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Harvard Forest Research Project 2023
- Title: MAPLES Mechanisms of mast-seeding
- Principal investigator: Joshua Rapp (rapp@fas.harvard.edu)
- Institution: Harvard Forest
- Primary contact: Joshua Rapp (rapp.joshua@gmail.com)
- Team members: Elizabeth Crone
Brian Hall
Joshua Rapp - Abstract:
We are studying relationships among environmental conditions, stored resources, and allocation to reproduction in sugar maple, Acer saccharum. Broadly, we are interested in the relative contributions of endogenous (within-individual and within-population) feedbacks vs. external environmental drivers in determining patterns of seed production, and the implications of these mechanisms for long-term population and community dynamics, and responses to environmental change.