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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 7, Pages 985-990Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0096
Keywords
masting; Delta T model; Acer saccharum; Fagus grandifolia; temperature cue
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- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1633026] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Mast seeding is the synchronous production of large seed crops in plant populations and for many tree species is known to be determined by the interaction between weather cues and internal plant resources. We use a 24-year record of seedfall for sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) across a northern hardwood forest landscape to quantify their masting patterns and explore the relationship between mast years, resources, and weather cues, particularly the difference between summer temperatures in the two years prior to the seedfall year (Delta T). We found clear evidence of masting in these species, and mast years were often coincident in the two species; masting was best predicted by Delta T or Delta T plus previous-year seedfall. We saw no evidence for correspondence of masting in these trees to precipitation cues. A soil calcium addition modified elevation effects on seed production. Clarification of the controls on mast seeding for these important tree species will aid in predicting such resources as mast for wildlife and maple sugar production in northern hardwood forests.
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