#masting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #masting, aggregated by home.social.
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New publication: #Masting Breakdown in European #Beech Reduces Fitness Benefits of Masting, Partly Explained by #ClimateChange. #mastseeding #pollen
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73809 -
Could trees know when the summer solstice is?
#Environment #Plants #SummerSolstice #Trees #NatureScience #PlantBiology #ClimateAndPlants #Masting #ForestEcology #TreeReproduction #Photosynthesis #Phenology #BeechTrees #PlantIntelligence #EcologyFacts
https://the-14.com/could-trees-know-when-the-summer-solstice-is/ -
Life's a beech - how millions of trees reproduce on the same day https://www.quantamagazine.org/across-a-continent-trees-sync-their-fruiting-to-the-sun-20240618/ #solstice #beech #masting
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"[A] reproductive spectacle known as masting [is] common to many tree species, but European beeches are unique in their ability to synchronize this behavior on a continental scale. From England to Sweden to Italy — across multiple seas, time zones and climates — somehow these trees “know” when to reproduce. But how?"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/across-a-continent-trees-sync-their-fruiting-to-the-sun-20240618/
#Trees #Europe #Biology #Masting #Beech #Nature #Reproduction