Weather cues associated with masting behavior dampen the negative autocorrelation between past and current reproduction in oaks.
Xoaquín MoreiraLuis Abdala-RobertsIgnacio M Pérez-RamosJohannes M H KnopsMario B PesendorferWalter D KoenigKailen A MooneyPublished in: American journal of botany (2019)
This dampening effect presumably reflects a reduction in resource limitation or increased resource use associated with weather conditions, and suggests that responses to weather cues conferring these advantages should be selected for based on individual benefits.
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