<?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%">Carrillo-Gavilan, Amparo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MARÍA ESPELTA, JOSEP</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vila, Montserrat</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Establishment constraints of an alien and a native conifer in different habitats</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abies alba</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Invasibility</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pseudotsuga menziesii</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seed removal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seedling survival</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1279 - 1289</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alien plants are subjected to different biotic and environmental barriers that limit their establishment success in the introduced range. Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir), a native conifer from Northwest America, is considered one of the most invasive forestry conifers in Europe. However, little is known about the ecological filters that constrain plant establishment at early life-cycle stages and differences in habitat invasibility to this species. We conducted field experiments to compare the establishment potential (i.e. post-dispersal seed removal, seed germination, seedling survival and growth) of Douglas fir in beech forests, holm-oak forests and heathlands; and compared it with the taxonomically close native conifer Abies alba (Silver fir). Douglas fir seeds were more removed than Silver fir in holm-oak and in heathlands. In all habitats, seed germination was significantly higher for Douglas fir compared to that of Silver fir and, seedling mortality was extremely high in both species due to soil disturbance by wild boars and drought stress. Douglas fir mortality was only lower than Silver fir in beech forests. However, species did not differ in seedling growth. Overall, the probability of invasion success of Douglas fir decreased along the sequential stages of plant establishment in all habitats. Only high seed germination rates of Douglas fir would predict its high invasive capacity but these advantages are counterbalanced by high seedling mortality. Results showed a mismatch between invasibility and current pattern of Douglas fir invasion in the study area. Therefore, future research focused on seed production and on different components of biotic resistance is recommended to elucidate which processes are favoring its establishment success.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS&lt;br/&gt;publisher: SPRINGER</style></notes></record><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%">Pasquini, S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Braidot, E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petrussa, E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vianello, A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effect of different storage conditions in recalcitrant seeds of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) during germination</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seed Science and Technology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">acorn storage conditions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electrolyte leakage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holm oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moisture content</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">recalcitrant seed (voyant)</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">165-177</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of three different storage treatments on holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) acorns was examined over a period of twelve months. Acorns from two seed lots were stored at 3°C with three different treatments: acorns mixed with peat inside a can with a pierced pipe through the middle, acorns mixed in moistened sand, or acorns inside polyethylene bags without medium. Samples were collected every two months and were analyzed for moisture content, germination and electrolyte leakage. Storage of acorns in polyethylene bags maintained the high seedling percentage usually observed after harvest in germination tests. The acorns stored mixed with peat or sand failed to maintain the germination vigour observed at harvest. Electrolyte leakage was significantly higher for acorns stored in peat rather than for the other two treatments. However, acorns stored in sand and in peat had a higher level of moisture content than those kept in polyethylene bags. These results suggest that storage of acorns from the recalcitrant holm oak in polyethylene bags could preserve the acorn germination over a longer period of time with respect to the usual methods.</style></abstract></record><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%">Villar-Salvador, Pedro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Heredia, Norberto</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Millard, Peter</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Remobilization of acorn nitrogen for seedling growth in holm oak (Quercus ilex), cultivated with contrasting nutrient availability.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tree physiology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nitrogen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nitrogen Isotopes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nitrogen Isotopes: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nitrogen: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus: growth &amp; development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seedling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seedling: growth &amp; development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seedling: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">257-63</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The relative contribution of nitrogen (N) reserves from seeds or uptake by the roots to the growth and N content of young seedlings has received little attention. In this study, we investigated the contribution of N from the acorn or uptake by the roots to the N content of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) seedlings