Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery

Tong Qiu; Robert Andrus; Marie-Claire Aravena; Davide Ascoli; Yves Bergeron; Roberta Berretti; Daniel Berveiller; Michal Bogdziewicz; Thomas Boivin; Raul Bonal; Don Bragg; Thomas Caignard; Rafael Calama; J. Julio Camarero; Chia-Hao Chang-Yang; Natalie Cleavitt; Benoit Courbaud; Francois Courbet; Thomas Curt; Adrian Das; Evangelia Daskalakou; Hendrik Davi; Nicolas Delpierre; Sylvain Delzon; Michael Dietze; Sergio Donoso Calderon; Laurent Dormont; Josep Espelta; Timothy Fahey; William Farfan-Rios; Catherine Gehring; Gregory Gilbert; Georg Gratzer; Cathryn Greenberg; Qinfeng Guo; Andrew Hacket-Pain; Arndt Hampe; Qingmin Han; Janneke Hille Ris Lambers; Kazuhiko Hoshizaki; Ines Ibanez; Jill Johnstone; Valentin Journé; Daisuke Kabeya; Christopher Kilner; Thomas Kitzberger; Johannes Knops; Richard Kobe; Georges Kunstler; Jonathan Lageard; Jalene Lamontagne; Mateusz Ledwon; Francois Lefèvre; Diana Macias; Eliot Mcintire; Christopher Moore; Emily Moran; Renzo Motta; Jonathan Myers; Thomas Nagel; Kyotaro Noguchi; Jean-Marc Ourcival; Robert Parmenter; Ian Pearse; Ignacio Perez-Ramos; Lukasz Piechnik; John Poulsen; Renata Poulton-Kamakura; Miranda Redmond; Chantal Reid; Kyle Rodman; Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez; Javier Sanguinetti; C. Lane Scher; William Schlesinger; Harald Schmidt van Marle; Barbara Seget; Shubhi Sharma; Miles Silman; Michael Steele; Nathan Stephenson; Jacob Straub; I-Fang Sun; Samantha Sutton; Jennifer Swenson; Margaret Swift; Peter Thomas; Maria Uriarte; Giorgio Vacchiano; Thomas Veblen; Amy Whipple; Thomas Whitham; Andreas Wion; Boyd Wright; S. Joseph Wright; Kai Zhu; Jess Zimmerman; Roman Zlotin; Magdalena Zywiec; James Clark

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Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery

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Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery

Tong Qiu, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, …

Nature Communications, Vol.13(1)

02/05/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9

PMCID: PMC9061860

PMID: 35501313

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The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 species worldwide allowed us to examine hypotheses that are central to quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness in forest trees. Four major findings emerged. First, seed production is not constrained by a strict trade-off between seed size and numbers. Instead, seed numbers vary over ten orders of magnitude, with species that invest in large seeds producing more seeds than expected from the 1:1 trade-off. Second, gymnosperms have lower seed production than angiosperms, potentially due to their extra investments in protective woody cones. Third, nutrient-demanding species, indicated by high foliar phosphorus concentrations, have low seed production. Finally, sensitivity of individual species to soil fertility varies widely, limiting the response of community seed production to fertility gradients. In combination, these findings can inform models of forest response that need to incorporate reproductive potential.

