Ecological Archives E089-045-A1

Josep Maria Espelta, Pilar Cortés, Roberto Molowny-Horas, Belén Sánchez-Humanes, and Javier Retana. 2008. Masting mediated by summer drought reduces acorn predation in Mediterranean oak forests. Ecology 89:805–817.

Appendix A. Main topographic and structural characteristics of the sampling plots. Lat. = latitude, Long. = longitude, WD = water deficit (see Materials and Methods for details on calculation).

Plot

Lat.

Long.

Slope (%)

Aspect

WD (mm)

Q. ilex  density (stems/ha)

Q. ilex dbh (cm)

Q. ilex  basal area (m2/ha)

Q. humilis  density (stems/ha)

Q. humilis  dbh (cm)

Q. humilis  basal area (m2/ha)

P. halepensis density (stems/ha)

1

425925

4591969

31

SW-S

-299

668

9.0

4.9

193

10.6

1.7

577

2

423543

4586870

36

NE-E

-129

1305

11.0

14.3

764

11

8.1

64

3

424786

4588098

36

SE-S

-217

509

8.4

3.1

159

8.1

0.9

796

4

426141

4592104

16

S-SW

-136

1814

8.6

11.9

700

9.6

5.5

96

5

423431

4589918

37

S-SE

-302

1146

7.4

5.8

159

6.8

0.6

669

6

420627

4585735

21

W-NW

-187

446

5.3

1.3

223

5.6

0.7

828

7

426402

4587859

39

SE-S

-94

1560

9.9

14.4

95

10.2

0.8

127

8

419056

4588544

46

W-NW

-157

987

10.4

9.9

64

15.4

1.4

223

9

429489

4591635

25

SW-W

-306

732

6.4

2.4

159

7.5

0.7

1003

10

426681

4588777

29

W

-182

1082

10.8

11.0

64

15.9

1.8

350

11

426091

4587653

58

N-NE

-7

509

14.8

10.8

446

16.4

11.1

159

12

423480

4585322

45

S-SW

-63

3310

11.7

38.2

477

10.8

4.7

127

13

427148

4589288

36

W-NW

-125

732

7.6

3.5

541

13.1

8.1

223

14

419113

4588421

52

S-SW

-140

1082

11.7

13.0

99

13.2

3.2

156

15

422144

4585780

26

SE-S

-125

1432

9.6

11.8

32

12.1

0.5

510



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