Summer solstice orchestrates the subcontinental-scale synchrony of mast seeding

V Journé, J Szymkowiak, J Foest, A Hacket-Pain… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
High interannual variation in seed production in perennial plants can be synchronized at
subcontinental scales with wide consequences for ecosystem functioning, but how such …

Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change

M Bogdziewicz, D Kelly, D Ascoli, T Caignard… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
Many perennial plants show mast seeding, characterized by synchronous and highly
variable reproduction across years. We propose a general model of masting, integrating …

Community Synchrony in Seed Production is Associated With Trait Similarity and Climate Across North America

JM LaMontagne, DF Greene, EP Holland… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mast seeding, the synchronous and highly variable production of seed crops by perennial
plants, is a population‐level phenomenon and has cascading effects in ecosystems. Mast …

Otolith growth chronologies reveal distinct environmental sensitivities between and within shallow-and deep-water snappers

JB Widdrington, P Reis-Santos, JR Morrongiello… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Fish growth underpins individual fitness and population-level metrics, with fluctuations
linked to environmental variability. Growth chronologies derived from otolith increment …

Widespread breakdown in masting in European beech due to rising summer temperatures

JJ Foest, M Bogdziewicz, MB Pesendorfer… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change effects on tree reproduction are poorly understood, even though the
resilience of populations relies on sufficient regeneration to balance increasing rates of …

Forecasting seed production in perennial plants: identifying challenges and charting a path forward

V Journé, A Hacket‐Pain, I Oberklammer… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interannual variability of seed production, known as masting, has far‐reaching ecological
impacts including effects on forest regeneration and the population dynamics of seed …

Climate change does not equally affect temporal patterns of natural selection on reproductive timing across populations in two songbird species

CC Jantzen, ME Visser - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change has led to changes in the strength of directional selection on seasonal
timing. Understanding the causes and consequences of these changes is crucial to predict …

Tail‐dependence of masting synchrony results in continent‐wide seed scarcity

J Szymkowiak, J Foest, A Hacket‐Pain… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial synchrony may be tail‐dependent, meaning it is stronger for peaks rather than
troughs, or vice versa. High interannual variation in seed production in perennial plants …

Reconstruction of Araucaria araucana cone production reveals warming intensifies regionally synchronized masting

A Hacket‐Pain, FA Roig, D Ascoli, C LeQuesne… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The reproduction of many long‐lived plants is highly variable and synchronized, known as
masting. Masting is a key driver of plant regeneration dynamics and has cascading effects …

Reconciling Pollen Limitation Theories: Insights From Temperate Oak Masting

E Fleurot, L Keurinck, V Boulanger, F Debias… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollen limitation has a considerable influence on forest masting, the highly variable and
synchronised seed production, on which forest regeneration and ecosystem dynamics …