Seed production and seedling survival in a stand of Corsican pine in Southern Britain

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• Last updated: 18 January 2024
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There is much literature on natural regeneration which emphasizes the importance of good seed year, but few authors consider seed input in terms of the combination of seed quantity (i.e. number of seeds) plus seed quality (i.e. percentage of viable seeds). We have considered both aspects and also attempted to identify the proportions of good vs poor quality seeds contributing to natural regeneration via ‘ seed rain ’ vs ‘ cone drop ’ . In addition to studying seed input, we looked at the effects of vegetation control, ground preparation and protection from small mammals on seedling emergence and survival. Over a 3-year period (February 2001 to March 2004), there was enough seed production and seedling survival to conclude that natural regeneration could be successful beneath a 50-year-old stand of Corsican pine in the south of England. Peaks of pine seed release occurred in March/April in 2002 and 2003, but it was extremely surprising to observe that some seed was trapped in virtually every month of the 3-year study, demonstrating an almost continual release of (at least) small quantities of seeds. In line with this finding, although most pine seedlings were found shortly after peak seed dispersal in May, June and July; new seedlings were found in every month throughout the study except February and October. In general, vegetation control and ground preparation had a positive effect on seedling survival; the probability of a seedling surviving for 300 days was between 50 and 60 per cent. See also: Kerr, G., Gosling, P., Morgan, G., Stokes, V., Cunningham, V. and Parratt, M. (2008) Seed production and seedling survival in a 50 year-old stand of Corsican pine (Pinus nigra subsp. laricio) in southern Britain. Forestry, 81 (4): 525-541. Attribution statement: If you use this data you must cite Kerr, G., Gosling, P., Morgan, G., Stokes, V., Cunningham, V. and Parratt, M. (2008) Seed production and seedling survival in a 50 year-old stand of Corsican pine (Pinus nigra subsp. laricio) in southern Britain. Forestry, 81 (4): 525-541.

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-01-18
• Access contraints: Forest Research must be acknowledged as the source of the data in any subsequent papers/products
• Harvest GUID: 469f313c-f870-47aa-98fd-3fbab354b132
• Extent: Latitude: 51.1853° to 51.1847°
• Extent: Longitude: -0.8515° to -0.8505°
• Spatial reference system: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
• Dataset reference date: 2004-12-31 (creation)
• Dataset reference date: 2016-01-19 (revision)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: Forestry Commission (pointOfContact)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
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