▪ Abstract For many years biologists have debated whether mast seeding (the synchronous
intermittent production of large seed crops in perennial plants) results from weather …

Many terrestrial ecosystems are characterized by intermittent production of abundant
resources for consumers, such as mast seeding and pulses of primary production following …

The benefits of masting (volatile, quasi-synchronous seed production at lagged intervals)
include satiation of seed predators, but these benefits come with a cost to mutualist pollen …

Predator satiation is the most commonly tested hypothesis that explains the evolutionary
advantages of masting. It proposes that masting benefits plant reproduction by reducing the …

Large-scale global reforestation goals have been proposed to help mitigate climate change
and provide other ecosystem services. To explore reforestation potential in the United …

This chapter is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the evolution of dispersal
mechanisms and the second with the consequences of dispersal at population and …

The ecological significance of spacing among plants in contributing to the maintenance of
species richness, particularly in tropical forests, has received considerable attention that has …

Although biological invasions are clearly one of the most important impacts humans have
had on the Earth's ecosystems, we still do not have reliable tools which can help us to …

A variety of nut-producing plants have mutualistic seed-dispersal interactions with animals
(rodents and corvids) that scatter hoard their nuts in the soil. The goals of this review are to …

Studies of tree recruitment are many, but they provide few general insights into the role of
recruitment limitation for population dynamics. That role depends on the vital rates …