What drives masting? The phenological synchrony hypothesis

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-192

  Koenig, Walter D ^a,b   Knops, Johannes M H ^c   Carmen, William J ^d   Pearse, Ian S ^a  

^a Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hastings Natural History Reservation, coastal California, USA; Mast fruiting; Masting; Phenological synchrony; Phenology; Pollen limitation; Quercus lobata; Valley oak

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRUITING; MASTING; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED PRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS LOBATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROCLIMATE; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZATION; MICROCLIMATE; POLLINATION; QUERCUS; SEEDS;

EID: 84927587025     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0819.1     Document Type: Article

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