Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects
- James S. Clark,
- Robert Andrus,
- Melaine Aubry-Kientz,
- Yves Bergeron,
- Michal Bogdziewicz,
- Don C. Bragg,
- Dale Brockway,
- Natalie L. Cleavitt,
- Susan Cohen,
- Benoit Courbaud,
- Robert Daley,
- Adrian J. Das,
- Michael Dietze,
- Timothy J. Fahey,
- Istem Fer,
- Jerry F. Franklin,
- Catherine A. Gehring,
- Gregory S. Gilbert,
- Cathryn H. Greenberg,
- Qinfeng Guo,
- Janneke HilleRisLambers,
- Ines Ibanez,
- Jill Johnstone,
- Christopher L. Kilner,
- Johannes Knops,
- Walter D. Koenig,
- Georges Kunstler,
- Jalene M. LaMontagne,
- Kristin L. Legg,
- Jordan Luongo,
- James A. Lutz,
- Diana Macias,
- Eliot J. B. McIntire,
- Yassine Messaoud,
- Christopher M. Moore,
- Emily Moran,
- Jonathan A. Myers,
- Orrin B. Myers,
- Chase Nunez,
- Robert Parmenter,
- Sam Pearse,
- Scott Pearson,
- Renata Poulton-Kamakura,
- Ethan Ready,
- Miranda D. Redmond,
- Chantal D. Reid,
- Kyle C. Rodman,
- C. Lane Scher,
- William H. Schlesinger,
- Amanda M. Schwantes,
- Erin Shanahan,
- Shubhi Sharma,
- Michael A. Steele,
- Nathan L. Stephenson,
- Samantha Sutton,
- Jennifer J. Swenson,
- Margaret Swift,
- Thomas T. Veblen,
- Amy V. Whipple,
- Thomas G. Whitham,
- Andreas P. Wion,
- Kai Zhu,
- Roman Zlotin
Affiliations
- James S. Clark
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Robert Andrus
- Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- Melaine Aubry-Kientz
- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
- Yves Bergeron
- Forest Research Institute, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue
- Michal Bogdziewicz
- Department of Systematic Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
- Don C. Bragg
- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
- Dale Brockway
- USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
- Natalie L. Cleavitt
- Natural Resources, Cornell University
- Susan Cohen
- Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Benoit Courbaud
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes
- Robert Daley
- Greater Yellowstone Network, National Park Service
- Adrian J. Das
- USGS Western Ecological Research Center
- Michael Dietze
- Earth and Environment, Boston University
- Timothy J. Fahey
- USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station
- Istem Fer
- Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Jerry F. Franklin
- Forest Resources, University of Washington
- Catherine A. Gehring
- Department of Biological Science, Northern Arizona University
- Gregory S. Gilbert
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Cathryn H. Greenberg
- USDA Forest Service, Bent Creek Experimental Forest
- Qinfeng Guo
- USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center
- Janneke HilleRisLambers
- Department of Biology, University of Washington
- Ines Ibanez
- School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
- Jill Johnstone
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan
- Christopher L. Kilner
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Johannes Knops
- Health and Environmental Sciences Department, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Walter D. Koenig
- Hastings Reservation, University of California Berkeley
- Georges Kunstler
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes
- Jalene M. LaMontagne
- Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul University
- Kristin L. Legg
- Greater Yellowstone Network, National Park Service
- Jordan Luongo
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- James A. Lutz
- Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University Ecology Center
- Diana Macias
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
- Eliot J. B. McIntire
- Pacific Forestry Centre
- Yassine Messaoud
- Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Christopher M. Moore
- Department of Biology, Colby College
- Emily Moran
- Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
- Jonathan A. Myers
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
- Orrin B. Myers
- University of New Mexico
- Chase Nunez
- Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
- Robert Parmenter
- Valles Caldera National Preserve, National Park Service
- Sam Pearse
- Fort Collins Science Center
- Scott Pearson
- Department of Natural Sciences, Mars Hill University
- Renata Poulton-Kamakura
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Ethan Ready
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Miranda D. Redmond
- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University
- Chantal D. Reid
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Kyle C. Rodman
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes
- C. Lane Scher
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- William H. Schlesinger
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Amanda M. Schwantes
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
- Erin Shanahan
- Greater Yellowstone Network, National Park Service
- Shubhi Sharma
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Michael A. Steele
- Department of Biology, Wilkes University
- Nathan L. Stephenson
- USGS Western Ecological Research Center
- Samantha Sutton
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Jennifer J. Swenson
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Margaret Swift
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
- Thomas T. Veblen
- INRAE, LESSEM, University Grenoble Alpes
- Amy V. Whipple
- Department of Biological Science, Northern Arizona University
- Thomas G. Whitham
- Department of Biological Science, Northern Arizona University
- Andreas P. Wion
- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University
- Kai Zhu
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Roman Zlotin
- Geography Department and Russian and East European Institute
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20836-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Disentangling the various pathways by which climate change may drive community shifts in real-world ecosystems is challenging. Here the authors apply a trend attribution approach to a large dataset from the MASTIF database to assess the contribution of direct and indirect effects of climate on tree fecundity in North America, finding that the latter dominate trends by affecting tree growth and size and thereby fecundity.
