Drivers of individual oak tree selection by acorn dispersing animals inferred from a genotyped seedling cohort
G. Gerzabek, E. K. Klein, A. Hampe
The paper investigates factors influencing acorn dispersal success in oak trees using genotyped seedlings and Bayesian parentage analysis, finding crop size and neighborhood fruiting oaks are key predictors.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2019 · PreprintEcology