Soil seedbank development of smoke-responsive plant species in a 23-year restoration chronosequence and implications for resilience to fire

These data refer to the paper "Soil seedbank development of smoke-responsive plant species in a 23-year restoration chronosequence and implications for resilience to fire" by Cowan et al., (2023). Across a 23-year chronosequence restored after sand mining, smoke was applied to the species rich soil seedbank (SSB) to trigger germination and test how the SSB develops in Banksia woodlands. We measured counts by species in three 1x4m smoked plots, and three 1xm control (unsmoked) plots. Aboveground vegetation was assessed in five 4x4m plots, each with two 0.7m microplots.