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Establishment limitation of holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) in a Mediterranean savanna – forest ecosystem / Christian Smit in Annals of Forest Science, Vol 66 n° 5 (July - August 2009)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > Vol 66 n° 5 (July - August 2009) . - n° 511 Titre : Establishment limitation of holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) in a Mediterranean savanna – forest ecosystem Titre original : Limitation de l'installation du chêne vert (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) dans un écosystème de savane forestière méditerranéenne Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christian Smit, Auteur ; Mario Díaz, Auteur ; Patrick Jansen, Auteur Année de publication : 2009 Article en page(s) : n° 511 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie [Termes IGN] forêt méditerranéenne [Termes IGN] Quercus ilex [Termes IGN] savane [Termes IGN] semis (sylviculture) Résumé : (auteur) ree recruitment in Mediterranean savannas is generally hampered, in contrast with the original oak forests where these savannas are derived from. We asked whether this difference in recruitment success can be explained by differential post-dispersal survival. For one year we monitored experimentally cached holm oak acorns in a savanna – forest ecosystem in Central Spain, and recorded cache pilferage, type of pilferer, boar rooting, seedling emergence, seedling survival and the cause of mortality. Cache pilferage was significantly lower in savanna (8%) than in forest (21%). However, the higher cache survival was more than offset by lower seedling emergence and, particularly, by nine times higher seedling mortality in savanna, mainly due to desiccation. Wild boar rooting did not differ between experimental caches and controls without acorns, indicating that individual cached acorns do not trigger rooting activity. Our results indicate that the difference in post-dispersal survival between savanna and forest is due to lower emergence and, primarily, higher seedling mortality in savanna, not to higher cache pilferage. Absence of safe sites such as shrubs, abundantly present in the forest, may well explain the lack of recruitment in the savanna. Management measures appear necessary for long-term persistence of Mediterranean savannas in general. Numéro de notice : A2009-645 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1051/forest/2009028 Date de publication en ligne : 09/07/2009 En ligne : https://www.afs-journal.org/articles/forest/full_html/2009/05/f08313/f08313.html Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=72469 [article]

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