Publications
2024
Reconstruction of <i>Araucaria araucana</i> cone production reveals warming intensifies regionally synchronized masting
Hacket‐Pain, A., Roig, F. A., Ascoli, D., LeQuesne, C., & Hadad, M. (2024). Reconstruction of <i>Araucaria araucana</i> cone production reveals warming intensifies regionally synchronized masting. Ecosphere, 15(12). doi:10.1002/ecs2.70087
Masting ontogeny: the largest masting benefits accrue to the largest trees.
Szymkowiak, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Kelly, D., Foest, J., Kondrat, K., Thomas, P. A., . . . Bogdziewicz, M. (2024). Masting ontogeny: the largest masting benefits accrue to the largest trees.. Annals of botany, mcae197. doi:10.1093/aob/mcae197
No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation.
Klesse, S., Peters, R. L., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Badeau, V., Baittinger, C., Battipaglia, G., . . . Buras, A. (2024). No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation.. Global change biology, 30(10), e17546. doi:10.1111/gcb.17546
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change.
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Ascoli, D., Caignard, T., Chianucci, F., Crone, E. E., . . . Hacket-Pain, A. J. (2024). Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change.. Trends in ecology & evolution, 39(9), 851-862. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.006
The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates
Journé, V., Bogdziewicz, M., Courbaud, B., Kunstler, G., Qiu, T., Acuña, M. -C. A., . . . Clark, J. S. (2024). The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates.. Ecology letters, 27(9), e14500. doi:10.1111/ele.14500
Tail-dependence of masting synchrony results in continent-wide seed scarcity.
Szymkowiak, J., Foest, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Journé, V., Ascoli, D., & Bogdziewicz, M. (2024). Tail-dependence of masting synchrony results in continent-wide seed scarcity.. Ecology letters, 27(7), e14474. doi:10.1111/ele.14474
Identifying drivers of non-stationary climate-growth relationships of European beech.
Leifsson, C., Buras, A., Klesse, S., Baittinger, C., Bat-Enerel, B., Battipaglia, G., . . . Zang, C. S. (2024). Identifying drivers of non-stationary climate-growth relationships of European beech.. The Science of the total environment, 937, 173321. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173321
Widespread breakdown in masting in European beech due to rising summer temperatures.
Foest, J. J., Bogdziewicz, M., Pesendorfer, M. B., Ascoli, D., Cutini, A., Nussbaumer, A., . . . Hacket-Pain, A. (2024). Widespread breakdown in masting in European beech due to rising summer temperatures.. Global change biology, 30(5), e17307. doi:10.1111/gcb.17307
Summer solstice orchestrates the subcontinental-scale synchrony of mast seeding
Journé, V., Szymkowiak, J., Foest, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Kelly, D., & Bogdziewicz, M. (n.d.). Summer solstice orchestrates the subcontinental-scale synchrony of mast seeding. Nature Plants. doi:10.1038/s41477-024-01651-w
2023
Evolution of masting in plants is linked to investment in low tissue mortality
Journé, V., Hacket-Pain, A., & Bogdziewicz, M. (n.d.). Evolution of masting in plants is linked to investment in low tissue mortality. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43616-1
The CV is dead, long live the CV!
Lobry, J. R., Bel-Venner, M. -C., Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket-Pain, A., & Venner, S. (2023). The CV is dead, long live the CV!. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.14197
Acorn production, climate, and tree-ring growth of five oak species in southern Appalachian forests
Patterson, T., Greenberg, C., & Hacket Pain, A. (2023). Acorn production, climate, and tree-ring growth of five oak species in southern Appalachian forests. Forest Ecology and Management.
Forecasting seed production in perennial plants: identifying challenges and charting a path forward
Journé, V., Hacket‐Pain, A., Oberklammer, I., Pesendorfer, M. B., & Bogdziewicz, M. (n.d.). Forecasting seed production in perennial plants: identifying challenges and charting a path forward. New Phytologist. doi:10.1111/nph.18957
Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients
Qiu, T., Aravena, M. -C., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Bogdziewicz, M., Boivin, T., . . . Clark, J. S. (n.d.). Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. Nature Plants. doi:10.1038/s41477-023-01446-5
How to measure mast seeding?
Bogdziewicz, M., Calama, R., Courbaud, B., Espelta, J. M., Hacket‐Pain, A., Journé, V., . . . Clark, J. S. (2023). How to measure mast seeding?. New Phytologist. doi:10.1111/nph.18984
Reproductive collapse in European beech results from declining pollination efficiency in large trees
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Tanentzap, A. J., Thomas, P., Foest, J., Lageard, J., & Hacket‐Pain, A. (2023). Reproductive collapse in European beech results from declining pollination efficiency in large trees. Global Change Biology. doi:10.1111/gcb.16730
Mechanisms driving interspecific variation in regional synchrony of trees reproduction.
