Do soil microbes and abrasion by soil particles influence persistence and loss of physical dormancy in seeds of tropical pioneers?

The ecophysiology of seed persistence: a mechanistic view of the journey to germination or demise

(2014) Rowena L. Long et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition

(2014) Robert Bagchi et al.   NATURE

Physical seed dormancy in Collaea argentina (Fabaceae) and Abutilon pauciflorum (Malvaceae) after 4 years storage

(2014) G. Galíndez et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Temperature thresholds of physically dormant seeds and plant functional response to fire: variation among species and relative impact of climate change

(2014) Mark K. J. Ooi et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Identification and characterization of ten new water gaps in seeds and fruits with physical dormancy and classification of water-gap complexes

(2013) N. S. Gama-Arachchige et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Endozoochory and Fire as Germination Triggers in Neotropical Dry Forests: an Experimental Test

(2013) Guille Peguero et al.   BIOTROPICA

Effect of fungi and light on seed germination of three Opuntia species from semiarid lands of central Mexico

(2013) Pablo Delgado-Sánchez et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Physical dormancy in seeds: a game of hide and seek?

(2013) Torbjørn Rage Paulsen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of burial and storage on germination and seed reserves of 18 tree species in a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico

(2013) Diana Soriano et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of seed burial on germination, protein mobilisation and seedling survival inDodonaea viscosa

(2013) L. Benítez-Rodríguez et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Tanned or Burned: The Role of Fire in Shaping Physical Seed Dormancy

(2012) Bruno Moreira et al.   PLoS One

Seed bank persistence and climate change

(2012) Mark K.J. Ooi   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Seed survival in soil: interacting effects of predation, dormancy and the soil microbial community

(2010) James W. Dalling et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Are fungi important for breaking seed dormancy in desert species? Experimental evidence in Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae)

(2010) P. Delgado-Sánchez et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Little evidence for fire-adapted plant traits in Mediterranean climate regions

(2010) S. Don Bradshaw et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Long‐Term Persistence of Pioneer Species in Tropical Rain Forest Soil Seed Banks

(2009) James W. Dalling et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Effect of burial on the germination of Opuntia tomentosa's (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae) seeds

(2009) Y. Olvera-Carrillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Interspecific variation in susceptibility to fungal pathogens in seeds of 10 tree species in the neotropical genus Cecropia

(2009) Rachel E. Gallery et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Sensitivity cycling and its ecological role in seeds with physical dormancy

(2009) K.M.G. Gehan Jayasuriya et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Soil drying in a tropical forest: Three distinct environments controlled by gap size

(2008) T.R. Marthews et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development

(2008) MARTIN I. BIDARTONDO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Chemical and Physical Defense of Weed Seeds in Relation to Soil Seedbank Persistence

(2008) Adam S. Davis et al.   WEED SCIENCE