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Masting Breakdown in European Beech Reduces Fitness Benefits of Masting, Partly Explained by Climate Change [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMasting, highly synchronised but temporally variable seed production, is initiated by weather cues and is thus highly sensitive to climate change. Changes in these cues can lead to a masting breakdown, reducing the fitness benefits of masting through ...
Cherine C. Jantzen +4 more
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Evolution of masting in plants is linked to investment in low tissue mortality [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Masting, a variable and synchronized variation in reproductive effort is a prevalent strategy among perennial plants, but the factors leading to interspecific differences in masting remain unclear.
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Intraspecific variation in masting across climate gradients is inconsistent with the environmental stress hypothesis [PDF]
EcologyYear-to-year variation in seed crop size (i.e., masting) varies strongly among populations of the same species. Understanding what causes this variation is vital, as masting affects the ability of tree species to regenerate and determines the population ...
Ian S. Pearse +2 more
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Flowering and Flower Maturation in Valley Oak Quercus lobata [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWe investigated factors driving flowering and flower maturation and their effects on acorn production at both the annual and individual trees levels in a population of valley oak (Quercus lobata) in central coastal California, USA.
Walter D. Koenig +4 more
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Weather drivers of reproductive variability in perennial plants and their implications for climate change risks [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSeed production in perennial plants often shows strong year-to-year variation, a phenomenon known as masting. Masting is typically adaptive and driven by weather cues that synchronize reproduction by promoting or suppressing flowering and seed set. These
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Variable Breeding Strategies in a Fluctuating Environment: A Feeding Experiment in Eastern Chipmunks [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSmall mammals inhabiting pulsed‐resource environments, such as forests with intermittent seed masting of trees, often adjust their allocation to reproduction with the drastic fluctuations in food availability.
François Briau +4 more
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Indications of an Achaea sp. caterpillar outbreak disrupting fruiting of an ectomycorrhizal tropical tree in Central African rainforest [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Background and aims – Where one or several tree species come to dominate patches of tropical forest, as many masting ectomycorrhizal legumes do in Central Africa, ecological theory predicts they may be prone to herbivory, which might alter their ...
Julian M. Norghauer +2 more
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Climate Change Ecology, 2021 Specific proximate mechanisms as climate spatial fluctuations modify the pattern of synchronic reproduction (masting) or seed production at population level in the Fagus genus worldwide.
Ernesto C. Rodríguez-Ramírez +3 more
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Forestry Research, 2021 Although mature trees have substantial non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) storage that is well documented with respect to its capacity to buffer the asynchrony of supply and demand at the whole-plant level, its role in reproduction remains poorly ...
Daisuke Kabeya +3 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Masting is a complex mechanism which is mainly driven by a combination of internal plant resources and climatic conditions. While the driving role of climate in masting is being intensively studied, the interplay among climate, seed production ...
S. Bajocco +6 more
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