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Yu F, Zhang M, Yang Y, Wang Y, Yi X. Seed size and dispersal mode select mast seeding in perennial plants. Integr Zool 2024. [PMID: 39048928 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
Abstract
Reproduction by perennial plants varies from being relatively constant over years to the production of massive and synchronous seed crops at irregular intervals, a reproductive strategy called mast seeding. The sources of interspecific differences in the extent of interannual variation in seed production are largely unknown. We conducted a global meta-analysis of animal-dispersed species to quantify how the interannual variability in seed crops produced by plants can be explained by the seed mass, dispersal mode, phylogeny, and climate. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the interannual variations in seed production and seed mass tended to be similar in related species due to their shared evolution. The interannual variation in seed production was 1.22 times higher in synzoochorous species dispersed by scatter-hoarders compared with endozoochorous species dispersed by frugivores. Furthermore, the production of small seeds was associated with higher interannual variation in seed production, although synzoochorous species produced larger seeds than endozoochorous species. Precipitation rather than temperature had a significant positive effect on the interannual variation in seed production. The seed mass and dispersal mode contributed more to the interannual variation in seed production than phylogeny, climate, and fruit type. Our findings support a long-standing hypothesis that interspecific variation in the masting intensity is largely shaped by interactions between plants and animals.
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- Fei Yu
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
- School of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
- Henan Dabieshan National Field Observation and Research Station of Forest Ecosystem, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, China
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Ito Y, Kudo G. The contribution of carbon budget to masting intervals in Veratrum album populations inhabiting different elevations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2024; 111:e16295. [PMID: 38403896 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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PREMISE Mast flowering/seeding is often more extreme in lower-resource environments, such as alpine compared to lowland habitats. We studied a masting herb that had less extreme masting at higher elevations, and tested if this difference could be explained by higher photosynthetic productivity and/or lower reproductive investment at the higher-elevation sites. METHODS We examined the relationship between flowering intervals and carbon budget (i.e., the balance between reproductive investment and annual carbon fixation) in a masting herb, Veratrum album subsp. oxysepalum, across five lowland and six alpine populations in northern Japan. We evaluated the previous flowering histories of individual plants based on rhizome morphology and analyzed the masting patterns of individual populations. Total mass of the reproductive organs, as a proxy of reproductive investment, was compared between the lowland and alpine populations. Annual carbon fixation was estimated on the basis of photosynthetic capacity, total leaf area per plant, and seasonal transition of light availability. RESULTS Interval between high-flowering years was shorter and total reproductive investment was smaller in the alpine than in the lowland populations. Owing to its high photosynthetic capacity and continuous bright conditions, annual carbon fixation per plant was 1.5 times greater in alpine habitat than in lowland habitat. These results suggest that V. album alpine populations have shorter flowering intervals than lowland populations due to faster recovery from energy loss after reproduction. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrated that masting intervals in V. album populations can be explained by habitat-specific carbon budget balances.
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- Yohei Ito
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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Sakio H, Kon A, Kubo M, Nakano Y. Long‐term fluctuations and mechanisms of seed production of riparian tree canopy species. Ecol Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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- Hitoshi Sakio
- Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability Niigata University 94‐2 Koda Sado Niigata 952‐2206 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi 2‐no‐cho Nishi‐ku Niigata 950‐2181 Japan
- Green Sangyo Co., Ltd 2‐2‐10 Kandoji Chuo‐ku Niigata 950‐0983 Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science Shimane University 1060 Nishikawatsu‐cho Matsue Shimane 690‐8504 Japan
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- Tadami Beech Center Machishita 2590, Tadami, Tadami‐machi Minamiaizu‐gun Fukushima 968‐0421 Japan
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Wu H, Zhang J, Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Salomón RL, Yin D, Zhang P, Shen H. Large investment of stored nitrogen and phosphorus in female cones is consistent with infrequent reproduction events of Pinus koraiensis, a high value woody oil crop in Northeast Asia. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1084043. [PMID: 36714788 PMCID: PMC9878279 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1084043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Pinus koraiensis is famous for its high-quality timber production all the way and is much more famous for its high value health-care nut oil production potential since 1990's, but the less understanding of its reproduction biology seriously hindered its nut productivity increase. Exploring the effects of reproduction on nutrient uptake, allocation and storage help to understand and modify reproduction patterns in masting species and high nut yield cultivar selection and breeding. Here, we compared seasonality in growth and in nitrogen ([N]) and phosphorus ([P]) concentrations in needles, branches and cones of reproductive (cone-bearing) and vegetative branches (having no cones) of P. koraiensis during a masting year. The growth of one- and two-year-old reproductive branches was significantly higher than that of vegetative branches. Needle, phloem and xylem [N] and [P] were lower in reproductive branches than in vegetative branches, although the extent and significance of the differences between branch types varied across dates. [N] and [P] in most tissues were high in spring, decreased during summer, and then recovered by the end of the growing season. Overall, [N] and [P] were highest in needles, lowest in the xylem and intermediate in the phloem. More than half of the N (73.5%) and P (51.6%) content in reproductive branches were allocated to cones. There was a positive correlation between cone number and N and P content in needles (R2 = 0.64, R2 = 0.73) and twigs (R2 = 0.65, R2 = 0.62) of two-year-old reproductive branches. High nutrient sink strength of cones and vegetative tissues of reproductive branches suggested that customized fertilization practices can help improve crop yield in Pinus koraiensis.
