Shade, in ecological sense, is not merely a lack of light, but a multi-faceted phenomenon
that creates new and complex settings for community and ecosystem dynamics. Tolerating …

ABSTRACT A mechanistic understanding of seed movement and survival is important both
for the development of theoretical models of plant population dynamics, spatial spread, and …

Mast seeding, the synchronous, highly variable seed production among years, is very
common in tree species, but there is no consensus about its main causes and the main …

The S Iberian Peninsula and NW Africa constitute one of the main hotspots for plant
biodiversity within the Mediterranean Basin. At the core of this hotspot, across the Strait of …

Masting, the intermittent and synchronized production of seeds, is a common and important
phenomenon throughout the plant kingdom. Surprisingly, the proximate mechanisms by …

Relatively little is known about the effects of anthropogenic environmental changes on
reproductive ecology of trees. Yet, recruitment is a primary determinant of the long‐term …

Tree species can differ in their responses to resource availability during the critical phase of
establishment, which could influence forest dynamics. In Mediterranean forests, most of the …

Scatterhoarding rodents often place caches in the open where pilferage rates are reduced,
suggesting that they tradeoff higher risks of predation for more secure cache sites. We tested …

Question: What is the relative importance of seed mass and abiotic factors in species‐
specific seedling growth and morphology during the first and the second growing season …

Questions: What is the current distribution of pine and oak species along environmental
gradients in southern Spain? Do pine and oak regeneration niches differ from the …