Bogdziewicz, M., Journé, V., Hacket-Pain, A., & Szymkowiak, J. (2023). Mechanisms driving interspecific variation in regional synchrony of trees reproduction.. Ecology letters. doi:10.1111/ele.14187
Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees
Bogdziewicz, M., Acuña, M. A., Andrus, R., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Brveiller, D., . . . Clark, J. S. (2023). Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography. doi:10.1111/geb.13652
2022
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Qiu, T., Andrus, R., Aravena, M. -C., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Berretti, R., . . . Clark, J. S. (2022). Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 13(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9
MASTREE plus : Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents
Hacket-Pain, A., Foest, J. J., Pearse, I. S., LaMontagne, J. M., Koenig, W. D., Vacchiano, G., . . . Ascoli, D. (2022). MASTREE plus : Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 28(9), 3066-3082. doi:10.1111/gcb.16130
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Journe, V., Andrus, R., Aravena, M. -C., Ascoli, D., Berretti, R., Berveiller, D., . . . Clark, J. S. (2022). Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 25(6), 1471-1482. doi:10.1111/ele.14012
Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth
Dorado-Liñán, I., Ayarzagüena, B., Babst, F., Xu, G., Gil, L., Battipaglia, G., . . . Trouet, V. (2022). Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth.. Nature communications, 13(1), 2015. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8
Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests
del Castillo, E. M., Zang, C. S., Buras, A., Hacket-Pain, A., Esper, J., Serrano-Notivoli, R., . . . de Luis, M. (2022). Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 5(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03107-3
Meta-analysis Reveals Different Competition Effects on Tree Growth Resistance and Resilience to Drought
Castagneri, D., Vacchiano, G., Hacket-Pain, A., DeRose, R. J., Klein, T., & Bottero, A. (2022). Meta-analysis Reveals Different Competition Effects on Tree Growth Resistance and Resilience to Drought. ECOSYSTEMS, 25(1), 30-43. doi:10.1007/s10021-021-00638-4
2021
Climate change and plant reproduction: trends and drivers of mast seeding change
Hacket-Pain, A., & Bogdziewicz, M. (n.d.). Climate change and plant reproduction: trends and drivers of mast seeding change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0379
Macroevolutionary consequences of mast seeding
Dale, E. E., Foest, J. J., Hacket-Pain, A., Tanentzap, A. J., & Bogdziewicz, M. (2021). Macroevolutionary consequences of mast seeding. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 376(1839). doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0372
Modes of climate variability bridge proximate and evolutionary mechanisms of masting
Ascoli, D., Hacket-Pain, A., Pearse, I. S., Vacchiano, G., Corti, S., & Davini, P. (2021). Modes of climate variability bridge proximate and evolutionary mechanisms of masting. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 376(1839). doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0380
The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in long-lived plants
Pesendorfer, M. B., Ascoli, D., Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Pearse, I. S., & Vacchiano, G. (2021). The ecology and evolution of synchronized reproduction in long-lived plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1839). doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0369
Steps to diversify priority-setting research in conservation: Reflections on de Gracia 2021
Jucker, T., Amano, T., Bell, A., Garnett, E. E., Geffert, J. L., Guth, M. K., . . . Mukherjee, N. (2021). Steps to diversify priority-setting research in conservation: Reflections on de Gracia 2021. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 35(4), 1324-1326. doi:10.1111/cobi.13790
Masting
Hacket-Pain, A. (2021). Masting. Current Biology, 31(14), R884-R885. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.007
Environmental variation drives continental-scale synchrony of European beech reproduction
Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Ascoli, D., & Szymkowiak, J. (2021). Environmental variation drives continental-scale synchrony of European beech reproduction. ECOLOGY, 102(7). doi:10.1002/ecy.3384
Leaf phenology correlates with fruit production in European beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>) and in temperate oaks (<i>Quercus robur</i> and <i>Quercus petraea)</i>
Journe, V., Caignard, T., Hacket-Pain, A., & Bogdziewicz, M. (2021). Leaf phenology correlates with fruit production in European beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>) and in temperate oaks (<i>Quercus robur</i> and <i>Quercus petraea)</i>. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, 140(3), 733-744. doi:10.1007/s10342-021-01363-2
A new approach for modeling delayed fire-induced tree mortality
Maringer, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Ascoli, D., Garbarino, M., & Conedera, M. (2021). A new approach for modeling delayed fire-induced tree mortality. ECOSPHERE, 12(5). doi:10.1002/ecs2.3458
Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues
Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Kelly, D., Thomas, P. A., Lageard, J., & Tanentzap, A. J. (2021). Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 27(9), 1952-1961. doi:10.1111/gcb.15560
Growth of male and female <i>Araucaria araucana</i> trees respond differently to regional mast events, creating sex-specific patterns in their tree-ring chronologies
Hadad, M. A., Roig, F. A., Molina, J. G. A., & Hacket-Pain, A. (2021). Growth of male and female <i>Araucaria araucana</i> trees respond differently to regional mast events, creating sex-specific patterns in their tree-ring chronologies. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 122. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107245
2020
Climate Change Strengthens Selection for Mast Seeding in European Beech
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Tanentzap, A. J., Thomas, P. A., Lageard, J. G. A., & Hacket Pain, A. (2020). Climate Change Strengthens Selection for Mast Seeding in European Beech. Current Biology, 30(17), 3477-3483.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.056
Lowest drought sensitivity and decreasing growth synchrony towards the dry distribution margin of European beech
Muffler, L., Weigel, R., Hacket-Pain, A. J., Klisz, M., van der Maaten, E., Wilmking, M., . . . van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. (2020). Lowest drought sensitivity and decreasing growth synchrony towards the dry distribution margin of European beech. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 47(9), 1910-1921. doi:10.1111/jbi.13884
What drives phenological synchrony? Warm springs advance and desynchronize flowering in oaks
Bogdziewicz, M., Szymkowiak, J., Bonal, R., Hacket-Pain, A., Espelta, J. M., Pesendorfer, M., . . . Fernandez-Martinez, M. (2020). What drives phenological synchrony? Warm springs advance and desynchronize flowering in oaks. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 294. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108140
Reply to: Nutrient scarcity cannot cause mast seeding
Fernandez-Martinez, M., Sardans, J., Sayol, F., LaMontagne, J. M., Bogdziewicz, M., Collalti, A., . . . Janssens, I. A. (2020). Reply to: Nutrient scarcity cannot cause mast seeding. NATURE PLANTS, 6(7), 763-765. doi:10.1038/s41477-020-0703-6
Climate teleconnections synchronize Picea glauca masting and fire disturbance: Evidence for a fire‐related form of environmental prediction
Ascoli, D., Hacket Pain, A. J., LaMontagne, J. M., Cardil, A., Conedera, M., Maringer, J., . . . Vacchiano, G. (2020). Climate teleconnections synchronize Picea glauca masting and fire disturbance: Evidence for a fire‐related form of environmental prediction. Journal of Ecology, 108(3), 1186-1198. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13308
Climate warming disrupts mast seeding and its fitness benefits in European beech
Bogdziewicz, M., Kelly, D., Thomas, P. A., Lageard, J. G. A., & Hacket-Pain, A. (2020). Climate warming disrupts mast seeding and its fitness benefits in European beech. Nature Plants, 6, 88-94. doi:10.1038/s41477-020-0592-8
From theory to experiments for testing the proximate mechanisms of mast seeding: an agenda for an experimental ecology
Bogdziewicz, M., Ascoli, D., Hacket-Pain, A., Koenig, W. D., Pearse, I., Pesendorfer, M., . . . Tanentzap, A. (2020). From theory to experiments for testing the proximate mechanisms of mast seeding: an agenda for an experimental ecology. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 23(2), 210-220. doi:10.1111/ele.13442
Drivers of persistent post-fire recruitment in European beech forests
Maringer, J., Wohlgemuth, T., Hacket-Pain, A., Ascoli, D., Berretti, R., & Conedera, M. (2020). Drivers of persistent post-fire recruitment in European beech forests. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 699. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134006
2019
Nutrient scarcity as a selective pressure for mast seeding
Fernandez-Martinez, M., Pearse, I., Sardans, J., Sayol, F., Koenig, W., LaMontagne, J., . . . Janssens, J. (2019). Nutrient scarcity as a selective pressure for mast seeding. Nature Plants, 5(12), 1222-1228. doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0549-y
No systematic effects of sampling direction on climate-growth relationships in a large-scale, multi-species tree-ring data set
Gut, U., Arvai, M., Bijak, S., Julio Camarero, J., Cedro, A., Cruz-Garcia, R., . . . Buras, A. (2019). No systematic effects of sampling direction on climate-growth relationships in a large-scale, multi-species tree-ring data set. DENDROCHRONOLOGIA, 57. doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125624
Temperature and masting control Norway spruce growth, but with high individual tree variability
Hacket-Pain, A., Ascoli, D., Berretti, R., Mencuccini, M., Motta, R., Nola, P., . . . Vacchiano, G. (2019). Temperature and masting control Norway spruce growth, but with high individual tree variability. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 438, 142-150. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.014