and determined if remobilization of acorn N was affected by nutrient availability in the growing media. Q. ilex seedlings were cultivated for 3 months, until the end of the second shoot flush of growth, with three N fertilization rates: 8.6 mM N, 1.4 mM N or no fertilization. Fertilizer N was enriched in (15)N. Between 62 and 75% of the N contained in high and low fertilized seedlings, respectively, at the end of the second flush of growth was derived from the acorn. However, the dependence on acorn N was greater during the early root growth and first shoot flush of growth and decreased during the second shoot flush of growth, with root uptake contributing 32-54% of plant new N in this latter developmental stage in high and low fertilized plants, respectively. Fertilization rate did not affect the amount of N taken up during the earliest developmental stages, but it increased it during the second shoot flush of growth. Fertilization increased the mass of the shoot segment formed during the second shoot flush of growth and reduced the root mass, with no effect on whole plant growth. Remobilization of acorn N was faster in unfertilized plants than in fertilized plants. It is concluded that the holm oak seedlings depend greatly upon acorn N until the end of the second shoot flush of growth, that significant root N uptake starts at the beginning of the second shoot flush of growth and that acorn N remobilization is a plastic process that is accelerated under extremely low substratum nutrient content.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20022863</style></accession-num></record><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>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gómez, José M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puerta-Piñero, Carolina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schupp, Eugene W</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effectiveness of rodents as local seed dispersers of Holm 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%">Ecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feeding Behavior</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%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus: physiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodentia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodentia: psychology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds: physiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">155</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">529-37</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In this study we assessed the effectiveness of rodents as dispersers of Quercus ilex in a patchy landscape in southeastern Spain. We experimentally followed the fates of 3,200 marked and weighed acorns from dispersal through the time of seedling emergence over three years. Rodents handled about 99% of acorns, and dispersed 67% and cached 7.4% of the dispersed acorns. Most caches were recovered and consumed, and only 1.3% of the original experimental acorns were found alive in caches the following spring. Dispersal distances were short (mean = 356.2 cm, median = 157 cm) and strongly right-skewed. Heavier acorns were dispersed further and were more likely to be cached and survive than lighter acorns. All caches were in litter or soil, and each contained a single acorn. Rodents moved acorns nonrandomly, mostly to oaks and pines. Most surviving acorns were either in oaks, a poor microhabitat for oak recruitment, or shrubs, a suitable microhabitat for oak recruitment. Our results suggest that rodents, by burying a relatively high proportion of acorns singly in shrubs and pines, act as moderately effective dispersers of Q. ilex. Nonetheless, this dispersal comes at a very heavy cost.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18075760</style></accession-num></record><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%">Reyes, Otilia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casal, Mercedes</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seed germination of Quercus robur, q. pyrenaica and q. ilex and the effects of smoke, heat, ash and charcoal</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ann. For. Sci.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">fire</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reproductive strategies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest:2005112</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">63</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">205 - 212</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study is centred on Quercus robur, Q. pyrenaica and Q. ilex that have a distribution area covering all Europe. Fire is a frequent ecological factor in many ecosystems, especially in those with Mediterranean climates. Our working hypothesis is that fire affects the germination process. An experiment was carried out testing the following treatments: Control, Smoke-5 min, Smoke-10min, Smoke-15 min, 60 ºC-5 min, 60 °C-15 min, 90 ºC-5 min, 110 ºC-5 min, 150 ºC-5 min, Ash, Ash Dilution and Charcoal. The seed incubation was spread over a year. The germination rates of the Control are very high, especially in Q. ilex. Almost none of the treatments inhibit germination and only the Q. ilex seeds, when subjected to 150 ºC-5 min, show a marked inhibition. Q. robur and Q. pyrenaica take a year to complete their germination, while Q. ilex only takes 22 weeks. Probably, this reproductive behaviour is related to the climate characteristics to which the species have become adapted. Finally, fire does not determine the germination process, the recruitment of new individuals being independent of fire.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><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%">Reyes, Otilia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casal, Mercedes</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seed germination of Quercus robur, q. pyrenaica and q. ilex and the effects of smoke, heat, ash and charcoal</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ann. For. Sci.