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- Haibo Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- Department of Natural Systems and Resources, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, Spain
- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration Engineering Technology Research Center of Korean Pine, Harbin, China
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- Forestry Research Institute of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- Department of Natural Systems and Resources, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Natural Systems and Resources, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, Spain
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- Forestry Research Institute of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration Engineering Technology Research Center of Korean Pine, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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Kabeya D, Han Q. Seasonal patterns of sugar components and their functions in branches of
Fagus crenata
in association with three reproduction events. Ecol Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Daisuke Kabeya
- Department of Plant Ecology Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba Japan
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- Department of Plant Ecology Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba Japan
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Wang Y, Han Q, Kitajima K, Kurokawa H, Shimada T, Yamaryo T, Kabeya D, Kawasaki T, Satake A. Resource allocation strategies in the reproductive organs of Fagaceae species. Ecol Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Yufei Wang
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Biology Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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Nakahata R. Time-varying response of fine root growth to soil temperature and soil moisture in cypress and deciduous oak forests. PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2022; 3:60-73. [PMID: 37284007 PMCID: PMC10168066 DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fine root phenology is controlled by complex mechanisms associated with aboveground phenological events and environmental conditions, and therefore, elucidating fine root responses to changing environments remains difficult without considering the dynamics within and among years. This study evaluated the response of fine root growth at variable time scales to the surrounding environments of soil temperature and moisture at ecosystem scales. Optical scanners were used to measure fine root production over 4 years in two forests dominated by either cypress or deciduous oak trees. Correlations between fine root production and soil temperature and moisture were analyzed using the state-space model. Fine root phenology varied among years in the cypress stand and showed stable growth patterns in the oak stand as production peaked in spring every year. Soil temperature had a dominant influence on fine root production, while soil moisture enhanced fine root growth especially in the oak stand. Fine root responses to both soil temperature and moisture peaked during the early growing season, indicating its own temperature hysteresis that means different responses under same temperature within a year. The time-varying response of fine root growth to external factors is a key perspective to explain fine root growth mechanisms, and whether evergreen or deciduous habits differentiates the fine root phenology due to a linkage between above- and belowground resource dynamics.
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- Ryo Nakahata
- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
- Graduate School of AgricultureKyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
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Nakahata R, Naramoto M, Sato M, Mizunaga H. Multifunctions of fine root phenology in vegetative and reproductive growth in mature beech forest ecosystems. Ecosphere 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Ryo Nakahata
- Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
- Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture Shizuoka University Shizuoka Japan
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Nakamura T, Ishida A, Kawai K, Minagi K, Saiki S, Yazaki K, Yoshimura J. Tree hazards compounded by successive climate extremes after masting in a small endemic tree, Distylium lepidotum, on subtropical islands in Japan. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:5094-5108. [PMID: 34170598 PMCID: PMC8518126 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ongoing global warming increases the frequency and severity of tropical typhoons and prolonged drought, leading to forest degradation. Simultaneous and/or successive masting events and climatic extremes may thus occur frequently in the near future. If these climatic extremes occur immediately after mass seed reproduction, their effects on individual trees are expected to be very severe because mass reproduction decreases carbohydrate reserves. While the effects of either a single climate extreme or masting alone on tree resilience/growth have received past research attention, understanding the cumulative effects of such multiple events remains challenging and is crucial for predicting future forest changes. Here, we report tree hazards compound by two successive climate extremes, a tropical typhoon and prolonged drought, after mass reproduction in an endemic tree species (Distylium lepidotum Nakai) on oceanic islands. Across individual trees, the starch stored within the sapwood of branchlets significantly decreased with reproductive efforts (fruit mass/shoot mass ratio). Typhoon damage significantly decreased not only the total leaf area of apical shoots but also the maximum photosynthetic rates. During the 5-month period after the typhoon, the mortality of large branchlets (8-10-mm diameter) increased with decreasing stored starch when the typhoon hit. During the prolonged summer drought in the next year, the recovery of total leaf area, stored starch, and hydraulic conductivity was negatively correlated with the stored starch at the typhoon. These data indicate that the level of stored starch within branchlets is the driving factor determining tree regrowth or dieback, and the restoration of carbohydrates after mass reproduction is synergistically delayed by such climate extremes. Stored carbohydrates are the major cumulative factor affecting individual tree resilience, resulting in their historical effects. Because of highly variable carbohydrate levels among individual trees, the resultant impacts of such successive events on forest dieback will be fundamentally different among trees.
