supported by Future Trees Trust;The Patsy Wood Trust;Scottish Forestry Trust;Aitchinson Tait Trust;Action Oak
Acorn production in oaks(Quercus spp.)shows considerable inter-annual variation,known as masting.The effects of pollen sourced from trees within or outside the stand on acorn production were investigated in pedunculat...
Oaks(Quercus spp.)provide an important food source for many wildlife species throughout the fall and winter.Most research evaluating oak masting patterns and the subsequent behavioral responses of wildlife focuses on ...
supported by Future Trees Trust,The Patsy Wood Trust,Scottish Forestry Trust,Aitchinson Tait Trust,and Action Oak for funding;support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S015833/1 (QUINTUS));support from the JABBS Trust,Norbury Park Estate,The John Horseman Trust,Ecological Continuity Trust,and the University of Birmingham;Access to BIFoR Core Data was funded by Royal Society University Research Fellowship URFR1191326
Acorn production in oak(Quercus spp.)shows considerable inter-annual variation,known as masting,which provides a natural defence against seed predators but a highly-variable supply of acorns for uses such as in commer...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41872015,31770241,41820104002,and 41661134049);the grant of the Natural Environment Research Council of Research Councils UK(No.NE/P013805/1).
Quercus is the largest genus within the Fagaceae and has a rich fossil record.Most of the fossil material is attributed to the subgenus Quercus based on leaves,pollen or rarely acorns and nuts.Fossil records of Q.sect...
This study was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to M.A.S.;the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31172101)to X.F.Y.;the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2007CB109100)to X.F.Y.;the H.Fenner Research Fund of Wilkes University(M.A.S.);M.A.S also recognizes support of a Bullard Fellowship from Harvard Forest,Harvard University and the National Science Foundation(DEB 15556707);Support during final preparation of the manuscript was provided by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program to A.W.B.and R.C.
Fitness of parents and offspring is affected by offspring size.In oaks(Quercus spp.),acorns vary considerably in size across,and within,species.Seed size influences dispersal and establishment of oaks,but it is not kn...
Scatter hoarding by corvids (crows, jays, magpies, and nutcrackers) provides seed dispersal for many large-seeded plants, including oaks and pines. When hoarding seeds, corvids often choose nonrandom locations throu...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31361123001);National Science Foundation(DEB-1342751 and DEB-1342757).
Aims Acorn weevils(Curculio spp.),endoparasitic granivorous insects,impede recruitment of fagaceous trees,and in turn affect community structure and ecosystem functioning.Previous studies have made considerable progre...
supported by the National Centre for Scientific Research,the University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté and the Regional Council of Franche-Comté
We collected acorns from selected Quercus robur and Quercus petraea mother trees growing at sta- tions with different depths to the water table. We produced pairs of micro-cuttings from these single acorns. The obtain...
Wood mouse(Apodemus sylvaticus)populations are expected to show a peak in autumn in the year after a mast year of sessile oak(Quercus petraea),because stored acorns increase winter survival.In Aust-Agder,South Norway,...
In the genus Quercus, regeneration by seed is reduced or absent in many species. The naturally protected area of the Sierra Fria, in Aguascalientes, Mexico contains forests that are fragmented and have been degraded d...