The heartbeat of the forest: how beechnut production affects the forest community Imagine your favourite food is available in enormous quantities in one year, but nowhere to be found the next. For many of us this sounds like a highly unlikely scenario, at least for humans, but it i...

Imagine you find plenty of your favourite food one year, and barely any the next? Animals that depend on #masting plants experience this. 50 years of #research shows that masting patterns change due to #ClimateChange. Cherine Jantzen studies this subject for her #PhD: nioo.knaw.nl/en/blogs/the...

Redirecting

Interesting review on a fascinating topic #masting I just came across it: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Could trees know when the summer solstice is?
#Environment #Plants #SummerSolstice #Trees #NatureScience #PlantBiology #ClimateAndPlants #Masting #ForestEcology #TreeReproduction #Photosynthesis #Phenology #BeechTrees #PlantIntelligence #EcologyFacts
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1/8 🌱Albane Girardin est en stage au Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (LBBE). Encadrée par Samuel Venner et Thomas Koffel, elle modélise l'évolution du masting du chêne dans un contexte de changement climatique. 🌳 #climatechange #modelling #masting

Nice demonstration of the joint effects of pollen production, flowering synchronization, and flower production on masting in sessile oak (Quercus petraea).

Punchline: all three matter, at least in this study.

#masting #oaks #acorns #forests

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Masting, or mast seeding, is a strategy where oak trees (and other types of trees that produce nuts or seeds) produce a large number of acorns in some years and very few in others. #science #sciencefacts #acorns #masting #mastseeding

Masting, or mast seeding, is a strategy where oak trees (and other types of trees that produce nuts or seeds) produce a large number of acorns in some years and very few in others.

#science #sciencefacts #acorns #masting #mastseeding