Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea

[EN] The establishment of oak trees is often a slow and difficult process. Hence, it is necessary to determine the characteristics that can lead to improving their regeneration. In this genus, seed size is highly variable both at the interspecific and intraspecific levels, and the effects of intrapo...

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Autores: Alonso-Crespo, I. M., Silla Cortés, Fernando, Jiménez del Nogal, P., Fernández Gómez, María José, Martínez-Ruiz, C., Fernández Santos, María Belén
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palabra clave:Emergency
Germination
Mother tree age
Quercus faginea
Reforestry
Seed size
seedling biomass
Seeds
Trees
24 Ciencias de la vida
germinación
semillas
árboles
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spelling Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus fagineaAlonso-Crespo, I. M.Silla Cortés, FernandoJiménez del Nogal, P.Fernández Gómez, María JoséMartínez-Ruiz, C.Fernández Santos, María BelénEmergencyGerminationMother tree ageQuercus fagineaReforestrySeed sizeseedling biomassSeedsGerminationTrees24 Ciencias de la vidagerminaciónsemillasárboles[EN] The establishment of oak trees is often a slow and difficult process. Hence, it is necessary to determine the characteristics that can lead to improving their regeneration. In this genus, seed size is highly variable both at the interspecific and intraspecific levels, and the effects of intrapopulation variability are not well understood, being even less so for Quercus faginea. In this study, the effects of the age of the mother tree, seed weight and the interaction between these two factors on seed germination, emergence and growth (biomass) were analysed. For this purpose, 16 trees—8 young and 8 old—were selected with the intent to cover the entire range of acorn weights produced in this population. Among the main results, it should be noted that: (1) in older trees, it is easier to find larger acorns; (2) the percentage and the speed of germination of the acorns of young trees is greater than that of old trees; (3) the percentage and the speed of seedling emergence of young trees is greater than that of old trees; and (4) cotyledon weight is the variable that most influences biomass, quite often in a positive way. Therefore, maintaining intrapopulation variability seems to be an approach that most favours the persistence of these populations.Springer202420242020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/154382reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésProyecto SA013G19 de la Junta de Castilla y LeónPrograma I: Programa de financiación de grupos de investigación” de la Universidad de Salamanca (2014/00165/001)Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1543822026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
title Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
spellingShingle Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
Alonso-Crespo, I. M.
Emergency
Germination
Mother tree age
Quercus faginea
Reforestry
Seed size
seedling biomass
Seeds
Germination
Trees
24 Ciencias de la vida
germinación
semillas
árboles
title_short Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
title_full Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
title_fullStr Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
title_full_unstemmed Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
title_sort Effect of the mother tree age and acorn weight in the regenerative characteristics of Quercus faginea
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alonso-Crespo, I. M.
Silla Cortés, Fernando
Jiménez del Nogal, P.
Fernández Gómez, María José
Martínez-Ruiz, C.
Fernández Santos, María Belén
author Alonso-Crespo, I. M.
author_facet Alonso-Crespo, I. M.
Silla Cortés, Fernando
Jiménez del Nogal, P.
Fernández Gómez, María José
Martínez-Ruiz, C.
Fernández Santos, María Belén
author_role author
author2 Silla Cortés, Fernando
Jiménez del Nogal, P.
Fernández Gómez, María José
Martínez-Ruiz, C.
Fernández Santos, María Belén
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Emergency
Germination
Mother tree age
Quercus faginea
Reforestry
Seed size
seedling biomass
Seeds
Germination
Trees
24 Ciencias de la vida
germinación
semillas
árboles
topic Emergency
Germination
Mother tree age
Quercus faginea
Reforestry
Seed size
seedling biomass
Seeds
Germination
Trees
24 Ciencias de la vida
germinación
semillas
árboles
description [EN] The establishment of oak trees is often a slow and difficult process. Hence, it is necessary to determine the characteristics that can lead to improving their regeneration. In this genus, seed size is highly variable both at the interspecific and intraspecific levels, and the effects of intrapopulation variability are not well understood, being even less so for Quercus faginea. In this study, the effects of the age of the mother tree, seed weight and the interaction between these two factors on seed germination, emergence and growth (biomass) were analysed. For this purpose, 16 trees—8 young and 8 old—were selected with the intent to cover the entire range of acorn weights produced in this population. Among the main results, it should be noted that: (1) in older trees, it is easier to find larger acorns; (2) the percentage and the speed of germination of the acorns of young trees is greater than that of old trees; (3) the percentage and the speed of seedling emergence of young trees is greater than that of old trees; and (4) cotyledon weight is the variable that most influences biomass, quite often in a positive way. Therefore, maintaining intrapopulation variability seems to be an approach that most favours the persistence of these populations.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Proyecto SA013G19 de la Junta de Castilla y León
Programa I: Programa de financiación de grupos de investigación” de la Universidad de Salamanca (2014/00165/001)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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