Ecological Archives E089-045-A2

Ecological Archives E089-045-A2

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 B. Mean values of Initial acorn crop (I), Mature acorn crop (M), and proportion of acorns depredated (%P) per tree in the 15 sampled plots. (A) Q. ilex and (B) Q. humilis.

A) Q. ilex

Plot	1998			1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2004
	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P
1	9	0		28	0		181	0		9	1	0	695	456	11	36	0		190	100	55
2	0	0		77	11	0	19	0		0	0		472	403	5	43	0		258	154	17
3	5	0		8	0		2	0		0	0		1521	1133	34	3	0		806	408	24
4	21	3	0	4	0		253	6	0	0	0		788	654	9	10	0		0	0
5	0	0		1	0		62	3	0	0	0		2320	1950	10	1	0		510	375	42
6	0	0		91	7	25	126	0		0	0		2452	2058	4	31	0		194	96	26
7	211	0		429	36	0	352	3	0	0	0		1418	1278	3	157	0		502	285	27
8	29	5	50	30	7	37	450	0		7	0		1462	1300	16	4	0		673	499	40
9	94	83	52	25	0		134	0		4	0		341	244	22	221	0		202	123	39
10	3	0		137	74	8	1636	6	0	0	0		1415	1191	5	0	0		737	600	19
11	49	0		413	174	10	512	10	0	7	0		1715	1466	16	4	0		432	300	24
12	19	0		78	11	100	169	0		0	0		4097	3256	7	424	12	50	1616	1282	13
13	147	23	0	136	22	0	323	0		0	0		388	206	10	39	0		110	14	10
14	5	0		550	9	0	32	0		12	0		4123	3636	20	202	86	11	3294	2387	36
15	0	0		25	3	0	68	2	100	9	0		1344	1206	27	64	2	100	470	287	29

B) Q. humilis

Plot	1998			1999			2000			2001			2002			2003			2004
	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P	I	M	% P
1	56	13	12	164	16	82	409	29	72	38	3	100	147	107	37	15	1	0	0	0
2	176	30	35	299	53	24	77	1	0	24	2	0	83	64	37	17	3	50	49	19	92
3	304	122	4	189	81	63	229	22	33	14	2	50	274	178	36	2	1	0	40	26	85
4	55	28	39	23	12	78	12	3	0	3	0		57	50	30	4	1	0	11	8	92
5	65	3	0	196	2	100	873	35	38	63	3	0	311	137	20	31	0		0	0
6	62	2	50	106	7	42	98	18	100	23	0		249	180	12	16	2	0	76	45	46
7	140	12	39	319	25	83	715	34	37	43	2	0	422	241	13	56	10	40	66	35	42
8	280	111	28	138	90	41	278	145	73	30	0		412	246	20	74	0		9	9	50
9	43	0		99	0		727	5	50	2	2	100	203	141	29	16	0		73	39	62
10	115	52	89	98	45	75	252	129	57	12	6	100	105	89	38	5	4	0	69	48	76
11	62	3	100	61	0		48	0		10	0		90	47	29	12	0		11	7	0
12	232	50	56	157	28	100	121	0		91	6	100	328	148	7	65	7	0	202	61	48
13	513	211	52	404	185	34	673	23	50	7	0		212	131	47	679	146	11	15	3	100
14	111	9	75	592	12	75	1084	79	42	38	0		485	271	29	294	23	61	93	45	57
15	180	2	0	218	5	100	28	0		4	0		34	18	48	49	0		0	0

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