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">fire</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reproductive strategies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">63</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">205-212</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study is centred on Quercus robur, Q. pyrenaica and Q. ilex that have a distribution area covering all Europe. Fire is a frequent ecological factor in many ecosystems, especially in those with Mediterranean climates. Our working hypothesis is that fire affects the germination process. An experiment was carried out testing the following treatments: Control, Smoke-5 min, Smoke-10min, Smoke-15 min, 60 ºC-5 min, 60 °C-15 min, 90 ºC-5 min, 110 ºC-5 min, 150 ºC-5 min, Ash, Ash Dilution and Charcoal. The seed incubation was spread over a year. The germination rates of the Control are very high, especially in Q. ilex. Almost none of the treatments inhibit germination and only the Q. ilex seeds, when subjected to 150 ºC-5 min, show a marked inhibition. Q. robur and Q. pyrenaica take a year to complete their germination, while Q. ilex only takes 22 weeks. Probably, this reproductive behaviour is related to the climate characteristics to which the species have become adapted. Finally, fire does not determine the germination process, the recruitment of new individuals being independent of fire.</style></abstract></record><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%">Gonzalez-Benito, M Elena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prieto, Roberto-Moreno</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herradon, Esther</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martin, Carmen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryopreservation of Quercus suber and Quercus ilex embryonic axes: in vitro culture, desiccation and cooling factors.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryo letters</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryopreservation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryopreservation: methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryoprotective Agents</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cryoprotective Agents: pharmacology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Culture Techniques</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Culture Techniques: methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Desiccation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Desiccation: methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">embryonic axes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination temperature</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Germination: drug effects</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">liquid nitrogen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">plantlet development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus: embryology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seeds: embryology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Survival Rate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Temperature</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Water: analysis</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">283-290</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study examines different factors included in the cryopreservation protocols for Quercus ilex and Q. suber embryonic axes. In vitro incubation temperature played an important role in the appropriate development of Q. ilex axes, as 15 degrees C was superior to 25 degrees C. Q. suber axes proved to be more sensitive to desiccation and cooling. Poor survival (35%) was observed when axes were included into cryovials and then in liquid nitrogen, and none when immersed in sub-cooled liquid nitrogen (-210 degrees C). Q. ilex axes showed poorly organised development in vitro (c. 50% of non-cooled axes showed shoot development). However, c. 80% survival was observed after cryopreservation (either in liquid nitrogen or sub-cooled liquid nitrogen at 0.34 g water / g dry weight), of which c. 15% showed shoot development.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12447487</style></accession-num></record><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%">Merouani, Hachemi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Branco, Carmen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Almeida, Maria Helena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pereira, João S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comportement physiologique des glands de chêne liège (Quercus suber L.) durant leur conservation et variabilité inter-individus producteurs</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ann. For. Sci.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electrolyte leakage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moisture content</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus suber</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">storage</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest:2001114</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">58</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">143 - 153</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The mature acorns were harvested on twelve selected trees from a cork oak population in Southern Portugal (Herdade da Palma). After drying, the seed lots were stored on three types bags (polyethylene with 30 mm and 50 mm thick and plastic mesh), for six months at 0 oC. At the time of natural dissemination, the acorns from the majority of the trees from the same population were under the same state of morphological and physiological maturity. The moisture content was about 44-47% and a germination rate above 92% . At this time, the germination was very slow because of the existent embryonic dormancy that seems to be dependent on the individual trees. During the storage, germination rate is improved. This might be explained by the breaking dormancy during storage. The mean germination time was on an average 10 days for fresh seeds and decreased to about 4 days after 6 months storage. A relationship between viability and seed moisture content was observed. The Mean Germination Time of dried seed and stored seed for 4 months in plastic mesh bag increased to about 13 days. The germination capacity was strongly decreased when the seed moisture content was below 30%</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><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%">Merouani, Hachemi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Branco, Carmen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Almeida, Maria Helena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pereira, João S</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comportement physiologique des glands de chêne liège (Quercus suber L.) durant leur conservation et variabilité inter-individus producteurs</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ann. For. Sci.