK trees require increased conservation efforts due to sparse and fragmented populations.
Ex situ conservation, including seed banking, can be used to better manage these issues …

Natural variation in longevity among populations of the same species, and between species
and genera was investigated to inform seed-collection strategies. Seed longevity for 30 wild …

The potential for the pre‐zygotic plant growth environment to play a role in determining seed
longevity was investigated for a species that inhabits arid to semi‐arid Australia. Seed …

Context Fifty per cent of Australian rainforest species produce orthodox seeds, but little is
known about their longevity in storage. Aims To (1) estimate the longevity of seeds of 33 …

Premise To conserve native plants, many institutions are turning toward ex‐situ conservation
methods, such as storage in seed banks; however, not all seeds are able to survive in seed …

Alpine soil seedbanks are generally regarded as small and unimportant to regeneration.
Here, we investigate for the first time the composition of the readily germinable soil …