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- Tomomi Nakamura
- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityOtsuShigaJapan
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- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityOtsuShigaJapan
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- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityOtsuShigaJapan
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural SciencesTsukubaIbarakiJapan
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- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityOtsuShigaJapan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteTsukubaIbarakiJapan
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- Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteSapporoHokkaidoJapan
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- Institute of Tropical MedicineNagasaki UniversityNagasakiNagasakiJapan
- Faculty of ScienceTokyo Metropolitan UniversityHachiojiTokyoJapan
- The University MuseumThe University of TokyoBunkyoTokyoJapan
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Plant-available soil nutrients have a limited influence on cone production patterns of individual white spruce trees. Oecologia 2020; 194:101-111. [PMID: 32979086 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04759-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The resource budget model for mast seeding hypothesizes that soil nutrients proximately influence reproduction. Plants in high soil nutrient (particularly N) areas are predicted to have lower reproductive variability over time and higher mean reproduction. While often examined theoretically, there are relatively few empirical tests of this hypothesis. We quantified cone production of 110 individual white spruce (Picea glauca) trees over seven years and quantified plant-available soil macronutrients (N, Ca, K, Mg, P, S) in natural forest conditions across three years with different cone crop conditions. Each of these plant-available soil nutrients were correlated across years (rs = 0.55-0.89; all > 0.81 for total-N); spatially, total-N availability varied 366-fold across trees. Plant-available soil nutrients did not influence variability or mean annual reproduction, contrary to nutrient perturbation experiments. We examined within-year nutrient and cone-production relationships, and observed significant positive relationships between reproduction and plant-available soil nutrients only in a low-reproduction year preceding a mast event. Both during a mast event and the following year, when overall cone production was very high or very low, there were no relationships. Both external drivers (e.g., weather) and internal resource budgets likely influence soil nutrient-reproduction relationships. These results suggest that plant-available soil nutrients may not be a large factor influencing mast-seeding patterns among individuals in this species.
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Bogdziewicz M, Ascoli D, Hacket‐Pain A, Koenig WD, Pearse I, Pesendorfer M, Satake A, Thomas P, Vacchiano G, Wohlgemuth T, Tanentzap A. From theory to experiments for testing the proximate mechanisms of mast seeding: an agenda for an experimental ecology. Ecol Lett 2020; 23:210-220. [PMID: 31858712 PMCID: PMC6973031 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Highly variable and synchronised production of seeds by plant populations, known as masting, is implicated in many important ecological processes, but how it arises remains poorly understood. The lack of experimental studies prevents underlying mechanisms from being explicitly tested, and thereby precludes meaningful predictions on the consequences of changing environments for plant reproductive patterns and global vegetation dynamics. Here we review the most relevant proximate drivers of masting and outline a research agenda that takes the biology of masting from a largely observational field of ecology to one rooted in mechanistic understanding. We divide the experimental framework into three main processes: resource dynamics, pollen limitation and genetic and hormonal regulation, and illustrate how specific predictions about proximate mechanisms can be tested, highlighting the few successful experiments as examples. We envision that the experiments we outline will deliver new insights into how and why masting patterns might respond to a changing environment.
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- Michał Bogdziewicz
- Department of Systematic ZoologyFaculty of BiologyAdam Mickiewicz University in PoznańUmutlowska 8961‐614PoznańPoland
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food SciencesUniversity of Turin10095 GrugliascoTorinoItaly
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- Department of Geography and PlanningSchool of Environmental SciencesUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- Fort Collins Science Center U.S. Geological SurveyFort CollinsCOUSA
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- Lab of OrnithologyCornell UniversityIthacaNY14850USA
- Institute of Forest EcologyDepartment of Forest and Soil SciencesUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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- Department of BiologyFaculty of ScienceKyushu University819‐0395FukuokaJapan
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- School of Life SciencesKeele UniversityStaffordshireST5 5BGUK
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLForest Dynamics, Zürcherstrasse 111CH‐8903BirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeDowning StCambridgeCB2 3EAUK
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Fernández-Martínez M, Pearse I, Sardans J, Sayol F, Koenig WD, LaMontagne JM, Bogdziewicz M, Collalti A, Hacket-Pain A, Vacchiano G, Espelta JM, Peñuelas J, Janssens IA. Nutrient scarcity as a selective pressure for mast seeding. NATURE PLANTS 2019; 5:1222-1228. [PMID: 31792395 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0549-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mast seeding is one of the most intriguing reproductive traits in nature. Despite its potential drawbacks in terms of fitness, the widespread existence of this phenomenon suggests that it should have evolutionary advantages under certain circumstances. Using a global dataset of seed production time series for 219 plant species from all of the continents, we tested whether masting behaviour appears predominantly in species with low foliar nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations when controlling for local climate and productivity. Here, we show that masting intensity is higher in species with low foliar N and P concentrations, and especially in those with imbalanced N/P ratios, and that the evolutionary history of masting behaviour has been linked to that of nutrient economy. Our results support the hypothesis that masting is stronger in species growing under limiting conditions and suggest that this reproductive behaviour might have evolved as an adaptation to nutrient limitations and imbalances.
