Courses / ActivitiesSynchronous reproduction and its evolution
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Masting fruiting is a fascinating plant reproductive phenomenon that occurs in forests worldwide. In some years, plants flower and fruit synchronously and as a consequence, a great number of seeds are produced. This phenomenon is called masting and has significant importance to forests. Many hypotheses were proposed to explain the rise of this phenomenon. However, empirical tests to these hypotheses are limited and only a few modeling attempts were made. In this talk, I will give some ideas about masting and its features. I will also present and explain various hypotheses associated with masting and empirical tests to some of the hypotheses. I will then talk about a mathematical model built specifically to explore the influence of the pollination facilitation hypothesis to synchronous reproduction behavior in plants. Finally, as a conclusion, I will talk about the future directions associated with masting phenomenon.
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Yu-Yun Chen
2008-06-06
14:00:00 - 15:00:00
308 , Mathematics Research Center Building (ori. New Math. Bldg.)
Masting fruiting is a fascinating plant reproductive phenomenon that occurs in forests worldwide. In some years, plants flower and fruit synchronously and as a consequence, a great number of seeds are produced. This phenomenon is called masting and has significant importance to forests. Many hypotheses were proposed to explain the rise of this phenomenon. However, empirical tests to these hypotheses are limited and only a few modeling attempts were made. In this talk, I will give some ideas about masting and its features. I will also present and explain various hypotheses associated with masting and empirical tests to some of the hypotheses. I will then talk about a mathematical model built specifically to explore the influence of the pollination facilitation hypothesis to synchronous reproduction behavior in plants. Finally, as a conclusion, I will talk about the future directions associated with masting phenomenon.