Are non-germinating seeds remaining in the seedbed or lost through predation?
METHODS PART I (Incremental Forb Enhancement) Experimental Design The setup for this experiment was a randomized block design consisting of two 60m x 60m blocks, each containing twelve, 15m x 20m plots. In the fall of 2002 the experimental area was burned to prepare the area for a broadcast seeding. In March of 2003, 10 species of native prairie forbs (Table 1) were hand seeded into 18 of the 24 plots at a rate of 25 seeds/m2 per species. Three different mowing regimes were randomly assigned to each of the 18 seeded plots. The treatments consisted of an unmowed control, mowed infrequently (mowed every three weeks) and mowed frequently (mow every week). The mowing of the plots began in summer of 2003 and continued through the summer of 2004. The plots were mowed at a height of 15cm which gradually increased over the two growing season to a height of 20cm by the second growing season to avoid clipping any growth on newly establishing seedlings. Mowing ceased after fall of 2004. Light Int
