Claim · model-written summary
Female flower production was negatively correlated with rainfall across years.
- Taxon
- Quercus lobata
Quercus lobatat0 - Outcome
- female flower productione0
- Direction
- negatively correlatede0
Not reportedSetting
Verbatim
e0“Among years, female flower production was negatively correlated with rainfall”
t0“Quercus lobata”
t1“Quercus lobata”
Title
Flowering and Flower Maturation in Valley Oak Quercus lobata
Walter D. Koenig; Ian S. Pearse; Mario B. Pesendorfer; et al. Ecology and Evolution 2026. doi:10.1002/ece3.73720
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Warm spring temperatures decreased the share of flowers maturing into acorns.
- Association A large previous acorn crop decreased flower maturation into acorns.
- Association Trees with greater groundwater access in warmer microclimates produced more catkins.
- Association Trees with greater groundwater access in warmer microclimates produced more female flowers.
- Association Male and female flower abundance were positively correlated after controlling for size and resources.
- Association All three flower indices explained significant acorn production variance across years and trees.
- Association Female flower maturation was the most important source of acorn production variation.
- Association Female and male flower abundance each explained between one-quarter and one-third of acorn production variance.
- Observation Quercus lobata exhibits maturation and female and male flower masting.