Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients

Tong Qiu; Marie-Claire Aravena; Davide Ascoli; Yves Bergeron; Michal Bogdziewicz; Thomas Boivin; Raul Bonal; Thomas Caignard; Maxime Cailleret; Rafael Calama; Sergio Donoso Calderon; J. Julio Camarero; Chia-Hao Chang-Yang; Jérôme Chave; Francesco Chianucci; Benoit Courbaud; Andrea Cutini; Adrian Das; Nicolas Delpierre; Sylvain Delzon; Michael Dietze; Laurent Dormont; Josep Maria Espelta; Timothy Fahey; William Farfan-Rios; Jerry Franklin; Catherine Gehring; Gregory Gilbert; Georg Gratzer; Cathryn Greenberg; Arthur Guignabert; Qinfeng Guo; Andrew Hacket-Pain; Arndt Hampe; Qingmin Han; Jan Holik; Kazuhiko Hoshizaki; Ines Ibanez; Jill Johnstone; Valentin Journé; Thomas Kitzberger; Johannes Knops; Georges Kunstler; Hiroko Kurokawa; Jonathan Lageard; Jalene Lamontagne; Francois Lefevre; Theodor Leininger; Jean-Marc Limousin; James Lutz; Diana Macias; Anders Marell; Eliot Mcintire; Christopher Moore; Emily Moran; Renzo Motta; Jonathan Myers; Thomas Nagel; Shoji Naoe; Mahoko Noguchi; Michio Oguro; Robert Parmenter; Ian Pearse; Ignacio Perez-Ramos; Lukasz Piechnik; Tomasz Podgorski; John Poulsen; Miranda Redmond; Chantal Reid; Kyle Rodman; Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez; Pavel Samonil; Javier Sanguinetti; C. Lane Scher; Barbara Seget; Shubhi Sharma; Mitsue Shibata; Miles Silman; Michael Steele; Nathan Stephenson; Jacob Straub; Samantha Sutton; Jennifer Swenson; Margaret Swift; Peter Thomas; Maria Uriarte; Giorgio Vacchiano; Amy Whipple; Thomas Whitham; Andreas Wion; S. Joseph Wright; Kai Zhu; Jess Zimmerman; Magdalena Zywiec; James Clark

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Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients

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Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients

Tong Qiu, Marie-Claire Aravena, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Maxime Cailleret, Rafael Calama, …

Nature Plants, Vol.9(7), pp.1044-1056

07/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01446-5

PMID: 37386149

Abstract

The benefits of masting (volatile, quasi-synchronous seed production at lagged intervals) include satiation of seed predators, but these benefits come with a cost to mutualist pollen and seed dispersers. If the evolution of masting represents a balance between these benefits and costs, we expect mast avoidance in species that are heavily reliant on mutualist dispersers. These effects play out in the context of variable climate and site fertility among species that vary widely in nutrient demand. Meta-analyses of published data have focused on variation at the population scale, thus omitting periodicity within trees and synchronicity between trees. From raw data on 12 million tree-years worldwide, we quantified three components of masting that have not previously been analysed together: (i) volatility, defined as the frequency-weighted year-to-year variation; (ii) periodicity, representing the lag between high-seed years; and (iii) synchronicity, indicating the tree-to-tree correlation. Results show that mast avoidance (low volatility and low synchronicity) by species dependent on mutualist dispersers explains more variation than any other effect. Nutrient-demanding species have low volatility, and species that are most common on nutrient-rich and warm/wet sites exhibit short periods. The prevalence of masting in cold/dry sites coincides with climatic conditions where dependence on vertebrate dispersers is less common than in the wet tropics. Mutualist dispersers neutralize the benefits of masting for predator satiation, further balancing the effects of climate, site fertility and nutrient demands.

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Title: Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
Creators - without role: Tong Qiu - Pennsylvania State University
Marie-Claire Aravena - University of Chile
Davide Ascoli - University of Turin
Yves Bergeron - Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Michal Bogdziewicz
Thomas Boivin - Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Raul Bonal - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Thomas Caignard - UMR BIOdiversity, GEnes & Communities
Maxime Cailleret - Aix-Marseille Université
Rafael Calama - Instituto de Ciencias Forestales
Sergio Donoso Calderon - University of Chile
J. Julio Camarero - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Chia-Hao Chang-Yang - National Sun Yat-sen University
Jérôme Chave - Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Francesco Chianucci - Forestry Research Centre
Benoit Courbaud - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Andrea Cutini - Forestry Research Centre
Adrian Das - Western Ecological Research Center
Nicolas Delpierre - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
Sylvain Delzon - UMR BIOdiversity, GEnes & Communities
Michael Dietze - Boston University
Laurent Dormont - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Josep Maria Espelta - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
Timothy Fahey - Cornell University
William Farfan-Rios - Missouri Botanical Garden
Jerry Franklin - University of Washington
Catherine Gehring
Gregory Gilbert - University of California, Santa Cruz
Georg Gratzer - BOKU University
Cathryn Greenberg - US Forest Service
Arthur Guignabert - Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble
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
Jan Holik - Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening
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
Thomas Kitzberger - National University of Comahue
Johannes Knops - University of Liverpool
Georges Kunstler - Laboratoire EcoSystèmes et Sociétés En Montagne
Hiroko Kurokawa - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Jonathan Lageard - Manchester Metropolitan University
Jalene Lamontagne - DePaul University
Francois Lefevre - Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Theodor Leininger - Southern Research Station
Jean-Marc Limousin - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
James Lutz - Utah State University
Diana Macias - University of New Mexico
Anders Marell - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Eliot Mcintire
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
Shoji Naoe - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Mahoko Noguchi - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Michio Oguro - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Robert Parmenter - National Park Service
Ian Pearse - Fort Collins Science Center
Ignacio Perez-Ramos - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla
Lukasz Piechnik
Tomasz Podgorski - Mammal Research Institute
John Poulsen - Duke University
Miranda Redmond - Colorado State University
Chantal Reid - Duke University
Kyle Rodman - Northern Arizona University
Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez - Universidad de Sevilla
Pavel Samonil - Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening
Javier Sanguinetti
C. Lane Scher - Duke University
Barbara Seget - Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany
Shubhi Sharma - Duke University
Mitsue Shibata - Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Miles Silman - Wake Forest University
Michael Steele - Wilkes University
Nathan Stephenson - Western Ecological Research Center
Jacob Straub - SUNY Brockport
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
Amy Whipple - Northern Arizona University
Thomas Whitham - Northern Arizona University
Andreas Wion - Colorado State University
S. Joseph Wright
Kai Zhu - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jess Zimmerman - University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Magdalena Zywiec - Polish Academy of Sciences
James Clark - Duke University
Publication Details: Nature Plants, Vol.9(7), pp.1044-1056
Identifiers: 9940486209311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-04174525