Marie-Claire Aravena

Jun 29, 2023 | nature.com | Tong Qiu |Marie-Claire Aravena |Yves Bergeron |Michal Bogdziewicz |Thomas Boivin |Thomas Caignard | +44 more

AbstractThe 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.