Mast seeding is a widespread and widely studied phenomenon. However, the physiological
mechanisms that mediate masting events and link them to weather and plant resources are …

Masting, the highly variable and synchronous production of seeds across a population of
perennial plants, is an ecologically important, but still poorly understood, phenomenon …

Woody plant species store nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) for many functions. While
known to buffer against fluctuations in photosynthetic supply, such as at night, NSC stores …

Asian tropical forests are amongst the most diverse on the planet, a richness that belies the
fact that they are dominated by a single family of trees, the Dipterocarpaceae. Many other …

The changes in reproductive phenology (ie timing of flowering and fruiting) observed in
recent decades demonstrate that tree reproduction has already been altered by climate …

General flowering is a community‐wide masting phenomenon, which is thus far documented
only in aseasonal tropical forests in Asia. Although the canopy and emergent layers of …

In masting trees, synchronized, heavy reproductive events are thought to deplete stored
resources and to impose a replenishment period before subsequent masting. However …

Population biologists have generally assumed that reproduction entails a reduction in
growth, future reproduction, and/or increase in mortality: such “costs of reproduction” are …

Many tree species undergo large fluctuations from year to year in seed production, a
phenomenon known as masting. The resource budget model, based on the assumption that …

Resource storage is a critical component of plant life history. While the storage of
nonstructural carbohydrates in wood has been studied extensively, the multiple functions of …