Offspring may succeed well next to their relatives, but it needs particular traits

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seed removal, germination and seedling development experiment was conducted to
test how seed removal, germination and seedling development of sessile oaks
(Quercus petraea) depend on seed size, shape and other traits under closely and
distantly related canopies, by manipulating offspring density, presence of
insects, and fungi, and spatial proximity to oaks.