ArticleEcology and evolution2026
Masting Breakdown in European Beech Reduces Fitness Benefits of Masting, Partly Explained by Climate Change.
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Seasonal timing determines how warming affects mast-driven food webs.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- Long-term annual seed production data of individual European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees in the Netherlands.Scientific data · 2026Article
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Abstract
Masting, highly synchronised but temporally variable seed production, is initiated by weather cues and is thus highly sensitive to climate change. Changes in these cues can lead to a masting breakdown, reducing the fitness benefits of masting through decreasing pollination efficiency and increasing predation risk for seeds. Here, we use 50 years of individual tree data on annual seed production of European beech (
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