Research Article

Study of the Soil Seed Bank Composition in Arjo-Diga Humid Afromontane Forest under Different Land Use Types and Its Implications for the Restoration of Degraded Lands in Western Ethiopia

Table 4

Number of individual seedlings and density across soil layers.

Plant habitSoil layers

0–3 cm3–6 cm6–9 cm
No. of speciesDensity (seeds/m2)No. of speciesDensity (seeds/m2)No. of speciesDensity (seeds/m2)

Tree144144144
Shrub14414400
Herb439324530302662721176
Total453933333316002821220