Impacts of livestock grazing and prescribed fire on rangeland seedbanks: A review

On the Ground • Rangeland soil seedbanks are crucial to stabilizing plant community composition and maintaining biodiversity, although they can also harbor problematic weeds. • The effects of rangeland management practices on soil seedbanks are associated with, yet distinct from, the effects of these practices on aboveground plant communities. • Livestock grazing impacts seed rain from nearby plants, seed dispersal from neighboring ecosystems, seed persistence in the seedbank, and seed germination. • Prescribed fire impacts seed production, mortality, and germination. • Advances in seedbank measurement and modeling will enable managers to account for seedbank dynamics in the development of precision rangeland management strategies.