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Bai H, Strong C, LaMontagne JM, Widick IV, Zuckerberg B. A North American climate-masting-irruption teleconnection and its change under future climate. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 948:174473. [PMID: 39002596 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Atmospheric variability can impact biological populations by triggering facultative migrations, but the stability of these atmosphere-biosphere connections may be vulnerable to climate change. As an example, we consider the leading mode of continental-scale facultative migration of Pine Siskins, where the associated ecological mechanism is changes in resource availability, with a mechanistic pathway of climate conditions affecting mast seeding patterns in trees which in turn drive bird migration. The three summers prior to pine siskin irruption feature an alternating west-east mast-seeding dipole in conifer trees with opposite anomalies over western and eastern North America. The climate driver of this west-east mast-seeding dipole, referred to as the North American Dipole, occurs during summer in the historical record, but shifts to spring in response to future climate warming during this century in a majority of global climate models. Identification of future changes in the timing of the climate driver of boreal forest mast seeding have broadly important implications for the dynamics of forest ecosystems.
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- Husile Bai
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Bogdziewicz M, Kelly D, Ascoli D, Caignard T, Chianucci F, Crone EE, Fleurot E, Foest JJ, Gratzer G, Hagiwara T, Han Q, Journé V, Keurinck L, Kondrat K, McClory R, La Montagne JM, Mundo IA, Nussbaumer A, Oberklammer I, Ohno M, Pearse IS, Pesendorfer MB, Resente G, Satake A, Shibata M, Snell RS, Szymkowiak J, Touzot L, Zwolak R, Zywiec M, Hacket-Pain AJ. Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change. Trends Ecol Evol 2024:S0169-5347(24)00117-4. [PMID: 38862358 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Many perennial plants show mast seeding, characterized by synchronous and highly variable reproduction across years. We propose a general model of masting, integrating proximate factors (environmental variation, weather cues, and resource budgets) with ultimate drivers (predator satiation and pollination efficiency). This general model shows how the relationships between masting and weather shape the diverse responses of species to climate warming, ranging from no change to lower interannual variation or reproductive failure. The role of environmental prediction as a masting driver is being reassessed; future studies need to estimate prediction accuracy and the benefits acquired. Since reproduction is central to plant adaptation to climate change, understanding how masting adapts to shifting environmental conditions is now a central question.
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- Michal Bogdziewicz
- Forest Biology Center, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland.
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- Department of Agriculture, Forest, and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, Grugliasco, (TO), Italy
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO, F-33610 Cestas, France
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- CREA - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, viale S. Margherita 80, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Agriculture, Forest, and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, Grugliasco, (TO), Italy; Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR 5558, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU University, Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Plant Ecology, Forestry, and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Forest Biology Center, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR 5558, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Forest Biology Center, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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- School of Agriculture, Policy, and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología e Historia Ambiental, IANIGLA-CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU University, Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
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- Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU University, Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Agriculture, Forest, and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, Grugliasco, (TO), Italy
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Forest Vegetation, Forestry, and Forest Products Research Institute, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
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- Forest Biology Center, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; Population Ecology Research Unit, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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- Institut National de Recherche Pour Agriculture (INRAE), Alimentation et Environnement (IN23-RAE), Laboratoire EcoSystemes et Societes En Montagne (LESSEM), Université Grenoble Alpes, St Martin-d'Hères, 38402, France
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- Department of Systematic Zoology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614 Poznan, Poland
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- W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Luu H, Ris Lambers JH, Lutz JA, Metz M, Snell RS. The importance of regeneration processes on forest biodiversity in old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20230016. [PMID: 38583471 PMCID: PMC10999264 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Forest diversity is the outcome of multiple species-specific processes and tolerances, from regeneration, growth, competition and mortality of trees. Predicting diversity thus requires a comprehensive understanding of those processes. Regeneration processes have traditionally been overlooked, due to high stochasticity and assumptions that recruitment is not limiting for forests. Thus, we investigated the importance of seed production and seedling survival on forest diversity in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) using a forest gap model (ForClim). Equations for regeneration processes were fit to empirical data and added into the model, followed by simulations where regeneration processes and parameter values varied. Adding regeneration processes into ForClim improved the simulation of species composition, compared to Forest Inventory Analysis data. We also found that seed production was not as important as seedling survival, and the time it took for seedlings to grow into saplings was a critical recruitment parameter for accurately capturing tree species diversity in PNW forest stands. However, our simulations considered historical climate only. Due to the sensitivity of seed production and seedling survival to weather, future climate change may alter seed production or seedling survival and future climate change simulations should include these regeneration processes to predict future forest dynamics in the PNW. This article is part of the theme issue 'Ecological novelty and planetary stewardship: biodiversity dynamics in a transforming biosphere'.
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- Hoang Luu
- Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701-2978, USA
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- Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701-2978, USA
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Pearse IS, Wion AP. Hurricanes: an unexpected mechanism linking disturbance and seed production in trees. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 242:8-9. [PMID: 38286765 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19559] [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: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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This article is a Commentary on Cannon et al. (2024), 242: 289–301.
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- Ian S Pearse
- U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA
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Cannon JB, Rutledge BT, Puhlick JJ, Willis JL, Brockway DG. Tropical cyclone winds and precipitation stimulate cone production in the masting species longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 242:289-301. [PMID: 38009313 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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Many trees exhibit masting - where reproduction is temporally variable and synchronous over large areas. Several dominant masting species occur in tropical cyclone (TC)-prone regions, but it is unknown whether TCs correlate with mast seeding. We analyzed long-term data (1958-2022) to test the hypothesis that TCs influence cone production in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). We integrate field observations, weather data, satellite imagery, and hurricane models to test whether TCs influence cone production via: increased precipitation; canopy density reduction; and/or mechanical stress from wind. Cone production was 31% higher 1 yr after hurricanes and 71% higher after 2 yr, before returning to baseline levels. Cyclone-associated precipitation was correlated with increased cone production in wet years and cone production increased after low-intensity winds (≤ 25 m s-1 ) but not with high-intensity winds (> 25 m s-1 ). Tropical cyclones may stimulate cone production via precipitation addition, but high-intensity winds may offset any gains. Our study is the first to support the direct influence of TCs on reproduction, suggesting a previously unknown environmental correlate of masting, which may occur in hurricane-prone forests world-wide.
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
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James A, Hann A, Holland EP. Brood size in an uncertain world. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 10:221362. [PMID: 37351496 PMCID: PMC10282570 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Reproduction in an uncertain world is fraught. The consequences of investing in too many offspring in a resource poor season can be disastrous but so too is missing the opportunity of a resource rich year. We consider a simple population and individual growth model and use Lyapunov exponents to find analytical results for the optimum brood size under stochastic environmental conditions. We show that if the environment shows dramatic changes between breeding seasons choosing a smaller brood size is more likely to be successful but the best strategy is to synchronize your reproduction to the food availability. Finally, we show that if the cost of having offspring is high it can be better to live in a highly varying world with a plastic strategy that synchronizes to the environment than to live in a deterministic world with a constant strategy, a finding with implications for invasive species and climate change.
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- Alex James
- School of Maths and Stats, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- School of Maths and Stats, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Bogdziewicz M, Kelly D, Tanentzap AJ, Thomas P, Foest J, Lageard J, Hacket-Pain A. Reproductive collapse in European beech results from declining pollination efficiency in large trees. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2023. [PMID: 37177909 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Climate warming increases tree mortality which will require sufficient reproduction to ensure population viability. However, the response of tree reproduction to climate change remains poorly understood. Warming can reduce synchrony and interannual variability of seed production ("masting breakdown") which can increase seed predation and decrease pollination efficiency in trees. Here, using 40 years of observations of individual seed production in European beech (Fagus sylvatica), we showed that masting breakdown results in declining viable seed production over time, in contrast to the positive trend apparent in raw seed count data. Furthermore, tree size modulates the consequences of masting breakdown on viable seed production. While seed predation increased over time mainly in small trees, pollination efficiency disproportionately decreased in larger individuals. Consequently, fecundity declined over time across all size classes, but the overall effect was greatest in large trees. Our study showed that a fundamental biological relationship-correlation between tree size and viable seed production-has been reversed as the climate has warmed. That reversal has diverse consequences for forest dynamics; including for stand- and biogeographical-level dynamics of forest regeneration. The tree size effects suggest management options to increase forest resilience under changing climates.
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- Michał Bogdziewicz
- Forest Biology Center, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Ecosystems and Global Change Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Kelly D. Mast seeding: Study of oak mechanisms carries wider lessons. Curr Biol 2023; 33:R231-R233. [PMID: 36977386 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Variable acorn crops in oaks were thought to reflect variable pollination success, but a new study shows local climates determine whether pollination or flower production drives acorn crops. This affects forest regeneration under climate change, and cautions against dichotomous summaries of biological phenomena.
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Hacket‐Pain A, Foest JJ, Pearse IS, LaMontagne JM, Koenig WD, Vacchiano G, Bogdziewicz M, Caignard T, Celebias P, van Dormolen J, Fernández‐Martínez M, Moris JV, Palaghianu C, Pesendorfer M, Satake A, Schermer E, Tanentzap AJ, Thomas PA, Vecchio D, Wion AP, Wohlgemuth T, Xue T, Abernethy K, Aravena Acuña M, Daniel Barrera M, Barton JH, Boutin S, Bush ER, Donoso Calderón S, Carevic FS, de Castilho CV, Manuel Cellini J, Chapman CA, Chapman H, Chianucci F, da Costa P, Croisé L, Cutini A, Dantzer B, Justin DeRose R, Dikangadissi J, Dimoto E, da Fonseca FL, Gallo L, Gratzer G, Greene DF, Hadad MA, Herrera AH, Jeffery KJ, Johnstone JF, Kalbitzer U, Kantorowicz W, Klimas CA, Lageard JGA, Lane J, Lapin K, Ledwoń M, Leeper AC, Vanessa Lencinas M, Lira‐Guedes AC, Lordon MC, Marchelli P, Marino S, Schmidt Van Marle H, McAdam AG, Momont LRW, Nicolas M, de Oliveira Wadt LH, Panahi P, Martínez Pastur G, Patterson T, Luis Peri P, Piechnik Ł, Pourhashemi M, Espinoza Quezada C, Roig FA, Peña Rojas K, Micaela Rosas Y, Schueler S, Seget B, Soler R, Steele MA, Toro‐Manríquez M, Tutin CEG, Ukizintambara T, White L, Yadok B, Willis JL, Zolles A, Żywiec M, Ascoli D. MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2022; 28:3066-3082. [PMID: 35170154 PMCID: PMC9314730 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Significant gaps remain in understanding the response of plant reproduction to environmental change. This is partly because measuring reproduction in long-lived plants requires direct observation over many years and such datasets have rarely been made publicly available. Here we introduce MASTREE+, a data set that collates reproductive time-series data from across the globe and makes these data freely available to the community. MASTREE+ includes 73,828 georeferenced observations of annual reproduction (e.g. seed and fruit counts) in perennial plant populations worldwide. These observations consist of 5971 population-level time-series from 974 species in 66 countries. The mean and median time-series length is 12.4 and 10 years respectively, and the data set includes 1122 series that extend over at least two decades (≥20 years of observations). For a subset of well-studied species, MASTREE+ includes extensive replication of time-series across geographical and climatic gradients. Here we describe the open-access data set, available as a.csv file, and we introduce an associated web-based app for data exploration. MASTREE+ will provide the basis for improved understanding of the response of long-lived plant reproduction to environmental change. Additionally, MASTREE+ will enable investigation of the ecology and evolution of reproductive strategies in perennial plants, and the role of plant reproduction as a driver of ecosystem dynamics.
