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ArticleHeliyon2022

Soil seed bank distribution and restoration potential in the vegetation of Buska Mountain range, Hamar district, southwestern Ethiopia.

Melese Bekele, Sebsebe Demissew, Tamrat Bekele, Feleke Woldeyes

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Melese BekeleEthiopian Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 30726, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sebsebe DemissewDepartment of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 3434, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tamrat BekeleDepartment of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 3434, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Feleke WoldeyesEthiopian Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 30726, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The seed banks are vital components for the reestablishment of degraded lands since they are used to predict the future coverage of vegetation and allow for the implementation of appropriate conservation measures in a particular area. The study was conducted in the Buska Mountains of the Hamar area in south-western Ethiopia and determined the composition, density and vertical distribution of soil seed banks under various land-use systems and soil layers. A total of 96 soil samples were involved in the study; four land-use types (grassland, forest, scrub and bare ground). Three distinct soil layers from each plot (0-3 cm, 3-6 cm, 6-9 cm depths) were sampled. Jaccard's Similarity Coefficient was applied to evaluate the correspondence between different land-use types and soil layers. One-way ANOVA was used to compute species density and composition respectively within land-use systems along with the seed bank and above ground vegetation. Fifty six (56) species within 27 plant families and 50 genera were recorded. Twenty percent of the species was contributed by Asteraceae followed by Poaceae (16%). Herbaceous growth forms were the most dominant in the area, contributing about 78.6%. The total seedling density in the study plots was 8171 seedlings/m

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Buska mountain rangeHamarRestorationSoil seed bankSouthwestern Ethiopia

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PMID36339756
PMCPMC9634372

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