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Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients.

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Journé, V; Andrus, R; Aravena, M-C; Ascoli, D; Berretti, R; Berveiller, D; Bogdziewicz, M; Boivin, T; Bonal, R; Caignard, T; Calama, R; Guo, Q ...
Published in: Ecology letters
June 2022

Lack of tree fecundity data across climatic gradients precludes the analysis of how seed supply contributes to global variation in forest regeneration and biotic interactions responsible for biodiversity. A global synthesis of raw seedproduction data shows a 250-fold increase in seed abundance from cold-dry to warm-wet climates, driven primarily by a 100-fold increase in seed production for a given tree size. The modest (threefold) increase in forest productivity across the same climate gradient cannot explain the magnitudes of these trends. The increase in seeds per tree can arise from adaptive evolution driven by intense species interactions or from the direct effects of a warm, moist climate on tree fecundity. Either way, the massive differences in seed supply ramify through food webs potentially explaining a disproportionate role for species interactions in the wet tropics.

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Ecology letters

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EISSN

1461-0248

ISSN

1461-023X

Publication Date

June 2022

Volume

25

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1471 / 1482

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Seeds
  • Forests
  • Fertility
  • Ecology
  • Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 4102 Ecological applications
  • 3103 Ecology
 

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Journé, V., Andrus, R., Aravena, M.-C., Ascoli, D., Berretti, R., Berveiller, D., … Clark, J. S. (2022). Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters, 25(6), 1471–1482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14012
Journé, Valentin, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena, Davide Ascoli, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Michal Bogdziewicz, et al. “Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients.Ecology Letters 25, no. 6 (June 2022): 1471–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14012.
Journé V, Andrus R, Aravena M-C, Ascoli D, Berretti R, Berveiller D, et al. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology letters. 2022 Jun;25(6):1471–82.
Journé, Valentin, et al. “Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients.Ecology Letters, vol. 25, no. 6, June 2022, pp. 1471–82. Epmc, doi:10.1111/ele.14012.
Journé V, Andrus R, Aravena M-C, Ascoli D, Berretti R, Berveiller D, Bogdziewicz M, Boivin T, Bonal R, Caignard T, Calama R, Camarero JJ, Chang-Yang C-H, Courbaud B, Courbet F, Curt T, Das AJ, Daskalakou E, Davi H, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Dietze M, Donoso Calderon S, Dormont L, Maria Espelta J, Fahey TJ, Farfan-Rios W, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Gratzer G, Greenberg CH, Guo Q, Hacket-Pain A, Hampe A, Han Q, Lambers JHR, Hoshizaki K, Ibanez I, Johnstone JF, Kabeya D, Kays R, Kitzberger T, Knops JMH, Kobe RK, Kunstler G, Lageard JGA, LaMontagne JM, Leininger T, Limousin J-M, Lutz JA, Macias D, McIntire EJB, Moore CM, Moran E, Motta R, Myers JA, Nagel TA, Noguchi K, Ourcival J-M, Parmenter R, Pearse IS, Perez-Ramos IM, Piechnik L, Poulsen J, Poulton-Kamakura R, Qiu T, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Sanguinetti JD, Scher CL, Marle HSV, Seget B, Sharma S, Silman M, Steele MA, Stephenson NL, Straub JN, Swenson JJ, Swift M, Thomas PA, Uriarte M, Vacchiano G, Veblen TT, Whipple AV, Whitham TG, Wright B, Wright SJ, Zhu K, Zimmerman JK, Zlotin R, Zywiec M, Clark JS. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology letters. 2022 Jun;25(6):1471–1482.
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Published In

Ecology letters

DOI

EISSN

1461-0248

ISSN

1461-023X

Publication Date

June 2022

Volume

25

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1471 / 1482

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Seeds
  • Forests
  • Fertility
  • Ecology
  • Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 4102 Ecological applications
  • 3103 Ecology