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- M Fernández-Martínez
- PLECO (Plants and Ecosystems), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
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- US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- CREAF, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISAFOM), Rende, Italy
- Department of Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest Systems, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Barcelona, Spain
- CREAF, Barcelona, Spain
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- PLECO (Plants and Ecosystems), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Henkel TW, Mayor JR. Implications of a long‐term mast seeding cycle for climatic entrainment, seedling establishment and persistent monodominance in a Neotropical, ectomycorrhizal canopy tree. Ecol Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Terry W. Henkel
- Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State University Arcata California
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- Environment and Planning Division, ICF San Francisco California
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N Isotope Fractionation in Tree Tissues During N Reabsorption and Remobilization in Fagus crenata Blume. FORESTS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/f10040330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Motivation: Nitrogen content in tissues of Fagus crenata Blume is key for flowering and seed production. However, there is a lack of information on seasonal intra-plant nitrogen partitioning in this representative tree species typical of heavy snowfall regions in Japan. Therefore, the objective of this study was to elucidate Fagus crenata intra-plant nitrogen movement by means of nitrogen content, nitrogen isotope analysis, and amino acids temporal variability. Materials and Methods: Nitrogen content, isotope ratio, and free amino acids content were measured in coarse roots, sapwood, leaves, and litter in four phenological stages in nine adult Fagus crenata trees and upscaled to the whole-tree level.
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Moreira X, Abdala-Roberts L, Pérez-Ramos IM, Knops JMH, Pesendorfer MB, Koenig WD, Mooney KA. Weather cues associated with masting behavior dampen the negative autocorrelation between past and current reproduction in oaks. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2019; 106:51-60. [PMID: 30633821 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY The influence of weather conditions on masting and the ecological advantages of this reproductive behavior have been the subject of much interest. Weather conditions act as cues influencing reproduction of individual plants, and similar responses expressed across many individuals lead to population-level synchrony in reproductive output. In turn, synchrony leads to benefits from economies of scale such as enhanced pollination success and seed predator satiation. However, there may also be individual-level benefits from reproductive responses to weather cues, which may explain the origin of masting in the absence of economies of scale. In a previous study, we found support for a mechanism whereby individual responses to weather cues attenuate the negative autocorrelation between past and current annual seed production-a pattern typically attributed to resource limitation and reproductive tradeoffs among years. METHODS Here we provide a follow-up and more robust evaluation of this hypothesis in 12 species of oaks (Quercus spp.), testing for a negative autocorrelation (tradeoff) between past and current reproduction and whether responses to weather cues associated with masting reduce the strength of this negative autocorrelation. KEY RESULTS Our results showed a strong negative autocorrelation for 11 of the species, and that species-specific reproductive responses to weather cues dampened this negative autocorrelation in 10 of them. CONCLUSIONS This dampening effect presumably reflects a reduction in resource limitation or increased resource use associated with weather conditions, and suggests that responses to weather cues conferring these advantages should be selected for based on individual benefits.
