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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, 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 and Clark, JS (2022) Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters, 25 (6). pp. 1471-1482. ISSN 1461-0248

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: The final version of this article and all relevant information related to it, including copyrights, can be found on the publisher website.
Uncontrolled Keywords: climate; competition; forest regeneration; seed consumption; species interactions; tree fecundity
Subjects: S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Life Sciences
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 06 May 2022 07:37
Last Modified: 09 Jun 2022 14:28
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/10871

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