Kelly, D., Hart, D.E. & Allen, R.B. 2001. Evaluating the wind-pollination benefits of mast seeding. Ecology 82: 117-126.
A model for when plants gain pollination benefits from mast seeding shows that the greatest benefits go to species with low pollination success at the long term mean flowering effort. Tests of this model in Chionochloa, Nothofagus, Dacrydium and Betula alleghaniensis show a range of benefits from trivial in Chionochloa to very strong in N. solandri. This suggests that the pronounced masting seen in Nothofagus is attributable to pollination efficiencies. The model also explains the stronger masting seen at higher elevation sites, and predicts that habitat fragmentation could disrupt mast seeding benefits to pollination.
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Hi, my name is Jaime Gray. I live in the U.S. and I am taking Botany, we are doing a final project for the course. We had to choose a particular envoirnment to study so I chose the Westland Temperate rainforest of New Zealand. We have to research the types of plants that live in this particular forest. I was wondering if you knew any of types of plants/ vegetation that live in this forest? And maybe if you knew the conditions of this envoirnment during the year in the Westland Temperate Forest. If you know of any of these answers please let me know at jmemarie811@aol.com. If not thank you for your time.
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