Large Sample Area and Size Are Needed for Forest Soil Seed Bank Studies to Ensure Low Discrepancy with Standing Vegetation
Figure 3
Mean woody species accumulation curve of seeds and its 95% confidence intervals in soil seed bank of a karst forest in SW China.
Samples were pooled from 100 quadrats of the soil seed bank by collecting 10 cm×10 cm×10 cm small soil samples and then randomized 100 times in “EstimateS 9.10” (Colwell 2013).