caa a22 4500 60616474X CHVBK 20210128100650.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10144-015-0495-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10144-015-0495-0 Intraspecific seed interactions alter seedling emergence of Lespedeza cuneata under field conditions [Elektronische Daten] [Gregory Houseman, Aaron Mahoney] There is growing recognition that seeds influence one another prior to, or shortly after, germination. Both interspecific and intraspecific seed-seed interactions have been reported, but for the latter, the evidence is almost exclusively from laboratory and greenhouse studies so that it is unclear whether such intraspecific seed interactions occur under field conditions. We tested how Lespedeza cuneata seed density influenced seedling emergence within a native grassland located in Kansas, USA and whether this response was related to seed leachate. The percentage of L. cuneata seedlings that emerged under field conditions was negatively related to seed density. After confirming this pattern in the greenhouse, we found that at low seed densities, addition of seed leachate had similar effects on seedling emergence as high seed densities in the absence of leachate. Our results provide some of the best evidence to date, that intraspecific seed density can influence seedling emergence in the field and that these effects are likely linked to seed leachate. The Society of Population Ecology and Springer Japan, 2015 Density-dependence nationallicence Grassland nationallicence Leachate nationallicence Seed interactions nationallicence Houseman Gregory Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, 67260, Wichita, KS, USA aut Mahoney Aaron Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, 99164-6430, Pullman, WA, USA aut Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/3(2015-07-01), 539-544 1438-3896 57:3<539 2015 57 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0495-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0495-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Houseman Gregory Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, 67260, Wichita, KS, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mahoney Aaron Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, 99164-6430, Pullman, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/3(2015-07-01), 539-544 1438-3896 57:3<539 2015 57 10144