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Masting by beech trees predicts the risk of Lyme disease

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The incidence of Lyme borreliosis and other tick-borne diseases is increasing in Europe and North America. There is currently much interest in identifying the ecological factors that determine the density of infected ticks as this variable ...
Cindy Bregnard, Olivier Rais, Maarten Jeroen Voordouw   +2 more
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Yearly Fluctuations in Honey Production in Hokkaido, Northern Japan, with Special Reference to Weather Conditions and Masting Behavior

International Journal on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2023
The factors controlling yearly fluctuations in honey production are poorly understood. To evaluate yearly fluctuations in honey production, the coefficient of variation (CV) and the autocorrelation analysis were used to determine the magnitude and ...
Kazuhiko Masaka
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Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent. [PDF]

, 2017
Tree masting is one of the most intensively studied ecological processes. It affects nutrient fluxes of trees, regeneration dynamics in forests, animal population densities, and ultimately influences ecosystem services. Despite a large volume of research
Cirolli, Mara, Cirolli, M, Maringer, Janet, Schueler, S, Burkhard Beudert, Peter A. Thomas, Thomas, Peter A, Conedera, Marco, Westergren, Marjana, Motta, R, Schueler, Silvio, Piussi, P, Burkart, Anton, Lageard, JGA, Westergren, M, Drobyshev, I, Lageard, Jonathan G. A, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Beudert, B, Anton Burkart, Giorgio Vacchiano, Motta, Renzo, Ascoli, D, Hacket-Pain, A, Janet Maringer, Ciprian Palaghianu, Lageard, Jonathan G. A., Kantorowicz, W, Kantorowicz, Władysław, Zang, Christian, Piussi, Pietro, Zang, C, Roberta Berretti, Berretti, R, Övergaard, R, Vacchiano, G, Bichsel, Regula Gehrig, Marjana Westergren, Beudert, Burkhard, Drobyshev, Igor, Berretti, Roberta, Maringer, J, Davide Ascoli, Övergaard, Rolf, Palaghianu, C, Rolf Övergaard, Andy Hacket-Pain, Burkart, A, Mara Cirolli, Christian Zang, Thomas, Peter A., Silvio Schueler, Croisé, L, Hacket-Pain, Andy, Regula Gehrig Bichsel, Ascoli, Davide, Gehrig Bichsel, Regula, Marco Conedera, Conedera, M, Gehrig Bichsel, R, Władysław Kantorowicz, Croisé, Luc, Thomas, PA, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Luc Croisé, Palaghianu, Ciprian, Igor Drobyshev, Hacket Pain, Andy, Renzo Motta, Pietro Piussi   +69 more
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Masting effect on alpha and beta avian diversity in fragmented forests of relict-endangered Mexican Beech (Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana)

Avian Research, 2021
Background Tropical montane cloud forests are one of the most important hotspots on Earth and show presence of relict-endemic and endangered species, representing about 14% of the total tropical forest worldwide. Synchronous seed production or masting in
Ernesto C. Rodríguez-Ramírez, Levinn Camacho-Islas, Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón, Isolda Luna-Vega, Pilar Carbó-Ramírez   +4 more
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Fruit production in three masting tree species does not rely on stored carbon reserves [PDF]

, 2013
Fruiting is typically considered to massively burden the seasonal carbon budget of trees. The cost of reproduction has therefore been suggested as a proximate factor explaining observed mast-fruiting patterns.
Hoch, Günter, Siegwolf, Rolf T. W., Han, Qingmin, Han, Q. M., Siegwolf, R. T. W., Keel, S. G., Keel, Sonja Gisela Yin, Körner, Christian   +7 more
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Disentangling the effects of geographical location and local climate on masting in Fagus crenata using a comprehensive population model

Basic and Applied Ecology
Masting, the intermittent and highly temporally variable production of seed crops, is exhibited by many plant genera, including Fagus. Although patterns of masting have been investigated over a wide range of areas, very few studies have comprehensively ...
Takashi Masaki, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Chinatsu Homma   +2 more
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Mast Cells and Neuroinflammation [PDF]

Medical Science Monitor Basic Research, 2014
It has been determined that there is extensive communication between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS). Proinflammatory cytokines play a key role in this communication. There is an emerging realization that glia and microglia, in particular, (which are the brain's resident macrophages), are an important source of inflammatory ...
Dong, Hongquan, Zhang, Xiang, Qian, Yanning   +2 more
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Natural disturbances and masting : from mechanisms to fitness consequences

, 2021
The timing of seed production and release is highly relevant for successful plant reproduction. Ecological disturbances, if synchronized with reproductive effort, can increase the chances of seeds and seedlings to germinate and establish.
Pesendorfer, Mario B, Rossi, Lorenzo, Ascoli, Davide, Pesendorfer, Mario B., Vacchiano, Giorgio, Conedera, Marco, Gratzer, Georg   +6 more
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The interaction between masting and fire is key to white spruce regeneration

, 2005
: We used the mast-seeding tree Picea glauca (white spruce) to examine whether the timing of mast years relative to fire had a lasting effect on the density and timing of regeneration. We studied 17 fires that occurred in mast years and in years with low
MacDonald, S. E., Peters, V. S., Dale, M. R. T.   +2 more
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Modes of climate variability bridge proximate and evolutionary mechanisms of masting [PDF]

, 2021
There is evidence that variable and synchronous reproduction in seed plants (masting) correlates to modes of climate variability, e.g. El Niño Southern Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation.
Pearse, Ian S, Ascoli, Davide, Ascoli, D, Hacket-Pain, A, Pearse, Ian S., Corti, Susanna, Davini, Paolo, Corti, S, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Pearse, IS, Davini, P, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Vacchiano, G   +12 more
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