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- Andrew Hacket‐Pain
- Department of Geography and PlanningSchool of Environmental SciencesUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- Department of Geography and PlanningSchool of Environmental SciencesUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- U.S. Geological SurveyFort Collins Science CenterFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Hastings ReservationUniversity of California BerkeleyCarmel ValleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesUniversity of MilanMilanItaly
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- Faculty of BiologyInstitute of Environmental BiologyAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznańPoland
- INRAELESSEMUniversity Grenoble AlpesGrenobleFrance
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- Faculty of BiologyInstitute of Environmental BiologyAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznańPoland
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA)University of TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Department of Forest and Soil SciencesInstitute of Forest EcologyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences ViennaViennaAustria
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- Aix Marseille UnivAvignon UniversitéCNRSIRDIMBEMarseilleFrance
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- Ecosystems and Global Change GroupDepartment of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA)University of TorinoTorinoItaly
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- Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and The Department of Forest and Rangeland StewardshipColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- College of Civil and Architecture and EngineeringChuzhou UniversityChina
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- Faculty of Natural SciencesUniversity of StirlingStirlingUK
- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie TropicaleCENARESTLibrevilleGabon
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FCFCN)Universidad de ChileSantiagoChile
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- Department of Biological SciencesDePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonABCanada
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FCFCN)Universidad de ChileSantiagoChile
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- Facultad de Recursos Naturales RenovablesUniversidad Arturo PratIquiqueChile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FCFCN)Universidad de ChileSantiagoChile
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- Wilson CenterWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
- Department of AnthropologyGeorge Washington UniversityWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
- School of Life SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu‐NatalPietermaritzburgSouth Africa
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal ConservationNorthwest UniversityXi'anChina
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyCanterburyNew Zealand
- Nigerian Montane Forest Project (NMFP)Yelway VillageNigeria
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationEmbrapa Meio AmbienteJaguariúnaBrazil
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- Département Recherche‐Développement‐InnovationOffice National des ForêtsFontainebleauFrance
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- CREA—Research Centre for Forestry and WoodArezzoItaly
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- Department of PsychologyDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology CenterUtah State UniversityLoganUtahUSA
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- Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (ANPN)LibrevilleGabon
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB) (INTA—CONICETInstituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasBarilocheArgentina
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- Department of Forest and Soil SciencesInstitute of Forest EcologyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Forestry and Wildland ResourcesHumboldt State UniversityArcataCaliforniaUSA
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología de Zonas ÁridasCIGEOBIO (CONICET‐UNSJ)RivadaviaArgentina
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- Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)CoyhaiqueChile
- Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos LtdaPunta ArenasChile
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- Institute of Arctic BiologyUniversity of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksAlaskaUSA
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- Department for the Ecology of Animal SocietiesMax Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorRadolfzellGermany
- Department of BiologyUniversity of KonstanzKonstanzGermany
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- Department of Silviculture and Genetics of Forest TreesForest Research InstituteRaszynPoland
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- Environmental Science and Studies DepartmentDePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of AnimalsPolish Academy of SciencesKrakówPoland
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- Department of Biological SciencesDePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)UshuaiaArgentina
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- Department of Biological SciencesDePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB) (INTA—CONICETInstituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria—Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasBarilocheArgentina
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- Department of Biology and Institute of the EnvironmentWilkes UniversityWilkes‐BarrePennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of ColoradoBoulderColoradoUSA
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- Département Recherche‐Développement‐InnovationOffice National des ForêtsFontainebleauFrance
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- Botany Research DivisionResearch Institute of Forests and RangelandsAgricultural Research, Education and Extension OrganizationTehranIran
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)UshuaiaArgentina
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- School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth SciencesThe University of Southern MississippiHattiesburgMississippiUSA
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)Río GallegosArgentina
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- W. Szafer Institute of BotanyPolish Academy of SciencesKrakówPoland
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- Forest Research DivisionResearch Institute of Forests and RangelandsAgricultural Research, Education and Extension OrganizationTehranIran
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología e Historia AmbientalIANIGLA—CONICET‐Universidad Nacional de CuyoMendozaArgentina
- Facultad de CienciasHémera Centro de Observación de la TierraEscuela de Ingeniería ForestalUniversidad MayorSantiagoChile
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)UshuaiaArgentina
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- W. Szafer Institute of BotanyPolish Academy of SciencesKrakówPoland
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)UshuaiaArgentina
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- Department of Biology and Institute of the EnvironmentWilkes UniversityWilkes‐BarrePennsylvaniaUSA
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- Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)CoyhaiqueChile
- Ulterarius Consultores Ambientales y Científicos LtdaPunta ArenasChile
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- Faculty of Natural SciencesUniversity of StirlingStirlingUK
- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie TropicaleCENARESTLibrevilleGabon
- Ministère des Eaux, des Forêts, de la Mer, de l'Environnement chargé du Plan Climat, des Objectifs de Development Durable et du Plan d'Affectation des TerresBoulevard TriomphaleLibrevilleGabon
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- Nigerian Montane Forest Project (NMFP)Yelway VillageNigeria
- Biosecurity NZMinistry for Primary IndustriesWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Austrian Research Centre for Forests BFWViennaAustria
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- W. Szafer Institute of BotanyPolish Academy of SciencesKrakówPoland
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA)University of TorinoTorinoItaly
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Bogdziewicz M. How will global change affect plant reproduction? A framework for mast seeding trends. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 234:14-20. [PMID: 34409608 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Forest ecology traditionally focuses on plant growth and survival, leaving seed production as a major demographic process lacking a framework for how it will be affected by global change. Understanding plant reproductive responses to changing climate is complicated by masting, the annually variable seed production synchronized within populations. Predicting trends in masting is crucial, because masting impacts seed predation and pollination enough to override simple trends in mean seed production. Proximate mechanisms of seed production patterns in perennial plants are gathered to identify processes through which masting may be affected by a changing environment. Predicting trends in masting will require understanding the mechanisms that cause predictable seed failure after high-seed years, and the stochastic mechanisms that synchronize individuals in high-seed years.
