Are all intertidal wetlands naturally created equal? Bottlenecks, thresholds and knowledge gaps to mangrove and saltmarsh ecosystems

DA Friess, KW Krauss, EM Horstman, T Balke… - Biological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Intertidal wetlands such as saltmarshes and mangroves provide numerous important
ecological functions, though they are in rapid and global decline. To better conserve and …

Diversity of soil seed bank and influencing factors in the nascent wetland of the Yellow River Delta

T Zhu, Q Fang, L Jia, Y Zou, X Wang, C Qu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Soil seed bank is the growth and reproduction source of vegetation community, playing an
important role in vegetation establishment, succession and renewal, biodiversity …

Spatial variation of soil seed bank under cushion plants in a subalpine degraded grassland

P Niknam, R Erfanzadeh, H Ghelichnia… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cushion plants can affect wind speed and sediment movement patterns that probably modify
the water and sediment redistribution along slopes and increase the accumulation of seeds …

Is the soil seed bank a reliable source for passive restoration of intensive grazed habitats in river riparian areas of western Iran?

R Erfanzadeh, MA Kesbi, B Fattahi, AA Sher - Ecological Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil seed banks serve as reservoirs of seeds for subsequent regeneration of plants
particularly in areas prone to disturbance, such as intensive grazed areas along rivers. The …

Effect of cushion plants on the soil seed bank in overgrazed semiarid regions

R Erfanzadeh, S Hazhir, M Jafari - Land Degradation & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Evaluation of soil seed bank (SSB) in relation to biotic environmental factors could
be important in degraded areas, since SSB is one of the major sources that facilitates the …

Wrack Burial Limits Germination and Establishment of Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus L.)

JM Castillo, B Gallego-Tévar, BJ Grewell - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seed burial under wrack, mats of water-transported plant debris, can limit recruitment of
seedlings in wetlands. In a greenhouse experiment, we studied the effects of wrack burial (0 …

Effect of salinity stress on finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn): histochemical and morphological analysis of coleoptile and coleorhizae

L Satish, P Rathinapriya, AS Rency, SA Ceasar… - … , Functional Ecology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The current study deals with the impact of salinity stress on growth and development of
finger millet genotype 'CO (Ra)-14'. The seeds were germinated on Murashige and Skoog …

Shrub effects on germinable soil seed bank in overgrazed rangelands

R Erfanzadeh, AA Shayesteh Palaye… - Plant Ecology & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Little information is available about the effects of different species of shrubs on
the composition of the soil seed bank (SSB) and how the SSB could contribute to restoration …

Role of plant patches in preserving flora from the soil seed bank in an overgrazed high-mountain habitat in northern Iran

R Erfanzadeh, R Shahbazian… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2014 - jast.modares.ac.ir
Seed bank is a central topic for plant community restoration. We determined the potential
and regeneration capacity of soil seed banks of woody plant patches in conservation of the …

Accumulated soil seed bank of the invasive sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) poses a challenge for its suppression

P Török, FD Espinoza Ami, K Szél‐Tóth… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming, elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations and increased likeliness of
extreme drought and wildfires in many regions will likely favour C4 grass species. To …