Masting, a variable and synchronized variation in reproductive effort is a prevalent strategy among perennial plants, but the factors leading to interspecific differences in masting remain unclear.

The effects of a phenomenon called tree masting on ecosystems and food webs can be better understood thanks to new theoretical models validated by real-world observations. Some species of trees go ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cynthia Nazario-Leary More than a few inquiries to our Master Gardener Help Desk have asked why there appears to be so many acorns ...

The effects of a phenomenon called tree masting on ecosystems and food webs can be better understood thanks to new theoretical models validated by real world observations. The effects of a phenomenon ...

We introduce specific definitions for volatility and periodicity that emphasize the contributions of low-frequency (long-period) variation. The masting phenomenon is remarkable (and important) because ...

If you are walking under an oak tree this autumn on Long Island, one verb — duck — sums up best how to avoid becoming an unwitting player in an irregular fall phenomenon. Fall 2023 has marked the ...

It’s the classic harbinger of fall: the thump of black walnuts and the ping of acorns as they rain down from the tree canopy. This year my street has the usual track-marks of acorn paste on its ...

This large group of acorns on the ground is the result of masting. (Clay Wollney) The pattern of fruit production in which many plants of a single species produce large numbers of seeds or nuts in ...

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If you have oak trees in your neighborhood, perhaps you’ve noticed that some years the ground is carpeted with their acorns, and some years there are hardly any. Biologists call this pattern, in which ...

Acorns bounce like ping-pong balls on the sidewalk. Hickory nuts plop onto the lawn. Walnuts fall with a thud on the ground. These trees are pummeling anything and everything below their branches.