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- Michał Bogdziewicz
- Department of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Ulica Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, Poznań, 61-614, Poland
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes, 2 rue de la Papeterie, BP 76, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, 38400, France
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Pesendorfer MB, Ascoli D, Bogdziewicz M, Hacket-Pain A, Pearse IS, Vacchiano G. The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in long-lived plants. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20200369. [PMID: 34657462 PMCID: PMC8520778 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Populations of many long-lived plants exhibit spatially synchronized seed production that varies extensively over time, so that seed production in some years is much higher than on average, while in others, it is much lower or absent. This phenomenon termed masting or mast seeding has important consequences for plant reproductive success, ecosystem dynamics and plant-human interactions. Inspired by recent advances in the field, this special issue presents a series of articles that advance the current understanding of the ecology and evolution of masting. To provide a broad overview, we reflect on the state-of-the-art of masting research in terms of underlying proximate mechanisms, ontogeny, adaptations, phylogeny and applications to conservation. While the mechanistic drivers and fitness consequences of masting have received most attention, the evolutionary history, ontogenetic trajectory and applications to plant-human interactions are poorly understood. With increased availability of long-term datasets across broader geographical and taxonomic scales, as well as advances in molecular approaches, we expect that many mysteries of masting will be solved soon. The increased understanding of this global phenomenon will provide the foundation for predictive modelling of seed crops, which will improve our ability to manage forests and agricultural fruit and nut crops in the Anthropocene. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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- Mario B. Pesendorfer
- Institute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
- Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC 20008, USA
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- Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
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- Department of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-712 Poznań, Poland
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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- Fort Collins Science Center, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Satake A, Kelly D. Studying the genetic basis of masting. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20210116. [PMID: 34657458 PMCID: PMC8520782 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The mechanisms underlying mast seeding have traditionally been studied by collecting long-term observational data on seed crops and correlating seedfall with environmental variables. Significant progress in ecological genomics will improve our understanding of the evolution of masting by clarifying the genetic basis of masting traits and the role of natural selection in shaping those traits. Here, we summarize three important aspects in studying the evolution of masting at the genetic level: which traits govern masting, whether those traits are genetically regulated, and which taxa show wide variation in these traits. We then introduce recent studies on the molecular mechanisms of masting. Those studies measure seasonal changes in gene expression in natural conditions to quantify how multiple environmental factors combine to regulate floral initiation, which in many masting plant species is the single largest contributor to among-year variation in seed crops. We show that Fagaceae offers exceptional opportunities for evolutionary investigations because of its diversity at both the phenotypic and genetic levels and existing documented genome sequences. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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- Akiko Satake
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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LaMontagne JM, Redmond MD, Wion AP, Greene DF. An assessment of temporal variability in mast seeding of North American Pinaceae. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20200373. [PMID: 34657469 PMCID: PMC8520784 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Our overall objective is to synthesize mast-seeding data on North American Pinaceae to detect characteristic features of reproduction (i.e. development cycle length, serotiny, dispersal agents), and test for patterns in temporal variation based on weather variables. We use a large dataset (n = 286 time series; mean length = 18.9 years) on crop sizes in four conifer genera (Abies, Picea, Pinus, Tsuga) collected between 1960 and 2014. Temporal variability in mast seeding (CVp) for 2 year genera (Abies, Picea, Tsuga) was higher than for Pinus (3 year), and serotinous species had lower CVp than non-serotinous species; there were no relationships of CVp with elevation or latitude. There was no difference in family-wide CVp across four tree regions of North America. Across all genera, July temperature differences between bud initiation and the prior year (ΔT) was more strongly associated with reproduction than absolute temperature. Both CVp and ΔT remained steady over time, while absolute temperature increased by 0.09°C per decade. Our use of the ΔT model included a modification for Pinus, which initiates cone primordia 2 years before seedfall, as opposed to 1 year. These findings have implications for how mast-seeding patterns may change with future increases in temperature, and the adaptive benefits of mast seeding. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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- Jalene M. LaMontagne
- Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA
