ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2021
Understanding mast seeding for conservation and land management.
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- Mast seeding is stronger in taller plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
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- Evolution of masting in plants is linked to investment in low tissue mortality.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Does mast seeding shape mating time in wild boar? A comparative study.Biology letters · 2022Article
- MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Natural disturbances and masting: from mechanisms to fitness consequences.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- Mast seeding promotes evolution of scatter-hoarding.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
- The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in long-lived plants.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
- The effects of ENSO and the North American monsoon on mast seeding in two Rocky Mountain conifer species.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Masting, the intermittent and synchronous production of large seed crops, can have profound consequences for plant populations and the food webs that are built on their seeds. For centuries, people have recorded mast crops because of their importance in managing wildlife populations. In the past 30 years, we have begun to recognize the importance of masting in conserving and managing many other aspects of the environment: promoting the regeneration of forests following fire or other disturbance, conserving rare plants, conscientiously developing the use of edible seeds as non-timber forest products, coping with the consequences of extinctions on seed dispersal, reducing the impacts of plant invasions with biological control, suppressing zoonotic diseases and preventing depredation of endemic fauna. We summarize current instances and future possibilities of a broad set of applications of masting. By exploring in detail several case studies, we develop new perspectives on how solutions to pressing conservation and land management problems may benefit by better understanding the dynamics of seed production. A lesson common to these examples is that masting can be used to time management, and often, to do this effectively, we need models that explicitly forecast masting and the dynamics of seed-eating animals into the near-term future. This article is part of the theme issue 'The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants'.
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