Hidden biodiversity in the Arctic – a study of soil seed banks at Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland

• Published in: Nordic Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Philipp, Marianne, Hansen, Kjersti, Monrad, Dorte, Adsersen, Henning, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Nordal, Inger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Qeqertarsuaq; Climate change
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/njb.01721; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fnjb.01721; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/njb.01721

Seed dispersal is a key process in plant community dynamics, and soil seed banks represent seed dispersal in time rather than in space. Despite their potential importance, seed bank dynamics in the Arctic are poorly understood. We investigated soil seed banks and corresponding plant community compos...