2018
Climatically controlled reproduction drives interannual growth variability in a temperate tree species
Hacket Pain, A. J., Ascoli, D., Vacchiano, G., Biondi, F., Cavin, L., Conedera, M., . . . Zang, C. S. (2018). Climatically controlled reproduction drives interannual growth variability in a temperate tree species. Ecology Letters, 21(12), 1833-1844. doi:10.1111/ele.13158
Ten-year assessment of the 100 priority questions for global biodiversity conservation
Jucker, T., Wintle, B., Shackelford, G., Bocquillon, P., Geffert, J. L., Kasoar, T., . . . Mukherjee, N. (2018). Ten-year assessment of the 100 priority questions for global biodiversity conservation. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 32(6), 1457-1463. doi:10.1111/cobi.13159
Chapter 2: Climate-Forest-Water-People Relations: Seven System Delineations
van Noordwijk, M., Creed, I. F., Jones, J. A., Wei, X., Gush, M., Blanco, J. A., . . . Orland, C. (2018). Chapter 2: Climate-Forest-Water-People Relations: Seven System Delineations: Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. Vienna: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
Chapter 4: Forest Landscape Hydrology in a ‘New Normal’ Era of Climate and Land Use Change
Jones, J., van Noordwijk, M., Wei, X., van Noordwijk, M., Creed, I. F., Gush, M., . . . Zhang, M. (2018). Chapter 4: Forest Landscape Hydrology in a ‘New Normal’ Era of Climate and Land Use Change: Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. Vienna: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
Reproducing reproduction: How to simulate mast seeding in forest models
Vacchiano, G., Ascoli, D., Berzaghi, F., Esteban Lucas-Borja, M., Caignard, T., Collalti, A., . . . Hacket-Pain, A. (2018). Reproducing reproduction: How to simulate mast seeding in forest models. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 376, 40-53. doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.004
2017
Inter-annual and decadal changes in teleconnections drive continental-scale synchronization of tree reproduction
Ascoli, D., Vacchiano, G., Turco, M., Conedera, M., Drobyshev, I., Marringer, J., . . . Hacket Pain, A. J. (2017). Inter-annual and decadal changes in teleconnections drive continental-scale synchronization of tree reproduction. Nature Communications, 8. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02348-9
Spatial patterns and broad-scale weather cues of beech mast seeding in Europe
Vacchiano, G., Hacket-Pain, A., Turco, M., Motta, R., Maringer, J., Conedera, M., . . . Ascoli, D. (2017). Spatial patterns and broad-scale weather cues of beech mast seeding in Europe. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 215(2), 595-608. doi:10.1111/nph.14600
Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>)
Hacket-Pain, A. J., Lageard, J. G. A., & Thomas, P. A. (2017). Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i>). TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 37(6), 744-754. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpx025
Increased growth and reduced summer drought limitation at the southern limit of <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> L., despite regionally warmer and drier conditions
Hacket-Pain, A. J., & Friend, A. D. (2017). Increased growth and reduced summer drought limitation at the southern limit of <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> L., despite regionally warmer and drier conditions. DENDROCHRONOLOGIA, 44, 22-30. doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2017.02.005
Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent
Ascoli, D., Maringer, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Conedera, M., Drobyshev, I., Motta, R., . . . Vacchiano, G. (2017). Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent. ECOLOGY, 98(5), 1473-+. doi:10.1002/ecy.1785
Modeling Tree Growth Taking into Account Carbon Source and Sink Limitations
Hayat, A., Hacket-Pain, A. J., Pretzsch, H., Rademacher, T. T., & Friend, A. D. (2017). Modeling Tree Growth Taking into Account Carbon Source and Sink Limitations. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 8. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00182
2016
Consistent limitation of growth by high temperature and low precipitation from range core to southern edge of European beech indicates widespread vulnerability to changing climate
Hacket-Pain, A. J., Cavin, L., Friend, A. D., & Jump, A. S. (2016). Consistent limitation of growth by high temperature and low precipitation from range core to southern edge of European beech indicates widespread vulnerability to changing climate. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, 135(5), 897-909. doi:10.1007/s10342-016-0982-7
2015
The influence of masting phenomenon on growth-climate relationships in trees: explaining the influence of previous summers' climate on ring width
Hacket-Pain, A. J., Friend, A. D., Lageard, J. G. A., & Thomas, P. A. (2015). The influence of masting phenomenon on growth-climate relationships in trees: explaining the influence of previous summers' climate on ring width. TREE PHYSIOLOGY, 35(3), 319-330. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpv007