seedbank_longevity

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• Label: Seedbank longevity
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030414
• Type: numeric
• Definition: The half-life of the seedbank [MESH:D000068098], with is the time interval (duration [PATO:0001309]) from when seeds [PO:0009010] in a seedbank mature [PATO:0001701] until more than half the seeds in a seedbank are no longer able to germinate [GO:0009845].;The half-life of the seedbank, which is the length of time (duration) from when seeds in a seedbank mature until more than half the seeds in a seedbank are no longer able to germinate.
• Additional comments: Seedbank longevity can only be measured on a `population` (sample) of seeds, not on an individual seed. Also see the traits `seedbank_longevity_class`, `seed_dormancy_class` and `seed_recruitment_timing`.
• units: a
• allowable range: 0.01 - 1000 a

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030414) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 10,547 records. This includes:

• data for 7,986 species.
• data for 203 families.
• data from 7 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)