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- Xoaquín Moreira
- Misión Biológica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC), Apdo. 28, 36080, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Apartado Postal 4-116, Itzimna, 97000, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS-CSIC), P.O. Box 1052, 41080, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain
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- Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York, 14850, USA
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- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York, 14850, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA, 92697
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Satake A, Kawatsu K, Chiba Y, Kitamura K, Han Q. Synchronized expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T
between branches underlies mass flowering in Fagus crenata. POPUL ECOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/1438-390x.1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Akiko Satake
- Department of Biology; Faculty of Science, Kyushu University; Fukuoka Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences; Tohoku University; Sendai Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Center; Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; Sapporo Japan
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- Department of Plant Ecology; Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; Tsukuba Japan
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Schermer É, Bel‐Venner M, Fouchet D, Siberchicot A, Boulanger V, Caignard T, Thibaudon M, Oliver G, Nicolas M, Gaillard J, Delzon S, Venner S. Pollen limitation as a main driver of fruiting dynamics in oak populations. Ecol Lett 2018; 22:98-107. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.13171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Éliane Schermer
- Université de Lyon Université Lyon 1 CNRS Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Université de Lyon Université Lyon 1 CNRS Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Université de Lyon Université Lyon 1 CNRS Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Université de Lyon Université Lyon 1 CNRS Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Département recherche, développement et innovation Office National des Forêts F‐77300 Fontainebleau France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR 1202 BIOGECO F‐33612 Cestas France
- Université de Bordeaux UMR 1202 Biodiversité, des gènes aux communautés F‐33615 Pessac France
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- Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique F‐69690 Brussieu France
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- Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique F‐69690 Brussieu France
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- Département recherche, développement et innovation Office National des Forêts F‐77300 Fontainebleau France
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- Université de Lyon Université Lyon 1 CNRS Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR 1202 BIOGECO F‐33612 Cestas France
- Université de Bordeaux UMR 1202 Biodiversité, des gènes aux communautés F‐33615 Pessac France
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- Université de Lyon Université Lyon 1 CNRS Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558 F‐69622 Villeurbanne France
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Aoyagi R, Imai N, Hidaka A, Samejima H, Kitayama K. Abrupt increase in phosphorus and potassium fluxes during a masting event in a Bornean tropical forest. Ecol Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-018-1642-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kabeya D, Inagaki Y, Noguchi K, Han Q. Growth rate reduction causes a decline in the annual incremental trunk growth in masting Fagus crenata trees. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1444-1452. [PMID: 28985431 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tree trunk annual increments are markedly reduced in mast years. There are two hypotheses that could explain the mechanism for this phenomenon: (1) a reduction in the duration of growth due to switching the resource allocation from somatic growth to seed production; (2) reduction of growth rate due to resources being shared between somatic growth and reproduction simultaneously. In this study, we aimed to test these hypotheses in Fagus crenata Blume from the point of view of resource allocation. The radial growth patterns in F. crenata during a year without reproduction (2014) and a masting year (2015) were monitored using a digital dendrometer. At the same time, shoot growth patterns were monitored by sampling branches from the top of the canopy. Data obtained using the digital dendrometer were fitted to a sigmoidal function, and the parameters of the function were evaluated with a hierarchal Bayesian approach; estimated parameters were used to represent the properties of trunk growth phenology. Trunk growth started synchronously just after leaf unfurling in both mass-fruiting (F15) and limited-fruiting (NF15) trees in 2014 and 2015. Reproduction reduced the growth rate in 2015. This was due to the resources being allocated for the development of cupules and for formation of relatively thick branches, both of which occurred simultaneously with trunk growth. There was no clear difference in the duration of radial growth between F15 and NF15 trees in the 2 years, although seed maturation started after trunk growth ceased. As a result, the annual trunk radius increment was reduced in the F15 trees in 2015. These results suggested that reduction of radial growth rate (Hypothesis 2) caused the reduction in annual trunk increment of reproducing trees of this species.
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- Daisuke Kabeya
- Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Department of Forest Soils, FFPRI, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
- Shikoku Research Center, FFPRI, 2-915 Asakuranishi, Kochi 780-8077, Japan
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- Department of Forest Soils, FFPRI, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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Han Q, Kabeya D, Inagaki Y. Influence of reproduction on nitrogen uptake and allocation to new organs in Fagus crenata. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1436-1443. [PMID: 28985424 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The contributions of the internal nitrogen (N) cycle and N uptake from soil to growth in mature trees remain poorly understood, especially during reproduction. In order to elucidate how reproduction affects N uptake, allocation and remobilization, we applied pulse 15N labelling to three fruiting (F) and three non-fruiting (NF) Fagus crenata Blume trees after the leaves were fully unfurled. Three-year-old branches were sampled from upper crowns at about 2 week intervals until leaf fall. 15N content per organ dry mass (15Nexcess) and N concentration in all new shoot organs were determined. Fruiting led to greater 15Nexcess uptake from the soil during the first month following application. Cupules absorbed the highest fraction of 15Nexcess initially and nuts contained about half the 15Nexcess at the end of the growing season. Biomass of reproductive organs represented up to 70% of new shoot growth in F trees. This fruit burden led to 34% and 38% reduction in biomass and 15Nexcess, respectively, in mature leaves compared with NF trees. Moreover, the increment of 15Nexcess in new shoots of F relative to NF trees was lower than the increment of biomass between the two. These results indicate that N is a limiting resource during masting in F. crenata. 15Nexcess incorporated into nuts started to increase dramatically once 15Nexcess in leaves, branches and cupules hit seasonal maxima. Similar seasonal biomass growth patterns were also found in these organs, indicating that sink strength drives uptake and allocation of 15Nexcess between new shoot compartments. These results, together with translocation of 15Nexcess from cupules and senescing leaves to nuts (contributing to fruit ripening), suggest that a finely tuned growth phenology alleviated N limitation. Thus, fruiting did not influence the N concentration in leaves or branches. These reproduction-related variations in N uptake and allocation among new shoot compartments have implications for N dynamics in the plant-soil system.
