Patterns of seed persistence in South African fynbos

By P. Holmes, R. Newton. Plant Ecology, 2004

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Composition of soil seed banks in southern California coastal sage scrub and adjacent exotic grassland (2008, background): “Soil seed banks are integral to many plant communities (Major and Pyott 1966; Roberts 1981; Coffin and Lauenroth 1989; Holmes and Newton 2004; James et al. 2007), but because they are not immediately observable their importance may be overlooked.”
Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority (2015, background): “Xeractis comprises 28 species, all restricted to campo rupestre in the meridional Espinhaço Range: 18 species are known from a single locality and six are known only from the type collection (Hensold 1988; Echternacht et al. 2011a).”
The functional role of soil seed banks in natural communities. (2014, background): “001 (A. Saatkamp, 2009, unpublished data, and data from Flynn et al., 2004; Holmes and Newton, 2004; Bruun and Poschlod, 2006; Soons et al., 2008; Gardarin et al., 2010; Morozowska et al., 2011).”
Seed banks of invasive Australian Acacia species in South Africa: Role in invasiveness and options for management (2008, background): “The extreme persistence of the seeds (450 years Holmes, 1989a; longer than any native plant species; Holmes and Newton, 2004) is due to physical dormancy (Baskin and Baskin, 1998; Thompson et al., 2003) caused by the impermeability of their seed coats (Rolston, 1978).”