The 'false transience' hypothesis: Do we need to reconsider the seed persistence classifications of soil seed bank studies?
Judit Sonkoly, Viktória Törő-Szijgyártó, Eszter Ruprecht, Katalin Szél‐Tóth, Gergely Kovacsics‐Vári, Sziliva Madar, Edina Tóth, Péter Török
The paper tests the 'false transience' hypothesis, finding that 8% of species classified as transient can germinate after over 10 years of storage, suggesting methodological limitations may misclassify seeds as transient.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2026 · PreprintEcology