<?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%">Branco, Manuela</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Branco, Carmen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Merouani, Hachemi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Almeida, Maria Helena</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Germination success, survival and seedling vigour of Quercus suber acorns in relation to insect damage</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest Ecology and Management</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">acorn germination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">insect-attack</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seedling production</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><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378112701006697</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">166</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">159 - 164</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study assesses the effects of damage caused by Curculio elephas Gyll. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Cydia splendana Hb. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on mature acorns of cork oak trees, Quercus suber L., in Portugal. The average number of insect-attacked acorns varied between 68, 44 and 17%, in three sites, respectively. Acorns assorted into increasing damage classes had a decreasing acorn dry weight and a faster germination rate. The percentage of germination was very high (&gt;90%) in all classes. Seedlings resulting from more intensely damaged acorns exhibited a slower growth rate and lower dry mass production than seedlings resulting from low damaged acorns.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-3</style></issue></record></records></xml>