Seed Banks Provide a Peek into Past and Future Fire Adaptation

Northern Research Station. USDA Forest Service

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Seed Banks Provide a Peek into Past and Future Fire Adaptation

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Northern Research Station. USDA Forest Service

Year:

2024

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Rooted in Research Issue 30, May 2024. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

Seed banks can provide insight into a forest's past and give land managers valuable information to help them plan for the forest's future. For example, knowing which species may germinate after future fires is valuable, especially when nonnative invasive species in the seed bank could proliferate quickly following disturbances

Citation

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2024. Seed Banks Provide a Peek into Past and Future Fire Adaptation. Rooted in Research Issue 30, May 2024. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2 p.