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- Qingmin Han
- Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Department of Forest Soils, FFPRI, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
- Shikoku Research Center, FFPRI, 2-915 Asakuranishi, Kochi 780-8077, Japan
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Liu Y, Ying Z, Wang S, Liao J, Lu H, Ma L, Li Z. Modeling the impact of reproductive mode on masting. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:6284-6291. [PMID: 28861232 PMCID: PMC5574799 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Masting is defined as the intermittent highly variable production of seed in a plant population. According to reproductive modes, that is, sexual and asexual reproduction, masting species can be separated into three groups, that is, (1) species, for example, bamboo, flower only once before they die; (2) species, for example, Fagus, reproduce sexually; and (3) species, for example, Stipa tenacissima, reproduce both sexually and asexually. Several theories have been proposed to explore the underlying mechanisms of masting. However, to our knowledge, no theory has been found to explain the mechanism of masting species that reproduce both sexually and asexually. Here we refine the Resource Budget Model by considering a trade-off between sexual and asexual reproduction. Besides the depletion efficient (i.e., the ratio of the cost of seed setting and the cost of flowering), other factors, such as the annual remaining resource (i.e., the rest of the resource from the photosynthetic activity after allocating to growth and maintenance), the trade-off between sexual and asexual reproduction, and the reproductive thresholds, also affect masting. Moreover, two potential reproductive strategies are found to explain the mechanisms: (1) When the annual remaining resource is relatively low, plants reproduce asexually and a part of the resource is accumulated as the cost of asexual reproduction is less than the annual remaining resource. Plants flower and set fruits once the accumulated resource exceeds the threshold of sexual reproduction; (2) when the annual remaining resource is relatively high, and the accumulated resource surpasses the threshold of sexual reproduction, masting occurs. Remarkably, under certain depletion efficient, more investigation in sexual reproduction will lead plants to reproduce periodically. Additionally, plants investigate less resource to reproduce periodically when depletion efficient keeps increasing as plants can reproduce efficiently. Overall, our study provides new insights into the interpretation of masting, especially for species that reproduce both sexually and asexually.
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- Yongjie Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,Department of Biology Centre of Excellence Plant and Ecosystem University of Antwerp Wilrijk Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,College of Life Science Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education Nanchang University Nanchang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology Centre for Computational Biology and Evolution Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- Ministry of Education's Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research Jiangxi Normal University Nanchang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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Han Q, Kabeya D. Recent developments in understanding mast seeding in relation to dynamics of carbon and nitrogen resources in temperate trees. Ecol Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11284-017-1494-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vacchiano G, Hacket-Pain A, Turco M, Motta R, Maringer J, Conedera M, Drobyshev I, Ascoli D. Spatial patterns and broad-scale weather cues of beech mast seeding in Europe. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 215:595-608. [PMID: 28631320 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mast seeding is a crucial population process in many tree species, but its spatio-temporal patterns and drivers at the continental scale remain unknown . Using a large dataset (8000 masting observations across Europe for years 1950-2014) we analysed the spatial pattern of masting across the entire geographical range of European beech, how it is influenced by precipitation, temperature and drought, and the temporal and spatial stability of masting-weather correlations. Beech masting exhibited a general distance-dependent synchronicity and a pattern structured in three broad geographical groups consistent with continental climate regimes. Spearman's correlations and logistic regression revealed a general pattern of beech masting correlating negatively with temperature in the summer 2 yr before masting, and positively with summer temperature 1 yr before masting (i.e. 2T model). The temperature difference between the two previous summers (DeltaT model) was also a good predictor. Moving correlation analysis applied to the longest eight chronologies (74-114 yr) revealed stable correlations between temperature and masting, confirming consistency in weather cues across space and time. These results confirm widespread dependency of masting on temperature and lend robustness to the attempts to reconstruct and predict mast years using temperature data.
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- Giorgio Vacchiano
- DISAFA, University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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- St Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ, UK
- Fitzwilliam College, Storeys Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DG, UK
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), c/Jordi Girona 29, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- DISAFA, University of Turin, Largo Braccini 2, 10095, Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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- Institute for Landscape Planning and Ecology, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, a Ramél 18, CH-6953, Cadenazzo, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, a Ramél 18, CH-6953, Cadenazzo, Switzerland
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- Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 49, 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden
- Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, University of Naples Federico II, via Università 100, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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Fernández-Martínez M, Vicca S, Janssens IA, Espelta JM, Peñuelas J. The role of nutrients, productivity and climate in determining tree fruit production in European forests. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:669-679. [PMID: 27605135 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Fruit production (NPPf ), the amount of photosynthates allocated to reproduction (%GPPf ) and their controls for spatial and species-specific variability (e.g. nutrient availability, climate) have been poorly studied in forest ecosystems. We characterized fruit production and its temporal behaviour for several tree species and resolved the effects of gross primary production (GPP), climate and foliar nutrient concentrations. We used data for litterfall and foliar nutrient concentration from 126 European forests and related them to climatic data. GPP was estimated for each forest using a regression model. Mean NPPf ranged from c. 10 to 40 g C m-2 yr-1 and accounted for 0.5-3% of GPP. Forests with higher GPPs produced larger fruit crops. Foliar zinc (Zn) and phosphorus (P) concentrations were associated positively with NPPf , whereas foliar Zn and potassium (K) were negatively related to its temporal variability. Maximum NPPf and interannual variability of NPPf were higher in Fagaceae than in Pinaceae species. NPPf and %GPPf were similar amongst the studied species despite the different reproductive temporal behaviour of Fagaceae and Pinaceae species. We report that foliar concentrations of P and Zn are associated with %GPPf , NPPf and its temporal behaviour.
