Is the relationship between mast‐seeding and weather in oaks related to their life‐history or phylogeny?

Although the functional basis of variable and synchronous seed production (masting behavior) has been extensively investigated, only recently has attention been focused on the proximate mechanisms driving this phenomenon. We analyzed the relationship between weather and acorn production in 15 species of oaks (genus Quercus ) from three geographic regions on two continents, with the goals of determining the extent to which similar sets of weather...