Effect of acorn size on survival and growth of Quercus suber L. seedlings under water stress

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Effect of acorn size on survival and growth of Quercus suber L. seedlings under water stress Taher Mechergui1,2   · Marta Pardos3 · Douglass F. Jacobs4 Received: 11 June 2020 / Revised: 29 July 2020 / Accepted: 25 September 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract While the effects of seed size on survival and early seedling growth have been demonstrated in Quercus spp., there is a knowledge gap regarding these effects under water limiting conditions. To address this need, we studied cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedling development among treatments including three acorn classes (small: