ArticleNature communications2022
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery.
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Tong QiuNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4499-437X
Robert AndrusDepartment of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Marie-Claire AravenaUniversidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FCFCN), La Pintana, 8820808, Santiago, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4493-4396
Davide AscoliDepartment of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy.
Yves BergeronForest Research Institute, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5E4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3707-3687
Roberta BerrettiDepartment of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy.
Daniel BerveillerUniversite Paris-Saclay, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systematique et Evolution, 91405, Orsay, France.
Michal BogdziewiczDepartment of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6777-9034
Thomas BoivinInstitut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Ecologie des Forets Mediterranennes, 84000, Avignon, France.
Raul BonalDepartment of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Don C BraggUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Monticello, AR, 71656, USA.
Thomas CaignardUniversite Bordeaux, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Biodiversity, Genes, and Communities (BIOGECO), 33615, Pessac, France.
Rafael CalamaCentro de Investigacion Forestal - Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CIFOR), 28040, Madrid, Spain.
J Julio CamareroInstituto Pirenaico de Ecologla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (IPE-CSIC), 50059, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2436-2922
Chia-Hao Chang-YangDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3635-4946
Natalie L CleavittNatural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Benoit CourbaudUniversite Grenoble Alpes, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire EcoSystemes et Societes En Montagne (LESSEM), 38402, St. Martin-d'Heres, France.
Francois CourbetInstitut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Ecologie des Forets Mediterranennes, 84000, Avignon, France.
Thomas CurtAix Marseille universite, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), 13182, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Adrian J DasUSGS Western Ecological Research Center, Three Rivers, CA, 93271, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3937-2616
Evangelia DaskalakouInstitute of Mediterranean and Forest Ecosystems, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5190-1023
Hendrik DaviInstitut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Ecologie des Forets Mediterranennes, 84000, Avignon, France.
Nicolas DelpierreUniversite Paris-Saclay, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systematique et Evolution, 91405, Orsay, France.
Sylvain DelzonUniversite Bordeaux, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Biodiversity, Genes, and Communities (BIOGECO), 33615, Pessac, France.
Michael DietzeEarth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2324-2518
Sergio Donoso CalderonUniversidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FCFCN), La Pintana, 8820808, Santiago, Chile.
Laurent DormontCentre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 34293, Montpellier, France.
Josep EspeltaCentre de Recerca Ecologica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF), Bellaterra, Catalunya, 08193, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0242-4988
Timothy J FaheyNatural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
William Farfan-RiosWashington University in Saint Louis, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3196-0317
Catherine A GehringDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Gregory S GilbertDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5195-9903
Georg GratzerInstitute of Forest Ecology, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190, Wien, Austria.
Cathryn H GreenbergBent Creek Experimental Forest, USDA Forest Service, Asheville, NC, 28801, USA.
Qinfeng GuoEastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4375-4916
Andrew Hacket-PainDepartment of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3676-1568
Arndt HampeUniversite Bordeaux, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Biodiversity, Genes, and Communities (BIOGECO), 33615, Pessac, France.
Qingmin HanDepartment of Plant Ecology Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6063-6068
Janneke Hille Ris LambersDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland.
Kazuhiko HoshizakiDepartment of Biological Environment, Akita Prefectural University, Akita, 010-0195, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7654-9129
Ines IbanezSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1054-0727
Jill F JohnstoneInstitute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 99700, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6131-9339
Valentin JournéUniversite Grenoble Alpes, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire EcoSystemes et Societes En Montagne (LESSEM), 38402, St. Martin-d'Heres, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7324-7002
Daisuke KabeyaDepartment of Plant Ecology Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan.
Christopher L KilnerNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8808-8868
Thomas KitzbergerDepartment of Ecology, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas - Universidad Nacional del Comahue), Quintral 1250, 8400, Bariloche, Argentina.
Johannes M H KnopsHealth and Environmental Sciences Department, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
Richard K KobeDepartment of Plant Biology, Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0943-9613
Georges KunstlerUniversite Grenoble Alpes, Institut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire EcoSystemes et Societes En Montagne (LESSEM), 38402, St. Martin-d'Heres, France.
Jonathan G A LageardDepartment of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8971-0444
Jalene M LaMontagneDepartment of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7713-8591
Mateusz LedwonInstitute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31-016, Krakow, Poland.
Francois LefevreInstitut National de Recherche pour Agriculture, Alimentation et Environnement (INRAE), Ecologie des Forets Mediterranennes, 84000, Avignon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2242-7251
Theodor LeiningerUSDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, PO Box 227, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA.
Jean-Marc LimousinCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, 1919 route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
James A LutzDepartment of Wildland Resources, and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2560-0710
Diana MaciasDepartment of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
Eliot J B McIntirePacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5, Canada.
Christopher M MooreDepartment of Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME, 04901, USA.
Emily MoranSchool of Natural Sciences, UC Merced, Merced, CA, 95343, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4624-1910
Renzo MottaDepartment of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095, Grugliasco, TO, Italy.
Jonathan A MyersDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2058-8468
Thomas A NagelDepartment of forestry and renewable forest resources, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Kyotaro NoguchiTohoku Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0123, Japan.
Jean-Marc OurcivalCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, 1919 route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Robert ParmenterValles Caldera National Preserve, National Park Service, Jemez Springs, NM, 87025, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2099-6824
Ian S PearseFort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Avenue Bldg C, Fort Collins, CO, 80526, USA.
Ignacio M Perez-RamosInst. de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (IRNAS-CSIC), Seville, Andalucia, Spain.
Lukasz PiechnikW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512, Krakow, Poland.
John PoulsenNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Renata Poulton-KamakuraNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Miranda D RedmondDepartment of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, COlorado State University, Fort COllins, CO, USA.
Chantal D ReidNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Kyle C RodmanDepartment of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9538-8412
Francisco Rodriguez-SanchezDepartment of Biologia Vegetal y Ecologia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Sevilla, Spain.
Javier D SanguinettiBilogo Dpto. Conservacin y Manejo Parque Nacional Lanin Elordi y Perito Moreno, 8370, San Marten de los Andes Neuqun, Argentina.
C Lane ScherNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
William H SchlesingerNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Harald Schmidt Van MarleUniversidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FCFCN), La Pintana, 8820808, Santiago, Chile.
Barbara SegetW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512, Krakow, Poland.
Shubhi SharmaNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Miles SilmanDepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Rd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27106, USA.
Michael A SteeleDepartment of Biology, Wilkes University, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18766, USA.
Nathan L StephensonUSGS Western Ecological Research Center, Three Rivers, CA, 93271, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0208-7229
Jacob N StraubDepartment of Environmental Science and Ecology, State University of New York-Brockport, Brockport, NY, 14420, USA.
I-Fang SunCenter for Interdisciplinary Research on Ecology and Sustainability, College of Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9749-8324
Samantha SuttonNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Jennifer J SwensonNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Margaret SwiftNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Peter A ThomasSchool of Life Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3115-3301
Maria UriarteDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 1113 Schermerhorn Ext., 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY, 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0484-0758
Giorgio VacchianoDepartment of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Production, Territory, Agroenergy (DISAA), University of Milan, 20133, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8100-0659
Thomas T VeblenDepartment of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3037-640X
Amy V WhippleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Thomas G WhithamDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Andreas P WionDepartment of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
Boyd WrightBotany, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2350, Australia.
S Joseph WrightSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843n03092, Balboa, Republic of Panama.ORCID 0000-0003-4260-5676
Kai ZhuDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1587-3317
Jess K ZimmermanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR, 00936, USA.
Roman ZlotinGeography Department and Russian and East European Institute, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
Magdalena ZywiecW. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512, Krakow, Poland.
James S ClarkNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA. jimclark@duke.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5677-9733
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Abstract
The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 species worldwide allowed us to examine hypotheses that are central to quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness in forest trees. Four major findings emerged. First, seed production is not constrained by a strict trade-off between seed size and numbers. Instead, seed numbers vary over ten orders of magnitude, with species that invest in large seeds producing more seeds than expected from the 1:1 trade-off. Second, gymnosperms have lower seed production than angiosperms, potentially due to their extra investments in protective woody cones. Third, nutrient-demanding species, indicated by high foliar phosphorus concentrations, have low seed production. Finally, sensitivity of individual species to soil fertility varies widely, limiting the response of community seed production to fertility gradients. In combination, these findings can inform models of forest response that need to incorporate reproductive potential.
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