Ecological Implications of Acorn Size at the Individual Tree Level in Quercus suber L.

Table 3

Acorn infestation and germination percentage of small acorn class (S) belonging to individuals 8 and 10 (bold type) and big acorn class (B) belonging to individuals 1, 2, 3, 6, and 16 which size are statistically the same (mean ± S.E.).

Individual	Class acorn	Infestation	Germination
			Sound	Infested
8	S	44	93.33	33.33
1	B	12 (8.42**)	100 (4.09*)	—
2	B	68 (2.92^ns)	80 (2.31^ns)	66.67 (6.67**)
3	B	16 (4.67*)	96.67 (0.35^ns)	96.67 (26.45***)
6	B	8 (8.42**)	93.33 (0.00^ns)	83.33 (15.43***)
16	B	8 (8.42**)	85 (1.30^ns)	—
10	S	72	93.33	13.33
1	B	12 (21.33***)	100 (4.09*)	—
2	B	68 (0.10^ns)	80 (2.31^ns)	66.67 (17.78***)
3	B	16 (15.91***)	96.67 (0.35^ns)	96.67 (42.09***)
6	B	8 (21.33***)	93.33 (0.00^ns)	83.33 (29.43***)
16	B	8 (21.33***)	85 (1.30^ns)	—

ns: no significant; ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01; ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001.