MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents



Hacket-Pain, A ORCID: 0000-0003-3676-1568, Foest, JJ ORCID: 0000-0002-8236-4646, Pearse, IS ORCID: 0000-0001-7098-0495, LaMontagne, JM ORCID: 0000-0001-7713-8591, Koenig, WD ORCID: 0000-0001-6207-1427, Vacchiano, G ORCID: 0000-0001-8100-0659, Bogdziewicz, M ORCID: 0000-0002-6777-9034, Caignard, T ORCID: 0000-0001-5009-4613, Celebias, P ORCID: 0000-0001-9916-2904, van Dormolen, J
et al (show 81 more authors) (2022) MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents Global Change Biology, 28 (9). pp. 3066-3082. ISSN 1354-1013, 1365-2486

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Abstract

Significant gaps remain in understanding the response of plant reproduction to environmental change. This is partly because measuring reproduction in long-lived plants requires direct observation over many years and such datasets have rarely been made publicly available. Here we introduce MASTREE+, a data set that collates reproductive time-series data from across the globe and makes these data freely available to the community. MASTREE+ includes 73,828 georeferenced observations of annual reproduction (e.g. seed and fruit counts) in perennial plant populations worldwide. These observations consist of 5971 population-level time-series from 974 species in 66 countries. The mean and median time-series length is 12.4 and 10 years respectively, and the data set includes 1122 series that extend over at least two decades (≥20 years of observations). For a subset of well-studied species, MASTREE+ includes extensive replication of time-series across geographical and climatic gradients. Here we describe the open-access data set, available as a.csv file, and we introduce an associated web-based app for data exploration. MASTREE+ will provide the basis for improved understanding of the response of long-lived plant reproduction to environmental change. Additionally, MASTREE+ will enable investigation of the ecology and evolution of reproductive strategies in perennial plants, and the role of plant reproduction as a driver of ecosystem dynamics.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: demography, flowering, general flowering, masting, plant reproduction, recruitment, regeneration
Divisions: Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Environmental Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2022 09:21
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2026 23:56
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16130
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3148096
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