supported by the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)grant 32371609,the Excellent Youth Foundation of Henan Province grant 212300410050,and HASTIT grant 22HASTIT033;M.Z.by the Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)grant 32201309;Y.Y.by the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)grant U2004150;X.Y.by the National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)grant 32070447.
Reproduction by perennial plants varies from being relatively constant over years to the production of massive and synchronous seed crops at irregular intervals,a reproductive strategy called mast seeding.The sources ...
supported by the“Sonatina”grant no.2020/36/C/NZ8/00013;M.Z.by the“Preludium”grant no.2016/21/N/NZ8/01059;R.Z.by the“Harmonia”grant no.2018/30/M/NZ8/0052。
Mast seeding causes strongfluctuations in populations of forest animals.Thus,this phenomenon can be used as a natural experiment to examine how variation in host abundance affects parasite loads.We investigatedfleas inf...
supported by the National Natural Science Founda-tion of China(grant no.3177247,U1701246);the key project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant nos.KJZD-EW-TZ-L01,XDB11050300).
Masting is an evolutionary strategy used by plants to promote seed survival and/or seed dispersal under animal predation,but its effects on seedling establishment in field condition are rarely tested by long-term expe...
Wood mouse(Apodemus sylvaticus)populations are expected to show a peak in autumn in the year after a mast year of sessile oak(Quercus petraea),because stored acorns increase winter survival.In Aust-Agder,South Norway,...
This study and the preparation of the paper were supported by the UMR 7179 CNRS-MNHN and by the Zoological Society of London.
During a mast-fruiting event we investigated spatial variability in fruit availability,consumption,and seed removal at two sympatric tree species,Manilkara bidentata and M.huberi(Sapotaceae)at Nouragues Natural Reserv...