Ecological Archives E089-045-A4

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 D. Meteorological characteristics during summer (June – August) in the study area from 1998 to 2004. mT = mean temperature, mMT = mean maximum temperature, MaT = absolute maximum temperature, Prec. = precipitation, Days prec. = number of days with precipitation, Water stress = Water stress index (see Material and methods for details on calculation). Data were obtained from the Observatori Fabra located in the Collserola Park.

Year

June

 

July

 

August

   
 

mT (°)

mMT (°)

MaT (°)

Prec.(mm)

Daysprec.

 

mT (°)

mMT (°)

MaT  (°)

Prec.(mm)

Days prec.

 

mT (°)

mMT (°)

MaT (°)

Prec.(mm)

Days prec.

 

Water stress

1998

20.9

25.3

31.6

9.6

3

 

23.7

28.0

33.0

4.1

2

 

23.5

27.6

33.8

49.8

6

 

22.47

1999

20.5

24.7

30.2

15.6

5

 

23.5

27.8

31.4

10.5

4

 

24.7

28.6

32.4

5.3

3

 

22.79

2000

21.9

29.0

32.5

0.8

2

 

22.7

30.4

34.1

1.8

2

 

25.2

33.2

37.3

9.8

4

 

23.22

2001

22.8

30.8

38.6

3.6

2

 

24.0

31.0

38.1

81.2

4

 

25.2

32.2

37.5

15.6

2

 

23.64

2002

21.9

27.2

33.6

38.0

5

 

22.5

28.1

32.8

86.0

5

 

21.0

25.8

29.6

129.4

14

 

20.89

2003

24.4

31.0

37.2

0.0

0

 

24.8

31.9

36.3

4.8

3

 

27.1

34.5

40.1

30.8

3

 

25.31

2004

20.7

26.3

31.0

14.0

6

 

22.0

27.4

33.6

34.0

5

 

23.5

29.5

31.8

10.8

3

 

21.85



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