Halophytes are plants of saline habitats that grow under conditions that may vary in
extremes of temperatures (freezing to very hot), water availability (drought to water logging) …

The success of seedling establishment of desert plants is determined by seedling
emergence response to an unpredictable precipitation regime. Sand burial is a crucial and …

Although terrestrial and marine ecosystems are often perceived as clearly distinct, in coastal
areas biological communities on land and at sea are in fact intimately linked. One way in …

Wetland plants are biological filters that play an important role in maintaining aquatic
ecosystem and can take up toxic metals from sediments and water. The present study …

Although the functions and characteristics of soil seed banks in topsoil layers have been
described for various ecosystems, the spatiotemporal pattern of the seed bank in deep soil …

Aim Species interactions are predicted to become stronger toward low latitudes and
elevations, and these predictions have been supported in large experiments measuring …

Abstract Background and Aims Despite concerns about the impact of rising sea levels and
storm surge events on coastal ecosystems, there is remarkably little information on the …

This paper explores the relationship between vegetation dynamics and dune mobility in an
arid transgressive coastal dune system, specifically the dune field of Maspalomas (Gran …

Navua sedge [Cyperus aromaticus (Ridley) Mattf. & Kük.] is an aggressive perennial sedge
native to equatorial Africa that has become problematic in many Pacific islands and wet …

Cold stratification is a requirement for seed dormancy breaking in many species, and thus it
is one of the important factors for the regulation of timing of germination. However, few …