At the core of plant regeneration, temperature and water supply are critical drivers for seed
dormancy (initiation, break) and germination. Hence, global climate change is altering these …

Global climate change is frequently considered a major conservation threat. The Earth's
climate has already warmed by 0.5° C over the past century, and recent studies show that it …

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

A definitive guide to the depth and breadth of the ecological sciences, revised and updated
The revised and updated fifth edition of Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems–now in full …

What determines the number and size of the seeds produced by a plant? How often should it
reproduce them? How often should a plant produce them? Why and how are seeds …

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

While average temperature is likely to increase in most locations on Earth, many places will
simultaneously experience higher variability in temperature, precipitation, and other climate …

This book provides an introductory text in ecology aimed at undergraduate students and is
divided into sections entitled: introduction; conditions and resources; individuals …

Many plants benefit from synchronous year-to-year variation in seed production, called
masting. Masting benefits plants because it increases the efficiency of pollination and …

Mast‐seeding plants often produce high seed crops the year after a warm spring or summer,
but the warm‐temperature model has inconsistent predictive ability. Here, we show for 26 …