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Ascoli D, Hacket-Pain A, Pearse IS, Vacchiano G, Corti S, Davini P. Modes of climate variability bridge proximate and evolutionary mechanisms of masting. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20200380. [PMID: 34657463 PMCID: PMC8520781 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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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. In this perspective, we explore the breadth of knowledge on how climate modes control reproduction in major masting species throughout Earth's biomes. We posit that intrinsic properties of climate modes (periodicity, persistence and trends) drive interannual and decadal variability of plant reproduction, as well as the spatial extent of its synchrony, aligning multiple proximate causes of masting through space and time. Moreover, climate modes force lagged but in-phase ecological processes that interact synergistically with multiple stages of plant reproductive cycles. This sets up adaptive benefits by increasing offspring fitness through either economies of scale or environmental prediction. Community-wide links between climate modes and masting across plant taxa suggest an evolutionary role of climate variability. We argue that climate modes may 'bridge' proximate and ultimate causes of masting selecting for variable and synchronous reproduction. The future of such interaction is uncertain: processes that improve reproductive fitness may remain coupled with climate modes even under changing climates, but chances are that abrupt global warming will affect Earth's climate modes so rapidly as to alter ecological and evolutionary links. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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- Davide Ascoli
- Department DISAFA, University of Torino (IT), Torino TO, Italy
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- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool (UK), UK
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- Fort Collins Science Center, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISAC), Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISAC), Torino, Italy
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Zwolak R, Clement D, Sih A, Schreiber SJ. Mast seeding promotes evolution of scatter-hoarding. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20200375. [PMID: 34657470 PMCID: PMC8520775 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Many plant species worldwide are dispersed by scatter-hoarding granivores: animals that hide seeds in numerous, small caches for future consumption. Yet, the evolution of scatter-hoarding is difficult to explain because undefended caches are at high risk of pilferage. Previous models have attempted to solve this problem by giving cache owners large advantages in cache recovery, by kin selection, or by introducing reciprocal pilferage of 'shared' seed resources. However, the role of environmental variability has been so far overlooked in this context. One important form of such variability is masting, which is displayed by many plant species dispersed by scatterhoarders. We use a mathematical model to investigate the influence of masting on the evolution of scatter-hoarding. The model accounts for periodically varying annual seed fall, caching and pilfering behaviour, and the demography of scatterhoarders. The parameter values are based mostly on research on European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis). Starvation of scatterhoarders between mast years decreases the population density that enters masting events, which leads to reduced seed pilferage. Satiation of scatterhoarders during mast events lowers the reproductive cost of caching (i.e. the cost of caching for the future rather than using seeds for current reproduction). These reductions promote the evolution of scatter-hoarding behaviour especially when interannual variation in seed fall and the period between masting events are large. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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- Rafał Zwolak
- Department of Systematic Zoology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center of Population Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center of Population Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center of Population Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Hacket-Pain A, Bogdziewicz M. Climate change and plant reproduction: trends and drivers of mast seeding change. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2021; 376:20200379. [PMID: 34657461 PMCID: PMC8520772 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Climate change is reshaping global vegetation through its impacts on plant mortality, but recruitment creates the next generation of plants and will determine the structure and composition of future communities. Recruitment depends on mean seed production, but also on the interannual variability and among-plant synchrony in seed production, the phenomenon known as mast seeding. Thus, predicting the long-term response of global vegetation dynamics to climate change requires understanding the response of masting to changing climate. Recently, data and methods have become available allowing the first assessments of long-term changes in masting. Reviewing the literature, we evaluate evidence for a fingerprint of climate change on mast seeding and discuss the drivers and impacts of these changes. We divide our discussion into the main characteristics of mast seeding: interannual variation, synchrony, temporal autocorrelation and mast frequency. Data indicate that masting patterns are changing but the direction of that change varies, likely reflecting the diversity of proximate factors underlying masting across taxa. Experiments to understand the proximate mechanisms underlying masting, in combination with the analysis of long-term datasets, will enable us to understand this observed variability in the response of masting. This will allow us to predict future shifts in masting patterns, and consequently ecosystem impacts of climate change via its impacts on masting. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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- Andrew Hacket-Pain
- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK
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- Department of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Ulica Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, Poznań, 61‐614 Poland
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes, 2 rue de la Papeterie, BP 76, Saint‐Martin‐d'Hères, 38400 France
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