versión impresa ISSN 1405-3586 Rev. Cien. For. Mex v.34 n.106
México jul./dic. 2009 Seeds stored in the forest floor in a
natural stand of Pinus montezumae Lamb. Fernando
CarrilloAnzures1, Gil VeraCastillo2, Octavio Salvador
MagañaTorres1, Jim M. Guldin3 and Raymond P. Guries4 1 Campo
Experimental Valle de México, C.I.R. Centro, INIFAP. Correoe:
firstname.lastname@example.org. 2 Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
3 USDA FS Southern Research Station. 4 University of
WisconsinMadison. Reception date: November 13th, 2007.
Acceptance date: August 18th, 2009. Seed banks have been studied
to a greater extent in agriculture than in forestry due to
longstanding concerns about the threat to agricultural crops
posed by weed species. However, in forest areas seed banks have
an important influence on plant succession since the vegetation
that colonizes a space after a major disturbance will arise at
least partly from them. Knowledge about this condition can help
land managers to prescribe site treatments that produce desired