The soil seed bank can buffer long-term compositional changes in annual plant communities

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• annual plant 100%
• seed bank 91%
• long-term change 75%
• plant community 67%
• vegetation 31%
• soil 29%
• seed dormancy 21%
• long-term trend 18%
• grass 10%
• seedling emergence 8%
• ecological theory 7%
• community dynamics 6%
• prediction 5%
• functional group 5%
• seed 5%
• timescale 4%
• ecosystem 3%
• test 2%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• buried seeds 78%
• plant communities 67%
• buffers 57%
• vegetation 39%
• forbs 13%
• seed dormancy 13%
• grasses 8%
• prediction 8%
• seedling emergence 6%
• soil 5%
• seed weight 5%
• interspecific variation 5%
• irrigation 4%
• ecosystems 4%
• synthesis 3%
• testing 2%