Seed Bank Variation under Contrasting Site Quality Conditions in Mixed Oak Forests of Southeastern Ohio, USA

<table>Bootstrap-derived species-area curves (<svg height="9.5625" id="M60" style="vertical-align:-0.3003pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.1 9.5625" width="10.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>2 SD; dotted lines) for 96–2.5 m<sup>2</sup> aboveground (AG) and seed bank (SB) samples in revegetating clearcut (CC; <svg height="5.7375002" id="M61" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.1 5.7375002" width="10.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,5.675)"><path d="M548 311q-21 -57 -59 -94t-89 -37q-53 0 -128 52q-55 38 -84 38q-39 0 -70.5 -23t-45.5 -60l-32 12q21 57 59 94t89 37q53 0 128 -52q55 -38 84 -38q39 0 70.5 23t45.5 60z" id="x223C"></path></g>
</svg>7 years) and second-growth (SG;  <svg height="5.7375002" id="M62" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.1 5.7375002" width="10.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<g transform="matrix(.017,-0,0,-.017,.062,5.675)"><path d="M548 311q-21 -57 -59 -94t-89 -37q-53 0 -128 52q-55 38 -84 38q-39 0 -70.5 -23t-45.5 -60l-32 12q21 57 59 94t89 37q53 0 128 -52q55 -38 84 -38q39 0 70.5 23t45.5 60z" id="x223C"></path></g>
</svg>125 years) forest stands at WWRS, Athens County, Ohio, USA.</table>

International Journal of Forestry Research

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Figure 1: Seed Bank Variation under Contrasting Site Quality Conditions in Mixed Oak Forests of Southeastern Ohio, USA 