Fig 6. Relationship between soil characteristics and (a) seed densities of species germinating from soil seed banks and (b) abundance of aboveground vegetation in each of the management regimes including Mown, Fenced, Transplanted and Natural (control).

Variation in species density, both in the soil seed banks and the aboveground vegetation, were related to Na⁺,Cl^-,RSC,alkalinity, ESP and AP at p < 0.05 level. ○ represents the Mown treatment, + represents the Fenced treatment, Δ represents Transplanted treatment, and × represents the Natural (control) treatment.