Table 3 Probability of seedling establishment within different habitat types.

From: Identifying critical recruitment bottlenecks limiting seedling establishment in a degraded seagrass ecosystem

Species

Habitat

Seeding rate (m−2)

Probability of seedling establishment

Authors

Posidonia australis

Marine (seagrass) Cockburn Sound, Perth Australia

100

0.001

This study

Zostera marina

Marine (seagrass) Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA

25–50

0.016–0.056

9

Agropyron desertorum Elymus elymoides Pseudoroegenaria spicata

Arid grasslands Eastern Oregon, USA

376

0–0.06

10

Olea europaea

Dense scrubland Sierra Sur de Jaén (Spain)

~37

0.002–0.009

51

Rhamnus ludovici-salvatoris

Scrubland Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

0.005–0.03

52

Epilobium angustifolium Anaphalis margaritacea,

Pumice Plains, Mount St. Helens Washington, USA

~285

0.014

53

Vaccinium myrtillus

Coniferous forest Southeast Sweden

1 250

0.003

37