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electrolyte leakage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moisture content</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus suber</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">storage</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">58</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">143-153</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The mature acorns were harvested on twelve selected trees from a cork oak population in Southern Portugal (Herdade da Palma). After drying, the seed lots were stored on three types bags (polyethylene with 30 mm and 50 mm thick and plastic mesh), for six months at 0 oC. At the time of natural dissemination, the acorns from the majority of the trees from the same population were under the same state of morphological and physiological maturity. The moisture content was about 44-47% and a germination rate above 92% . At this time, the germination was very slow because of the existent embryonic dormancy that seems to be dependent on the individual trees. During the storage, germination rate is improved. This might be explained by the breaking dormancy during storage. The mean germination time was on an average 10 days for fresh seeds and decreased to about 4 days after 6 months storage. A relationship between viability and seed moisture content was observed. The Mean Germination Time of dried seed and stored seed for 4 months in plastic mesh bag increased to about 13 days. The germination capacity was strongly decreased when the seed moisture content was below 30%</style></abstract></record><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%">Celestino, Cristina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Picazo, M. L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influence of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on recurrent embryogenesis and germination of cork oak somatic embryos</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant cell, tissue and …</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">bioelectromagnetism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">elf magnetic fields</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus Suber L</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Somatic embryogenesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tissue culture</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/J63G08P8G37N7373.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">65 - 69</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant tissue culture techniques are carried out under environmentally controlled conditions in phytotrons. However, electric components of phytotrons generate electromagnetic ﬁelds that may act as a environmental factor inﬂuencing plant growth and morphogenesis. Isolated somatic embryos of Quercus suber, picked from embryogenic lines, were chronically exposed to a 50 Hz and 15 µT electromagnetic ﬁeld generated in a Helmholtz-coil system for 8 weeks, in order to examine if the extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic ﬁeld (MF) affected the morphogenic behaviour of embryogenic cultures during recurrent embryogenesis. Germination of somatic embryos from genotype G7.1 was carried out under the same electromagnetic ﬁeld, and also under conditions in which the local geomagnetic ﬁeld was suppressed. The ELF MF did not inﬂuence the growth of embryogenic clumps of the assayed genotypes, but reduced the number of detachable embryos produced by genotype G3.27. The ELF MF did not modify the percentages of germination or plant formation of somatic embryos. However, somatic embryos had better germination when cultured under the suppressed geomagnetic ﬁeld condition.</style></abstract></record><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%">Celestino, Cristina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Picazo, M L</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influence of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on recurrent embryogenesis and germination of cork oak somatic embryos</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant cell, tissue and …</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">bioelectromagnetism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">elf magnetic fields</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus Suber L</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Somatic embryogenesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">tissue culture</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">65-69</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant tissue culture techniques are carried out under environmentally controlled conditions in phytotrons. However, electric components of phytotrons generate electromagnetic ﬁelds that may act as a environmental factor inﬂuencing plant growth and morphogenesis. Isolated somatic embryos of Quercus suber, picked from embryogenic lines, were chronically exposed to a 50 Hz and 15 µT electromagnetic ﬁeld generated in a Helmholtz-coil system for 8 weeks, in order to examine if the extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic ﬁeld (MF) affected the morphogenic behaviour of embryogenic cultures during recurrent embryogenesis. Germination of somatic embryos from genotype G7.1 was carried out under the same electromagnetic ﬁeld, and also under conditions in which the local geomagnetic ﬁeld was suppressed. The ELF MF did not inﬂuence the growth of embryogenic clumps of the assayed genotypes, but reduced the number of detachable embryos produced by genotype G3.27. The ELF MF did not modify the percentages of germination or plant formation of somatic embryos. However, somatic embryos had better germination when cultured under the suppressed geomagnetic ﬁeld condition.