Proximate factors causing mast seeding in Fagus crenata: the effects of resource level and weather cues
Proximate factors causing mast seeding in Fagus crenata: the effects of resource level and weather cues
复制标题
导致水青冈肥大播种的直接因素:资源水平和天气因素的影响
作者:
H. Kon;T. Noda;K. Terazawa;H. Koyama;M. Yasaka
To examine the proximate factors causing mast seeding in Fagus crenata Blume in Hokkaido, northern Japan, we analyzed a 13-year time series of seed production in relation to both previous reproduction and weather conditions. In an autocorrelation analysis we observed a significant negative correlation in 1-year time lags for the log-transformed total seed crop. This indicates that internal resource dynamics are important for mast seeding. A strong negative correlation was observed between the total seed crop and minimum temperature from late April to mid-May in the year preceding flowering. The critical minimum temperature from late April to mid-May for total seed crop at all five sites was about 1.0 °C higher than the 22-year (1979–2000) mean of the minimum temperatures, above which very few seeds were produced. These results show that a weather cue triggers the cessation of reproduction in F. crenata. Regression models that included reproduction in the previous year and minimum temperature explained 57....
DOI:
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发表时间:
2004
期刊:
Population Ecology 46
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作者:
Satake;A.;Bjornstad;O.N.;Satake A.
通讯作者:
Satake A.