Effects of leaf litter depth on the emergence and seedling growth of deciduous forest tree species in relation toseed size1

By F. Kostel-Hughes, T. Young, J. Wehr. 2005

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Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use (2008, background): “The same pattern is also associated with plant litter: smaller-seeded species germinate and establish better where litter is absent or disturbed, whilst larger-sized seeds can cope with deeper litter layers (Jensen & Gutekunst 2003; Lusk & Kelly 2003; Kostel-Hughes et al . 2005 ).”
Effects of bryophytes and grass litter on seedling emergence vary by vertical seed position and seed size (2010, background): “A similar trend has been observed in forest species, where seedling emergence through accumulated litter is also controlled by seed size (Seiwa and Kikuzawa 1996; Kostel-Hughes et al. 2005).”