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ribeiro, M M A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elvas, P S</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Estudo de germinação em azinheira (Quercus rotundifolia Lam.)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">I Congresso Florestal Hispano-Luso, 21 a 27 Junho 1997. Pamplona</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">container</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holm oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">media</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">naked root</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus rotundifolia Lam</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CFHL</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pamplona</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">533-538</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In April 1996 a germination trial took place in Serra da Malcata Natural Reserve nursery. The acorns were collected in Malpica do Tejo holm oak stands, after fruit repining. Treatments included naked root plant production in normal nursery soil and plant production with different other methods: two different containers (plastic bag and plastic pot) with five different media composition (pine bark, peat, normal nursery soil, pine bark with perlite (1:1 v/v) and peat with perlite (1:1 v/v). The number of germinated seeds (G) per treatment and block was first recorded by the end of June and afterwards three times, every three weeks. Last time data was recorded, the following parameters were included: diameter (D) at soil level, height (H) and the leaf area (A), per plant. Percent of germination was better in every treatment using plastic pots, whatever the media used, and the worst results were achieved with the plastic bag/peat and naked root methods. On the other hand, the use of the plastic bag promoted plant loss, avoided with plastic pots. The best-scored treatments for the average plant diameter (D) were the pot/peat (3,26 mm) and bag/pine bark (2,92 mm) methods, and the bag/nursery soil produced the worst result (2,4 mm). The best/worst result in the mean height for plant (H), was obtained with the naked root (10,5 cm)/plastic pot with nursery soil (5,9 cm) method. The leaf area per plant (A) was 52 cm2 for the naked root method, higher then the value of this parameter in every other treatment, except in the bag/pine bark one (45 cm2 ).</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GARCÍA-MARTÍN, G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fernandez-Galiano, E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mauri, P V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Somática, Embriogénesis</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multiplicación vegetativa de alcornoque mediante embriogénesis somática.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">II Congreso Forestal Español</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ABA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BaP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">liquid culture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">maturation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">somatic embryos</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pamplona</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">249-252</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In order to obtain cork oak clones from selected individuals, somatic embryogenesis was induced in leaves. Somatic embryos can be continuously subcultured with high proliferation rates. This culture system has sorne limiting factors: low percentage of mature embryos obtained, low rate of shoot emergence during germination and high labour and time consumed. Exogenous addition of ABA (l0-6M) concentration during proliferation increased maturation rateo In the same way addition of. BAP (0,001 mg/l) had a positive effect on shoot production. With the aim to obtain a first approach to automation the best culture media for both culture cycles of maturation in liquid medium were determined.</style></abstract></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%">Garcia-Martin, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fernandez-Galiano, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mauri, P. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Somática, Embriogénesis</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multiplicación vegetativa de alcornoque mediante embriogénesis somática.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">II Congreso Forestal Español</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ABA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BaP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">liquid culture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">maturation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">somatic embryos</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">249 - 252</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In order to obtain cork oak clones from selected individuals, somatic embryogenesis was induced in leaves. Somatic embryos can be continuously subcultured with high proliferation rates. This culture system has sorne limiting factors: low percentage of mature embryos obtained, low rate of shoot emergence during germination and high labour and time consumed. Exogenous addition of ABA (l0-6M) concentration during proliferation increased maturation rateo In the same way addition of. BAP (0,001 mg/l) had a positive effect on shoot production. With the aim to obtain a first approach to automation the best culture media for both culture cycles of maturation in liquid medium were determined.