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- Marcos Fernández-Martínez
- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallés, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
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- Centre of Excellence PLECO (Plant and Vegetation Ecology), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Centre of Excellence PLECO (Plant and Vegetation Ecology), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallés, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
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Allen RB, Millard P, Richardson SJ. A Resource Centric View of Climate and Mast Seeding in Trees. PROGRESS IN BOTANY VOL. 79 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/124_2017_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Davi H, Cailleret M, Restoux G, Amm A, Pichot C, Fady B. Disentangling the factors driving tree reproduction. Ecosphere 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- Hendrik Davi
- Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, UR 629 INRA, URFM Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc F‐84914 Avignon, Cedex 9 France
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- Forest Ecology, Department of Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich ETH‐Zentrum, CHN G77, Universitätstrasse 16 CH‐8092 Zürich Switzerland
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- AgroParisTech 16 rue Claude Bernard F‐75231 Paris 05 France
- INRA, UMR GABI F‐78350 Jouy‐en‐Josas France
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- Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, UR 629 INRA, URFM Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc F‐84914 Avignon, Cedex 9 France
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- Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, UR 629 INRA, URFM Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc F‐84914 Avignon, Cedex 9 France
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Abe T, Tachiki Y, Kon H, Nagasaka A, Onodera K, Minamino K, Han Q, Satake A. Parameterisation and validation of a resource budget model for masting using spatiotemporal flowering data of individual trees. Ecol Lett 2016; 19:1129-39. [PMID: 27449602 DOI: 10.1111/ele.12651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Revised: 06/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Synchronised and fluctuating reproduction by plant populations, called masting, is widespread in diverse taxonomic groups. Here, we propose a new method to explore the proximate mechanism of masting by combining spatiotemporal flowering data, biochemical analysis of resource allocation and mathematical modelling. Flowering data of 170 trees over 13 years showed the emergence of clustering with trees in a given cluster mutually synchronised in reproduction, which was successfully explained by resource budget models. Analysis of resources invested in the development of reproductive organs showed that parametric values used in the model are significantly different between nitrogen and carbon. Using a fully parameterised model, we showed that the observed flowering pattern is explained only when the interplay between nitrogen dynamics and climatic cues was considered. This result indicates that our approach successfully identified resource type-specific roles on masting and that the method is suitable for a wide range of plant species.
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- Tomoyuki Abe
- Hokkaido Research Organization, Forestry Research Institute, Higashiyama, Koshunai, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Organization, Forestry Research Institute, Higashiyama, Koshunai, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Organization, Forestry Research Institute, Higashiyama, Koshunai, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Organization, Forestry Research Institute, Higashiyama, Koshunai, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Organization, Forestry Research Institute, Higashiyama, Koshunai, Bibai, 079-0198, Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, 062-8516, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Monks A, Monks JM, Tanentzap AJ. Resource limitation underlying multiple masting models makes mast seeding sensitive to future climate change. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 210:419-430. [PMID: 26725252 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Mechanistic models can help resolve controversy over the responses of mast seeding plants to future environmental change. We evaluate drivers of mast seeding by: developing and validating a new mechanistic resource-based model of mast seeding using four 40-yr Chionochloa (snow tussock) datasets; and comparing the performance of competing empirically-based statistical models, that aim to approximate the mechanisms underlying mast seeding, in explaining simulated and observed data. Our mechanistic model explained 90-99% of the variation in Chionochloa flowering, with higher rates of stored resource mobilisation and lower probability of climatic induction of flowering occurring at lower fertility sites. Inter-annual variation in floral induction and the degree to which seeding is resource-limited explained shifts in the relative performance of different empirical models fitted to data simulated from the mechanistic model. Empirical models explicitly capturing the interaction between the floral induction cue and internal resource state underlying the resource-limited induction mechanism had > 8.7× the statistical support of alternatives when fitted to Chionochloa datasets. We find support for resource-limited floral induction with multiple empirical models consistent with this same mechanism. As both resource acquisition and flowering cues are climate sensitive, we expect climate change to impact upon patterns of mast seeding.