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Title: Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Creators - without role: Tong Qiu - Duke University
Robert Andrus - University of Colorado Boulder
Marie-Claire Aravena - University of Chile
Davide Ascoli - University of Turin
Yves Bergeron - Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Roberta Berretti - University of Turin
Daniel Berveiller - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
Michal Bogdziewicz - Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Thomas Boivin - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Raul Bonal - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Don Bragg - Southern Research Station
Thomas Caignard - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Rafael Calama - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
J. Julio Camarero - Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Chia-Hao Chang-Yang - National Sun Yat-sen University
Natalie Cleavitt - Cornell University
Benoit Courbaud - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Francois Courbet - Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Thomas Curt - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Adrian Das - Western Ecological Research Center
Evangelia Daskalakou - National Technical University of Athens
Hendrik Davi - Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Nicolas Delpierre - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
Sylvain Delzon - UMR BIOdiversity, GEnes & Communities
Michael Dietze - Boston University
Sergio Donoso Calderon - University of Chile
Laurent Dormont - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Josep Espelta - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
Timothy Fahey - Cornell University
William Farfan-Rios - Missouri Botanical Garden
Catherine Gehring - Northern Arizona University
Gregory Gilbert - University of California, Santa Cruz
Georg Gratzer - Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Cathryn Greenberg - US Forest Service
Qinfeng Guo - Southern Research Station
Andrew Hacket-Pain - University of Liverpool
Arndt Hampe - UMR BIOdiversity, GEnes & Communities
Qingmin Han - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Janneke Hille Ris Lambers - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich]
Kazuhiko Hoshizaki - Akita Prefectural University
Ines Ibanez - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jill Johnstone - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Valentin Journé - Laboratoire EcoSystèmes et Sociétés En Montagne
Daisuke Kabeya - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Christopher Kilner - Duke University
Thomas Kitzberger - National University of Comahue
Johannes Knops - Xi'an Jiaotong University
Richard Kobe - Michigan State University
Georges Kunstler - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Jonathan Lageard - University of Manchester
Jalene Lamontagne - DePaul University
Mateusz Ledwon - Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Francois Lefèvre - Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Diana Macias - University of New Mexico
Eliot Mcintire - Pacific Forestry Centre
Christopher Moore - Colby College
Emily Moran - University of California, Merced
Renzo Motta - University of Turin
Jonathan Myers - Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas Nagel - University of Ljubljana
Kyotaro Noguchi - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Jean-Marc Ourcival
Robert Parmenter - National Park Service
Ian Pearse - Fort Collins Science Center
Ignacio Perez-Ramos - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla
Lukasz Piechnik
John Poulsen - Duke University
Renata Poulton-Kamakura - Duke University
Miranda Redmond - Colorado State University
Chantal Reid - Duke University
Kyle Rodman - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez - Universidad de Sevilla
Javier Sanguinetti
C. Lane Scher - Duke University
William Schlesinger - Duke University
Harald Schmidt van Marle
Barbara Seget - Polish Academy of Sciences
Shubhi Sharma - Duke University
Miles Silman - Wake Forest University
Michael Steele - Wilkes University
Nathan Stephenson - Western Ecological Research Center
Jacob Straub - SUNY Brockport
I-Fang Sun
Samantha Sutton - Duke University
Jennifer Swenson - Duke University
Margaret Swift - Duke University
Peter Thomas - Keele University
Maria Uriarte - Columbia University
Giorgio Vacchiano - University of Milan
Thomas Veblen - University of Colorado Boulder
Amy Whipple - Northern Arizona University
Thomas Whitham - Northern Arizona University
Andreas Wion - Colorado State University
Boyd Wright - University of New England
S. Joseph Wright
Kai Zhu - University of California, Santa Cruz
Jess Zimmerman - University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Roman Zlotin
Magdalena Zywiec - Polish Academy of Sciences
James Clark - Laboratoire EcoSystèmes et Sociétés En Montagne
Publication Details: Nature Communications, Vol.13(1)
Grant note: The project has been funded continuously since 1992 by NationalScience Foundation grants to J.S.C, most recently DEB-1754443, and by the BelmontForum (1854976), NASA (AIST16-0052, AIST18-0063), and the Programme d’Inves-tissement d’Avenir under project FORBIC (18-MPGA-0004)(Make Our Planet GreatAgain). Puerto Rico data were funded by NSF grants to M.U., most recently, DEB 0963447and LTREB 11222325. Data from the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Groupwere funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and NSF LTREB 1754647 toM.S. Additional funding to M.Z. came from the W.Szafer Institute of Botany of the PolishAcademy of Sciences and the Polish National Science Foundation (2019/33/B/NZ8/0134).M.B. was supported by the Polish National Science Centre grant no. 2019/35/D/NZ8/00050, and Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Bekker programme PPN/BEK/2020/1/00009/U/00001. J.M.L. was supported by NSF grant DEB 1745496. Jerry Franklin’sdata remain accessible through NSF LTER DEB-1440409. USDA Forest Service and USGSresearch was funded by those agencies
Identifiers: 9936495609311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03665728