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JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 235, Issue 3, Pages 373-380Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.01.017
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scaling; power law; masting; reproductive variability
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We analyse the mean-variance scaling of reproductive output for a previously published forest model. The model relates individual reproductive effort and pollen limitation to the degree of synchrony in reproduction throughout a forest. We show that the exponent of Taylor's power law reflects the degree of synchrony of reproduction because it indicates the covariance of reproductive behavior. Further, we are able to relate the three components of masting, individual variability, population variability and synchrony in reproductive output, using Taylor's power law. Therefore Taylor's power law can be used as a synoptic index of masting. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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