Effects of sheep exclusion on the soil seed bank and annual vegetation in chenopod shrublands of South Australia

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dc.contributor.authorMeissner, R.
dc.contributor.authorFacelli, J.
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the composition of the soft seed bank and growing annual plant community in sheep-grazing exclosures. The effects of stock exclusion on annual plant community structure was slight, and was different in the seed bank and in the growing community because of little correspondence between the two. Stock exclusion favoured a few species, but never decreased the abundance of invasive species. It had little or no effect on species diversity. We conclude that grazing exclusion of the order of a decade is not enough to reverse changes produced by long-term grazing.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Arid Environments, 1999; 42(2):117-128
dc.identifier.doi10.1006/jare.1999.0515
dc.identifier.issn0140-1963
dc.identifier.issn1095-922X
dc.identifier.orcidFacelli, J. [0000-0002-0408-0082]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/12182
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACADEMIC PRESS LTD
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1006/jare.1999.0515
dc.titleEffects of sheep exclusion on the soil seed bank and annual vegetation in chenopod shrublands of South Australia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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