Beyond predator satiation: Masting but also the effects of rainfall stochasticity on weevils drive acorn predation

Functional responses of contrasting seed predator guilds to masting in two Mediterranean oak species

(2017) Xoaquín Moreira et al.   OIKOS

Is the relationship between mast-seeding and weather in oaks related to their life-history or phylogeny?

(2016) Walter D. Koenig et al.   ECOLOGY

Some positive effects of the fragmentation of holm oak forests: Attenuation of water stress and enhancement of acorn production

(2016) Teresa Morán-López et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Community assembly in time and space: the case of Lepidoptera in aQuercus ilexL. savannah-like landscape

(2016) Helena Ruiz-Carbayo et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Wood mouse population dynamics: Interplay among seed abundance seasonality, shrub cover and wild boar interference

(2016) Pau Sunyer et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

The effect of within-year variation in acorn crop size on seed harvesting by avian hoarders

(2016) Mario B. Pesendorfer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Contrasting growth and water use strategies in four co-occurring Mediterranean tree species revealed by concurrent measurements of sap flow and stem diameter variations

(2015) Elisenda Sánchez-Costa et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

It is raining mice and voles: which weather conditions influence the activity of Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus?

(2015) Aleksandra Wróbel et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Advantages of masting in European beech: timing of granivore satiation and benefits of seed caching support the predator dispersal hypothesis

(2015) Rafał Zwolak et al.   OECOLOGIA

Temporal trends in the enhanced vegetation index and spring weather predict seed production in Mediterranean oaks

(2015) Marcos Fernández-Martínez et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Unexpected consequences of a drier world: evidence that delay in late summer rains biases the population sex ratio of an insect

(2015) Raul Bonal et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Variation of predator satiation and seed abortion as seed defense mechanisms across an altitudinal range

(2014) Guille Peguero et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Acorn – weevil interactions in a mixed-oak forest: Outcomes for larval growth and plant recruitment

(2014) Alberto Muñoz et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Dispersal and dormancy strategies among insect species competing for a pulsed resource

(2013) PIERRE-FRANÇOIS PÉLISSON et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Coevolution of mast seeding in trees and extended diapause of seed predators

(2013) Yuuya Tachiki et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Evolution of masting with intermittence and synchronization under the enhancements of fertility and survival

(2013) Atsushi Yamauchi et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Masting in oaks: Disentangling the effect of flowering phenology, airborne pollen load and drought

(2012) Marcos Fernández-Martínez et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Within-Season Synchrony of a Masting Conifer Enhances Seed Escape

(2012) Devan W. Archibald et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Of mast and mean: differential-temperature cue makes mast seeding insensitive to climate change

(2012) Dave Kelly et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mast Pulses Shape Trophic Interactions between Fluctuating Rodent Populations in a Primeval Forest

(2012) Nuria Selva et al.   PLoS One

Increased drought reduces acorn production in Quercus ilex coppices: thinning mitigates this effect but only in the short term

(2011) B. Sanchez-Humanes et al.   FORESTRY

Positive cascade effects of forest fragmentation on acorn weevils mediated by seed size enlargement

(2011) RAÚL BONAL et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Influence of population density and climate on the demography of subalpine golden-mantled ground squirrels

(2011) Éva Kneip et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Spatial vs. temporal effects on demographic and genetic structures: the roles of dispersal, masting and differential mortality on patterns of recruitment in Fagus sylvatica

(2011) SYLVIE ODDOU-MURATORIO et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Coexistence of Insect Species Competing for a Pulsed Resource: Toward a Unified Theory of Biodiversity in Fluctuating Environments

(2011) Samuel Venner et al.   PLoS One

Mismatch between the timing of oviposition and the seasonal optimum. The stochastic phenology of Mediterranean acorn weevils

(2010) RAUL BONAL et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Mast seeding under increasing drought: results from a long-term data set and from a rainfall exclusion experiment

(2010) I. M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of asynchronous acorn production by co-occurring Quercus trees on resource utilization by acorn-feeding insects

(2010) Hiroshi Fukumoto et al.   Journal of Forest Research

How plants manipulate the scatter-hoarding behaviour of seed-dispersing animals

(2010) S. B. Vander Wall   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seed weevils living on the edge: pressures and conflicts over body size in the endoparasiticCurculiolarvae

(2009) RAÚL BONAL et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Predator interactions, mesopredator release and biodiversity conservation

(2009) Euan G. Ritchie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Pulsed resources and climate-induced variation in the reproductive traits of wild boar under high hunting pressure

(2009) Servanty Sabrina et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Pre-dispersal acorn predation in mixed oak forests: interspecific differences are driven by the interplay among seed phenology, seed size and predator size

(2009) Josep M. Espelta et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

MASTING MEDIATED BY SUMMER DROUGHT REDUCES ACORN PREDATION IN MEDITERRANEAN OAK FORESTS

(2008) Josep Maria Espelta et al.   ECOLOGY

The effect of climate on masting in the European larch and on its specific seed predators

(2008) Benedicte N. Poncet et al.   OECOLOGIA