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Relationship between soil seed bank and forest restoration techniques on areas around bauxite mining environment
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  • Wesley da Silva Fonseca,
  • Sebastião Martins,
  • Pedro Manuel Villa,
  • Enzo Mauro Fioresi
Wesley da Silva Fonseca
Universidade Federal de Vicosa Departamento de Engenharia Florestal

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Sebastião Martins
Universidade Federal de Vicosa Departamento de Engenharia Florestal
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Pedro Manuel Villa
Universidade Federal de Vicosa Departamento de Engenharia Florestal
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Enzo Mauro Fioresi
Universidade Federal de Vicosa Departamento de Engenharia Florestal
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Abstract

The soil seed bank is one of the most important ecological indicators to evaluate and monitor the ecological restoration process of plant communities. We aimed to evaluate the influence of ecological restoration techniques on the plant community diversity and composition and functional group composition of the soil seed bank in two bauxite mining areas under compensatory restoration, Southeast Brazil. 30 soil samples were collected in each area (Area_A – Forest restoration by planting seedlings and nucleation techniques and Area_B – just restoration by planting seedlings). The samples were transported to a shade house and evaluated for six months, where germinated individuals were counted and identified weekly. The results indicated that the soil seed banks of the two areas are floristically similar (with a predominance of pioneer, herbaceous and native origin species), which show a higher natural regeneration potential. However, the higher species richness and abundance of zoochoric individuals in Area_A demonstrate that nucleation techniques, such as topsoil transposition and direct seeding were efficient to increase the recovery potential re-establishment. In the early successional stages, restoration techniques are more determinant in the functional group composition than in the floristic composition of the soil seed bank.
25 Jan 2023Submitted to Land Degradation & Development
27 Jan 2023Submission Checks Completed
27 Jan 2023Assigned to Editor
21 Feb 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
09 Mar 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
23 Apr 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
24 May 20231st Revision Received
30 May 2023Submission Checks Completed
30 May 2023Assigned to Editor
30 May 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
31 May 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
25 Jun 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
25 Jul 20232nd Revision Received
25 Jul 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
25 Jul 2023Submission Checks Completed
25 Jul 2023Assigned to Editor
05 Aug 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
16 Oct 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
14 Nov 20233rd Revision Received
14 Nov 2023Submission Checks Completed
14 Nov 2023Assigned to Editor
14 Nov 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
17 Nov 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
30 Jan 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
03 Mar 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
04 Mar 2024Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
06 Mar 20245th Revision Received
06 Mar 2024Submission Checks Completed
06 Mar 2024Assigned to Editor
07 Mar 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
19 Mar 2024Editorial Decision: Accept