Restoration Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Nov. 19, 2024
Restoring and revegetating semiarid regions with native perennial grasses is an extremely difficult task, often unsuccessful due to harsh abiotic conditions. We conducted studies evaluating the use of seed pellets improve restoration seeding success in controlled field environments. In a setting, we evaluated impacts clay volume, pellet size, watering rate on seedling establishment disintegration. The amount clay, size pellets, were varied full factorial design. Seedlings emerged from 40% pellets. Clay content did not impact emergence, but larger (2.5 cm) more likely produce seedlings. However, when smaller (1.5 produced seedlings, higher proportion (15 vs. 9%). field, compared monthly, overall summer recruitment, disintegration made 10% 55% broadcast non‐seeded control using randomized Seedling emergence was for both (1.4 seedlings) (1.0 seedling) than treatments (0.5 seedlings), also (0.8 seedlings). Additionally, found that recruitment unaffected by End‐of‐season (2.6 (1.2 seedling). 2.5 cm had slightly indicating may be suited survival
Language: Английский