Trait‐based approaches have improved our understanding of plant evolution, community
assembly and ecosystem functioning. A major challenge for the upcoming decades is to …

The dispersal of seeds away from parent plants seems to be the underlying selective force in
the evolution of fleshy fruits attractive to animals. Secondary metabolites, which are not …

Predator satiation is the most commonly tested hypothesis that explains the evolutionary
advantages of masting. It proposes that masting benefits plant reproduction by reducing the …

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 …

The 'functional traits' of species have been heralded as promising predictors for species'
demographic rates and life history. Multiple studies have linked plant species' demographic …

Phenology is the study of periodic biological occurrences and can provide important insights
into the influence of climatic variability and change on ecosystems. Understanding …

In a unique phenomenon restricted to the ever wet forests of Southeast Asia, hundreds of
species from dozens of plant families reproduce synchronously at irregular, multi‐year …

The predator satiation and predator dispersal hypotheses provide alternative explanations
for masting. Both assume satiation of seed-eating vertebrates. They differ in whether …

Genetically identical individuals can be phenotypically variable, even in constant
environmental conditions. The ubiquity of this phenomenon, known as 'intra-genotypic …

Fruiting, flowering, and leaf set patterns influence many aspects of tropical forest
communities, but there are few long‐term studies examining potential drivers of these …