Table 1

Descriptions of factors used in the models and number of seeds used for each factor.
	Germination				Establishment

Factor/Description	Total number of seeds	Number not germinated	Number germinated	Percent germinated	Total number of seeds	Number not established	Number established	Percent established

Total	4073	3923	150	3.68	4062	3966	96	2.36
Location
Seme	1348	1287	61	4.53	1337	1302	35	2.62
Nombali	1364	1300	64	4.69	1364	1316	48	3.52
Le Dube	1361	1336	25	1.84	1361	1348	13	0.96
Species
A. karroo	1786	1695	91	5.10	1788	1701	87	4.87
A. luederitzii	720	684	36	5.00	707	704	3	0.42
A. nilotica	1567	1544	23	1.47	1567	1561	6	0.38
Burnt or unburnt
burnt	2021	1950	71	3.51	2030	1985	45	2.22
unburnt	2052	1973	79	3.85	2032	1981	51	2.51
Tall or short grass
tall (>0.1 m)	2039	1961	78	3.83	2041	1993	48	2.35
short	2034	1962	72	3.54	2021	1973	48	2.38
Site burnt or unburnt
burnt	2052	1977	75	3.65	2052	2003	49	2.39
unburnt	2021	1946	75	3.71	2010	1963	47	2.34

Walters et al. BMC Ecology 2004 4:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-4-3