Mast seeding is stronger in taller plants. [PDF]
Front Plant SciIntroductionTwo economies of scale, predator satiation and pollination efficiency, have been proposed to explain the evolutionary mechanisms of mast seeding adopted by some long-lived plants.
Qin H, Yi X.
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Measuring temporal patterns in ecology: The case of mast seeding. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Properly assessing temporal patterns is a central issue in ecology in order to understand ecosystem processes and their mechanisms. Mast seeding has traditionally been described as a reproductive behavior consisting of highly variable and synchronized ...
Fernández-Martínez M, Peñuelas J.
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Climate change weakens the tie between weather and mast seeding. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2021 Climate change has been shown to affect the interannual variation and synchrony among individuals in seed production of masting trees, yet the proximate mechanisms driving these patterns remain unclear. A recent study by Michał Bogdziewicz and colleagues
Karniski C.
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Pulsed Resource Events Mediate Fluctuations in Wild Boar (<i>Sus scrofa</i>) Bag Records in Central Europe. [PDF]
Ecol EvolClimate change in Europe is leading not only to an increase in temperature but also to a higher frequency of extreme weather events. Knowledge of the cascading effects of climate change along food chains, including mast seeding and the population ...
Hagen R +4 more
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An Ecological Dipole in North American Mast-Eating Small Mammal Dynamics. [PDF]
Ecol EvolEcological dipoles are the opposite patterns in animal and plant population indices over time in geographically distant areas. Ecological dipoles are recently described macroscale patterns in animal and plant population dynamics, and have been uncovered ...
Barton JH +5 more
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Acorn Availability Reduces Agricultural Damage by Ungulates. [PDF]
Ecol EvolHuman–wildlife conflicts, particularly the damage to agricultural crops caused by ungulates, pose significant ecological and economic challenges. Understanding the role of natural food availability in driving these conflicts is important for developing ...
Bogdańska MA, Journé V, Bogdziewicz M.
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An assessment of temporal variability in mast seeding of North American Pinaceae [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021 Jalene M LaMontagne +2 more
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Behaviour of Brown Bears Under Fluctuating Resource Availability. [PDF]
Ecol EvolMast seeding, the variable and intermittent production of seeds, has cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. This study explores its influence on the brown bear populations in the Italian Alps, focusing on beechnuts (Fagus sylvatica L.), the primary ...
Tattoni C +9 more
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Regeneration Strategies in Seed Plants: A Continuum Shaping Survival. [PDF]
Ecol EvolSeed plants dominate terrestrial ecosystems in part because regeneration is not a single event, but a coordinated sequence of traits acting across time and space.
Maleki K, Soltani E.
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Utilization of Sasa borealis seeds by Japanese field mouse: discovery of small-seed caching
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Bambusoideae are well-known for their large-scale flowering, seeding, and death events that occur after a vegetative phase that can often last for decades. These events are a valuable resource for many animals.
Hanami Suzuki, Hisashi Kajimura
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