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- Adrian Monks
- Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Conservation, PO Box 5244, Dunedin, 9058, New Zealand
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- Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
- Ecosystems and Global Change Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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Hacket-Pain AJ, Friend AD, Lageard JGA, Thomas PA. The influence of masting phenomenon on growth-climate relationships in trees: explaining the influence of previous summers' climate on ring width. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 35:319-330. [PMID: 25721369 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Tree growth is frequently linked to weather conditions prior to the growing season but our understanding of these lagged climate signatures is still poorly developed. We investigated the influence of masting behaviour on the relationship between growth and climate in European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) using a rare long-term dataset of seed production and a new regional tree ring chronology. Fagus sylvatica is a masting species with synchronous variations in seed production which are strongly linked to the temperature in the previous two summers. We noted that the weather conditions associated with years of heavy seed production (mast years) were the same as commonly reported correlations between growth and climate for this species. We tested the hypothesis that a trade-off between growth and reproduction in mast years could be responsible for the observed lagged correlations between growth and previous summers' temperatures. We developed statistical models of growth based on monthly climate variables, and show that summer drought (negative correlation), temperature of the previous summer (negative) and temperature of the summer 2 years previous (positive) are significant predictors of growth. Replacing previous summers' temperature in the model with annual seed production resulted in a model with the same predictive power, explaining the same variance in growth. Masting is a common behaviour in many tree species and these findings therefore have important implications for the interpretation of general climate-growth relationships. Lagged correlations can be the result of processes occurring in the year of growth (that are determined by conditions in previous years), obviating or reducing the need for 'carry-over' processes such as carbohydrate depletion to be invoked to explain this climate signature in tree rings. Masting occurs in many tree species and these findings therefore have important implications for the interpretation of general climate-growth relationships.
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- Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EN, UK
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- School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5BG, UK
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Allen RB, Hurst JM, Portier J, Richardson SJ. Elevation-dependent responses of tree mast seeding to climate change over 45 years. Ecol Evol 2014; 4:3525-37. [PMID: 25478145 PMCID: PMC4224528 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
We use seed count data from a New Zealand mono-specific mountain beech forest to test for decadal trends in seed production along an elevation gradient in relation to changes in climate. Seedfall was collected (1965 to 2009) from seed trays located on transect lines at fixed elevations along an elevation gradient (1020 to 1370 m). We counted the number of seeds in the catch of each tray, for each year, and determined the number of viable seeds. Climate variables were obtained from a nearby (<2 km) climate station (914-m elevation). Variables were the sum or mean of daily measurements, using periods within each year known to correlate with subsequent interannual variation in seed production. To determine trends in mean seed production, at each elevation, and climate variables, we used generalized least squares (GLS) regression. We demonstrate a trend of increasing total and viable seed production, particularly at higher elevations, which emerged from marked interannual variation. Significant changes in four seasonal climate variables had GLS regression coefficients consistent with predictions of increased seed production. These variables subsumed the effect of year in GLS regressions with a greater influence on seed production with increasing elevation. Regression models enforce a view that the sequence of climate variables was additive in their influence on seed production throughout a reproductive cycle spanning more than 2 years and including three summers. Models with the most support always included summer precipitation as the earliest variable in the sequence followed by summer maximum daily temperatures. We interpret this as reflecting precipitation driven increases in soil nutrient availability enhancing seed production at higher elevations rather than the direct effects of climate, stand development or rising atmospheric CO2 partial pressures. Greater sensitivity of tree seeding at higher elevations to changes in climate reveals how ecosystem responses to climate change will be spatially variable.
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- Centre d'Etude de la Forêt, Université du Québec à Montréal C.P. 8888, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada
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Miyazaki Y, Maruyama Y, Chiba Y, Kobayashi MJ, Joseph B, Shimizu KK, Mochida K, Hiura T, Kon H, Satake A. Nitrogen as a key regulator of flowering in
Fagus crenata
: understanding the physiological mechanism of masting by gene expression analysis. Ecol Lett 2014; 17:1299-309. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.12338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Yuko Miyazaki
- Graduate School of Environmental Sciences Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0810 Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science Okayama University Okayama 700‐8530 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0810 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0810 Japan
- Faculty of Science Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0810 Japan
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Institute of Plant Biology University of Zurich CH‐8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Institute of Plant Biology University of Zurich CH‐8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies Institute of Plant Biology University of Zurich CH‐8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Biomass Research Platform Team Biomass Engineering Program Cooperation Division RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Yokohama 230‐0045 Japan
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- Tomakomai Experimental Forest Field Science Center of Hokkaido University Tomakomai 053‐0035 Japan
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- Hokkaido Research Organization Forestry Research Institute Higashiyama Koshunai Bibai 079‐0198 Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Sciences Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0810 Japan
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