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;periodical: II Congreso Forestal Español&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: Pamplona</style></notes></record><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%">Bacilieri, R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bouchet, M A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bran, D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grandjanny, M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maistre, M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Perret, P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Romane, F</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NATURAL GERMINATION AS RESILIENCE COMPONENT IN MEDITERRANEAN COPPICE STANDS OF CASTANEA-SATIVA MILL AND QUERCUS-ILEX L</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ABANDONED LAND</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CASTANEA-SATIVA MILL</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coppice stands</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean climate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Regeneration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1994</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GAUTHIER-VILLARS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEPT UNIV PROFESSIONNEL REVUES SCIENTIFIQUES TECHNIQUE 11 RUE GOSSIN, F-92543 MONTROUGE, FRANCE</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">417-429</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the Mediterranean basin, most of the present forests derive from original forests where the dominant species was different from the present one. These changes are largely due to human activities reflecting millenia of management and, often, overexploitation. In southern France, for example, palaeoecologists believe that the original malacophyllous deciduous forest of downy oak (Quercus pubescens) was replaced by a sclerophyllous evergreen holm oak (Quercus ilex) coppice in the driest areas, and chestnut (Castanea sativa) orchards or coppices in the `'wettest'' areas. However, for the last several decades, exploitation of these coppice stands has been decreasing. In this study, we addressed the question of the resilience of these managed ecosystems in the fact of changing management schemes, and to determine appropriate strategies and criteria of sustainable development. We present some aspects of the auto-succession after clearcutting of holm oak coppice stands and aspects of the natural regeneration of 4 species (Q. ilex, Q. pubescens, C. sativa, and P. pinaster). The consequences of the contrasted life history strategies are compared to estimate the future of these coppices.</style></abstract></record><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%">Molinas, M L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VERDAGUER, D</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LIGNOTUBER ONTOGENY IN THE CORK-OAK (QUERCUS-SUBER, FAGACEAE) .2. GERMINATION AND YOUNG SEEDLING</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seedling establishment</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1993</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OHIO STATE UNIV-DEPT BOTANY 1735 NEIL AVE, COLUMBUS, OH 43210</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">80</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">182-191</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lignotuber origin was studied in cork-oak seedlings at different stages from germination to seedling establishment. By the time germination is completed, the seedling consists of an elongated embryonic axis between the developing first shoot and first root. The cotyledonary insertion divides the axis in two portions: an apical portion, visible between the cotyledonary petioles; and an enlarged lower portion in which the cotyledonary tissues are fused with the axis. Several histological changes take place in the fused portion: initial vascular differentiation occurs; parenchymatous cells contain large amounts of starch; and the vascular cambium and periderm are formed early. In the cotyledonary stage seedlings, axillary buds of the cotyledonary node develop. Buds in the unfused upper portion remain single and form a short stalk and laminar scales. Buds in the fused portion, hidden by the cotyledonary tissues, form hypertrophied scales and multiply to form bud clusters. As development proceeds, the root-shoot transition region becomes woody, bearing both individual buds as well as bud clusters and concentrating food reserves. All of the transition region in the cork-oak is considered equivalent to a lignotuber.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Keys: APS</style></notes><research-notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Keys: APS</style></research-notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sobrino, E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soriano, J M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Viviani, A B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">González, a</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Métodos rápidos para evaluar la capacidad germinativa de las semillas de QUERCUS SUBER L.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">III Congreso Forestal Español Congreso</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus suber</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">quick germination-test</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">recalcitrant seed</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1984</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Granada</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2-7</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The cork oak ( Q. Suber L. ) has recalcitrant seeds, therefore without proper conservation methods, the seeds quickly loose the germinating capacity. The germination analysis methodology proposed by ISTA takes a long time in order that the germinating capacity may be reduced substantially. With the object of estimating in real or nearly real time, the germinating capacity of seed lots, different methods which are quick and easy are studied and compared. Regression curves and correlation coefficients are established between the proposed methods and germinating capacity, obtained experimentally with ISTA methodology. The methods use seeds between 0 and 12 days old at 30ºC and 33% of relative humidity. The proposed methods which present higher levels, ( in experimental conditions and with the Regression adjusted methods obtained ) are: the acorns’ humidity content with a linear function ( r= 0,98 ), the cotyledons’ pH with a lineal function ( r= -0,98 ), the acorns’ apparent respiration with a parabolic function ( r= 0,97 ) and the acorns’ density with a parabolic function ( r= 0,97 ).</style></abstract></record></records></xml>