<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Espelta, Josep Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cortes, P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molowny-Horas, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retana, J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acorn crop size and pre-dispersal predation determine inter-specific differences in the recruitment of co-occurring oaks.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oecologia</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feeding Behavior</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feeding Behavior: physiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Germination: physiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Models, Biological</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus: physiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds: growth &amp; development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Species Specificity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">weevils</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Weevils: physiology</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19544074</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">161</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">559 - 68</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The contribution of pre-dispersal seed predation to inter-specific differences in recruitment remains elusive. In species with no resistance mechanisms, differences in pre-dispersal predation may arise from differences in seed abundance (plant satiation) or in the ability of seeds to survive insect infestation (seed satiation). This study aimed to analyse the impact of pre-dispersal acorn predation by weevils in two co-occurring Mediterranean oaks (Quercus ilex and Quercus humilis) and to compare its relevance with other processes involved in recruitment. We monitored the patterns of acorn production and acorn infestation by weevils and we conducted experimental tests of acorn germination after weevil infestation, post-dispersal predation and seedling establishment in mixed forests. Monitoring and experimental data were integrated in a simulation model to test for the effects of pre-dispersal predation in recruitment. In both oaks pre-dispersal acorn infestation decreased with increasing acorn crop size (plant satiation). This benefited Q. ilex which exhibited stronger masting behaviour than Q. humilis, with almost a single and outstanding reproductive event in 6 years. Acorn infestation was more than twice as high in Q. humilis (47.0%) as in Q. ilex (20.0%) irrespective of the number of seeds produced by each species. Although germination of infested acorns (seed satiation) was higher in Q. humilis (60%) than in Q. ilex (21%), this could barely mitigate the higher infestation rate in the former species, to reduce seed loss. Conversely to pre-dispersal predation, no inter-specific differences were observed either in post-dispersal predation or seedling establishment. Our results indicate that pre-dispersal predation may contribute to differences in seed supply, and ultimately in recruitment, between co-existing oaks. Moreover, they suggest that seed satiation can barely offset differences in seed infestation rates. This serves as a warning against overemphasising seed satiation as a mechanism to overcome seed predation by insects.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;accession-num: 19544074</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Espelta, J. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodrigo, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habrouk, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meghelli, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ordonez, J. L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retana, J.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trabaud, L. and Prodon</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land use changes, natural regeneration patterns, and restoration practices after a large wildfire in NE Spain: Challenges for fire ecology and landscape restoration</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FIRE AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">land use changes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean areas</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BACKHUYS PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">315 - 324</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">90-5782-116-8</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Great wildfires have recently affected sub-Mediterranean areas of central Catalonia (NE Spain). The large extension of the burned areas, as well as the fact that non-fire-prone vegetation has been severely affected, lead to ponder over the natural regeneration patterns occurring, and over the best strategies to restore and manage the burned areas. In the present study, we review the land use changes and the natural regeneration patterns observed after the large wildfire that occurred in Bages-Bergueda in 1994. The fire resulted in: (i) the creation of new croplands and pastures in previously forested areas, (ii) the expansion of mixed oak (Quercus ilex and Q. cerrioides) coppices, (iii) the failure of natural regeneration of the dominant tree species (Pinus nigra), leading to the appearance of areas without any tree regeneration. In this context, we discuss the results of different experiments carried out to reforest P nigra stands and to ameliorate the structure of mixed oak coppices.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;periodical: FIRE AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: PO BOX 321, 2300 AH LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Espelta, J. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GENE, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retana, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">TERRADAS, J.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teller, A. and Mathy</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">STRUCTURE OF MIXED HOLM-OAK (QUERCUS-ILEX) ALEPPO PINE (PINUS-HALEPENSIS) FORESTS IN NORTHEASTERN SPAIN</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RESPONSES OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mixed forests</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pinus halepensis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1992</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1992///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER APPL SCI PUBL LTD</style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">892 - 893</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-85166-878-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mixed forests of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) and holm-oak (Quercus ilex) cover a great part of Northeastern Spain. Nevertheless, little is known about their structure, dynamics and regeneration. For some years, a research group in CREAF has collected data about those aspects, in order to use them to develop models that could be used as a tool for forest management. Previous results obteined about the structure of these stands are presented in the present paper.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;periodical: RESPONSES OF FOREST ECOSYSTEMS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: BARKING ESSEX</style></notes></record></records></xml>