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abiotic conditions determining germination, the success of seeds in producing new plants is the result of complex temporal and spatial interactions
between highly variable acorn production and moderate regulation of consumer populations.
References
Basden KW, Dalvi RR (1987) Determination of total phenolics in acorns from different species
of oak. Vet Hum ToxicoI29:305-306
Bazzaz FA, Ackerly DD (1992) Reproductive allocation and reproductive effort in plants. In:
Fenner M (ed) Seeds. The ecology of regeneration in plant communities. CAB, Wallingford,
pp 1-26
Bellot J, Sanchez JR, Lled6 MJ, Martinez P, Escarre A (1992) Litterfall as a measure of primary
production in Mediterranean holm-oak forest. Vegetatio 99/100:69-76
Crawley, MJ (1992) Seed predators and plant population dynamics. In: Fenner M (ed) The ecology ofregeneration in plant communities. CAB International, Wallingford, pp 157-192
Crawley MJ Long CR (1995) Alternate bearing, predator satiation and seedling recruitment in
Quercus robur L. J Ecol 83:683-696
DeGange AR, Fitzpatrick JW, Lay IN, Woolfenden GE (1989) Acorn harvesting by Florida scrub
jays. Ecology 70:348-356
Dempster JP, Pollard E (1981) Fluctuations in resource availability and insect populations.
Oecologia 50:412-416
Felhamer GA, Kilbane TP, Sharp DW (1989) Cumulative effect of winter on acorn yield and deer
body weight. J Wild Manage 53:292-295
Fenner M (ed) (1992) Seeds. The ecology of regeneration in plant communities. CAB International, Wallingford
Hails RS, Crawley MJ (1991) The population dynamics of an alien insect: Andricus quercuscalicis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). J Anim EcoI60:545-562
Hannon SJ, Mume RL, Koening WD, Spon S, Pitelka FA (1987) Poor acorn crop, dominance and
decline in numbers of acorn woodpeckers. J Anim EcoI56:197-207
Hansson L (1985) The food of bank voles, wood mice and yellow-necked mice. In: Flowerdew
SR, Gurnell J, Gipps JMW (eds) The ecology of woodland rodents: bank voles and wood
mice. Symp Zool Soc Lond 55:1-148
Hoffmeyer I, Hansson L (1974) Variabiliy in number and distribution of Apodemus jlavicol/is
and A. sylvaticus in south Sweden. Z Saeugetierkd 39: 15-23
Iida S (1996) Quantitative analysis of acorn transportation by rodents using magnetic locator.
Vegetatio 124:39-43
Jedrzejewska B, Okarma H, Jedrzejewska W, Milkowski L (1994) Effects of exploitation and protection on forest structure, ungulate density and wolf predation in Bielowieza Primeval Forest, Poland. J Appl Ecol 31 :664-676
Jensen TS, Nielsen OF (1986) Rodent acorn dispersal can explain the observed succession rate of
oaks into the heathland. Oecologia 70:214-221
Johnson WC, Thomas L, Adkisson CS (1993) Dietary circumvention of acorn tannins by blue
jays. Oecologia 94:159-164
Kelly D (1994) The evolutionary ecology of mast seeding. Trends Ecol EvoI9:465-470
Koenig WD, Knops J (1995) Why do oaks produce boom-and-bust seed crop? Calif Agric 49:7-12
Koenig WD, Mumme RL, Carmen WJ, Stanback MT (1994) Acorn production by oaks in central
coastal California: variation within and among years. Ecology 75:99-109
Lossaint, P, Rapp M (1978) La faret mediterraneenne de chenes verts (Quercus ilex L.). In:
Lamotte M, Bourliere F (eds) Problemes d'ecologie: structure et fonctionnement des ecosystemes terrestres. Masson, Paris, pp 129-185
Daniel Siscart, Victoria Diego and Francisco Lloret
abiotic conditions determining germination, the success of seeds in producing new plants is the result of complex temporal and spatial interactions
between highly variable acorn production and moderate regulation of consumer populations.
References
Basden KW, Dalvi RR (1987) Determination of total phenolics in acorns from different species
of oak. Vet Hum ToxicoI29:305-306
Bazzaz FA, Ackerly DD (1992) Reproductive allocation and reproductive effort in plants. In:
Fenner M (ed) Seeds. The ecology of regeneration in plant communities. CAB, Wallingford,
pp 1-26
Bellot J, Sanchez JR, Lled6 MJ, Martinez P, Escarre A (1992) Litterfall as a measure of primary
production in Mediterranean holm-oak forest. Vegetatio 99/100:69-76
Crawley, MJ (1992) Seed predators and plant population dynamics. In: Fenner M (ed) The ecology ofregeneration in plant communities. CAB International, Wallingford, pp 157-192
Crawley MJ Long CR (1995) Alternate bearing, predator satiation and seedling recruitment in
Quercus robur L. J Ecol 83:683-696
DeGange AR, Fitzpatrick JW, Lay IN, Woolfenden GE (1989) Acorn harvesting by Florida scrub
jays. Ecology 70:348-356
Dempster JP, Pollard E (1981) Fluctuations in resource availability and insect populations.
Oecologia 50:412-416
Felhamer GA, Kilbane TP, Sharp DW (1989) Cumulative effect of winter on acorn yield and deer
body weight. J Wild Manage 53:292-295
Fenner M (ed) (1992) Seeds. The ecology of regeneration in plant communities. CAB International, Wallingford
Hails RS, Crawley MJ (1991) The population dynamics of an alien insect: Andricus quercuscalicis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). J Anim EcoI60:545-562
Hannon SJ, Mume RL, Koening WD, Spon S, Pitelka FA (1987) Poor acorn crop, dominance and
decline in numbers of acorn woodpeckers. J Anim EcoI56:197-207
Hansson L (1985) The food of bank voles, wood mice and yellow-necked mice. In: Flowerdew
SR, Gurnell J, Gipps JMW (eds) The ecology of woodland rodents: bank voles and wood
mice. Symp Zool Soc Lond 55:1-148
Hoffmeyer I, Hansson L (1974) Variabiliy in number and distribution of Apodemus jlavicol/is
and A. sylvaticus in south Sweden. Z Saeugetierkd 39: 15-23
Iida S (1996) Quantitative analysis of acorn transportation by rodents using magnetic locator.
Vegetatio 124:39-43
Jedrzejewska B, Okarma H, Jedrzejewska W, Milkowski L (1994) Effects of exploitation and protection on forest structure, ungulate density and wolf predation in Bielowieza Primeval Forest, Poland. J Appl Ecol 31 :664-676
Jensen TS, Nielsen OF (1986) Rodent acorn dispersal can explain the observed succession rate of
oaks into the heathland. Oecologia 70:214-221
Johnson WC, Thomas L, Adkisson CS (1993) Dietary circumvention of acorn tannins by blue
jays. Oecologia 94:159-164
Kelly D (1994) The evolutionary ecology of mast seeding. Trends Ecol EvoI9:465-470
Koenig WD, Knops J (1995) Why do oaks produce boom-and-bust seed crop? Calif Agric 49:7-12
Koenig WD, Mumme RL, Carmen WJ, Stanback MT (1994) Acorn production by oaks in central
coastal California: variation within and among years. Ecology 75:99-109
Lossaint, P, Rapp M (1978) La faret mediterraneenne de chenes verts (Quercus ilex L.). In:
Lamotte M, Bourliere F (eds) Problemes d'ecologie: structure et fonctionnement des ecosystemes terrestres. Masson, Paris, pp 129-185