Where does the forest come back from? Soil and litter seed banks and the juvenile bank as sources of vegetation resilience in a semiarid Neotropical forest

The research identifies litter seed banks and juvenile banks, rather than soil seed banks, as the primary reservoirs for woody species regeneration in the Chaco forest. While these reservoirs align with established vegetation in low-intensity areas, their capacity to support resilience declines as land-use intensity increases.

• Woody species are not found in the soil seed bank but are strongly represented in the litter seed bank and the juvenile bank across different ecosystem types. These latter two reservoirs show high similarity to the established vegetation within their respective ecosystem types.
• The ability of litter seed and juvenile banks to act as sources of resilience for the forest decreases as land-use intensity increases, evidenced by a decrease in similarity between reservoirs in land-use areas and the established vegetation of the primary forest reference ecosystem.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Where does the forest come back from? Soil and litter seed banks and the juvenile bank as sources of vegetation resilience in a semiarid Neotropical forest. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/where-does-the-forest-come-back-from-soil-and-litter-seed-banks-and-the-juvenile-bank-as-sources-of-vegetation-resilience-in-a-semiarid-neotropical-forest/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Where does the forest come back from? Soil and litter seed banks and the juvenile bank as sources of vegetation resilience in a semiarid Neotropical forest. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/where-does-the-forest-come-back-from-soil-and-litter-seed-banks-and-the-juvenile-bank-as-sources-of-vegetation-resilience-in-a-semiarid-neotropical-forest/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025where, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Where does the forest come back from? Soil and litter seed banks and the juvenile bank as sources of vegetation resilience in a semiarid Neotropical forest}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/where-does-the-forest-come-back-from-soil-and-litter-seed-banks-and-the-juvenile-bank-as-sources-of-vegetation-resilience-in-a-semiarid-neotropical-forest/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }