<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, Mario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Møller, Anders P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pulido, Fernando J</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fruit abortion, developmental selection and developmental stability in Quercus ilex.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oecologia</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">acorn</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluctuating asymmetry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf number</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf size</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maternal effect</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">135</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">378-385</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fruit abortion has been hypothesized to be a parental means of selective removal of propagules with low viability. In particular, aborted zygotes have been suggested to have developmentally deviant phenotypes, and surviving offspring may therefore give rise to adults with a developmentally stable phenotype. We tested predictions from this hypothesis using acorns of holm oaks Quercus ilex as a model system. Fecundity of oak trees was negatively related to mean fluctuating asymmetry of leaves, and abortion rates were positively related to leaf fluctuating asymmetry in at least one population. Aborted acorns were asymmetric in 83-99% of cases in three samples, while mature acorns were only asymmetric in 57-78% of cases. Acorn asymmetry was unrelated to germination probability and germination date, and had no significant effect on number of leaves, leaf mass, stem mass, seedling height or leaf area of seedlings. However, acorn asymmetry affected the trade-off between number and size of leaves in seedlings. Seedlings from asymmetric acorns showed a positive relationship between acorn size and number of leaves, but no relationships between acorn size and leaf area, while symmetric acorns showed the opposite. A positive relationship between acorn size and number of leaves in spring was found for naturally emerged seedlings that died during their first summer, whereas the number of leaves produced by surviving seedlings did not depend on acorn size. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that stressed trees selectively abort propagules of low viability, and that developmental selection acts on a measure of developmental instability of fruits.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12721827</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Díaz, Mario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Møller, Anders P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pulido, Fernando J.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fruit abortion, developmental selection and developmental stability in Quercus ilex.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oecologia</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">acorn</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluctuating asymmetry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf number</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf size</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maternal effect</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12721827</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">135</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">378 - 385</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fruit abortion has been hypothesized to be a parental means of selective removal of propagules with low viability. In particular, aborted zygotes have been suggested to have developmentally deviant phenotypes, and surviving offspring may therefore give rise to adults with a developmentally stable phenotype. We tested predictions from this hypothesis using acorns of holm oaks Quercus ilex as a model system. Fecundity of oak trees was negatively related to mean fluctuating asymmetry of leaves, and abortion rates were positively related to leaf fluctuating asymmetry in at least one population. Aborted acorns were asymmetric in 83-99% of cases in three samples, while mature acorns were only asymmetric in 57-78% of cases. Acorn asymmetry was unrelated to germination probability and germination date, and had no significant effect on number of leaves, leaf mass, stem mass, seedling height or leaf area of seedlings. However, acorn asymmetry affected the trade-off between number and size of leaves in seedlings. Seedlings from asymmetric acorns showed a positive relationship between acorn size and number of leaves, but no relationships between acorn size and leaf area, while symmetric acorns showed the opposite. A positive relationship between acorn size and number of leaves in spring was found for naturally emerged seedlings that died during their first summer, whereas the number of leaves produced by surviving seedlings did not depend on acorn size. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that stressed trees selectively abort propagules of low viability, and that developmental selection acts on a measure of developmental instability of fruits.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;accession-num: 12721827</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hódar, José a.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf fluctuating asymmetry of Holm oak in response to drought under contrasting climatic conditions</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Arid Environments</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drought</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluctuating asymmetry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holm oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean climate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RAINFALL</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233-243</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) can be defined as small, random deviations from bilateral symmetry in structures that, typically, are bilaterally symmetrical. In plants, FA has been used as a tool for monitoring levels of ecological stress. In this work, I analyse the FA response to drought in the Holm oak (Quercus ilex) in SE Spain, to test whether FA increases or diminishes when climatic conditions are more stressful. Leaves from three different cohorts, corresponding to one drought year (1995) and two wet years (1996 and 1997) were collected at five sites contrasting in rainfall conditions, from very low to rather high rainfall. In two of the zones, two different morphs of leaves were collected. Furthermore, one of the sites was chosen close to a river, to examine the effect of water enhancement in the trees during drought and post-drought conditions. The results revealed no differences in response to drought in terms of FA between leaf morphs. However, while plants from rainy sites showed a decline in leaf FA from drought to wet years, the water-enhanced site and the dry sites showed scant or negligible differences between years. There was a significant decrease in FA from rainy sites to dry sites. These results suggest that (1) plants living in the more stressful sites are more symmetrical, (2) the more symmetrical plants respond less to yearly variations in drought stress, and (3) the response to yearly variations in drought depend on the climatic conditions in which a tree is living</style></abstract></record></records></xml>