Dataset: Seed fate, seedling establishment and the role of propagule size in forest regeneration under climate change conditions

This repository contains the files associated with the following article:

Badano EI and EJ Sánchez-Montes de Oca. Seed fate, seedling establishment and the role of propagule size in forest regeneration under climate change conditions. Forest ecology and Management 503, Article 119776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119776

The first Microsoft Excel file contains a single sheet with the data used to assess whether seed biomass relates with the fresh weight of acorns in the two studied oak species (Quercus viminea and Quercus eduardii). The second Microsoft Excel file contains five sheets with the microclimatic data (photosynthetic photon flux density, air and soil temperature, rainfall and volumetric soil water content) measured at controls under the current climate and climate change simulation plots located in the forest and the abandoned field of each experimental site. The third Microsoft Excel file contains a single sheet with the results of the seed fate experiments. For each oak species, these databases indicate the fresh weight of each acorn and the respective fate of its seed (parasitized by insects, infested by fungi, desiccated or germinated) in controls under the current climate and climate change simulation plots located in forests and abandoned fields. Finally, the fourth Microsoft Excel file contains a single sheet with the results of the seedling development experiments. For each oak species, these databases indicate the fresh weight of each acorn with the respective shoot emergence date of the seedling, the date of seedling dead and the aboveground net growth rate of the seedling in controls under the current climate and climate change simulation plots located in forests and abandoned fields.