Yearly yield fluctuations are normal in fruit trees. Yield alternation might be induced by
environmental stresses, but in many fruit tree species yield alternation is an inherent …

Synchronised and quasi‐periodic production of seeds by plant populations, known as
masting, is implicated in many ecological processes, but how it arises remains poorly …

Cyclical fluctuations in reproductive output are widespread among perennial plants, from
multi-year masting cycles in forest trees to alternate bearing in horticultural crops. In natural …

The remarkable technical contributions of Michael E. Fisher to statistical physics and the
development of the renormalization group are widely known and deeply influential. But less …

Spatial synchrony is the tendency of spatially separated populations to display similar
temporal fluctuations. Synchrony affects regional ecosystem functioning, but it remains …

Synchronized and variable reproduction by perennial plants, called mast seeding, is a major
reproductive strategy of trees. The need to accumulate sufficient resources after depletion …

A land pattern change represents a globally significant trend with implications for the
environment, climate and societal well-being. While various methods have been developed …

The intermittent dynamics of driven interfaces through disordered media and its subsequent
depinning for large enough driving force is a common feature for a myriad of diverse …

In the systems showing critical behavior, various response functions have a singularity at the
critical point. Therefore, as the driving field is tuned toward its critical value, the response …

Population-level scaling in ecological systems arises from individual growth and death with
competitive constraints. We build on a minimal dynamical model of metabolic growth where …