Rothwald seed rain data

Given the limited dispersal distances for many temperate and tropical tree
species (Ribbens et al. 1994, Nathan and Muller-Landau 2000, Martin and
Canham 2010), the effect of spatial variability in seed input at the
forest floor is fine-scaled and unfolds at the stand level. However,
although seed input into plant communities represents a fundamental
template for future plant population structure (albeit not a good proxy
for reproductive success of plants), the fine scale spatial variation of
seeds at the forest floor, its temporal variation with different sizes of
seed crops, and its consequences for tree recruitment are poorly
understood. This is partly because of limited data on fine scale spatial
variation of seed deposition.