The amount of forest edges is increasing globally due to forest fragmentation and land-use changes. However, edge effects on the soil seed bank of temperate forests are still poorly understood. Here, we assessed edge effects at contrasting spatial scales across Europe and quantified the extent to which edges can preserve the seeds of forest specialist plants.

中文翻译：

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土壤种子库对欧洲温带森林边缘效应的反应


由于森林破碎化和土地利用变化，全球森林边缘的数量正在增加。然而，人们对温带森林土壤种子库的边缘效应仍知之甚少。在这里，我们评估了欧洲不同空间尺度的边缘效应，并量化了边缘可以保存森林特种植物种子的程度。