moot-masting with ur bros?
September 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
moot-masting with ur bros?
Even Messi's masting his shit
July 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Even Messi's masting his shit
Half-masting flags for a guy who was essentially a glorified podcaster just because he turned in the same deranged circles that the VPOTUS does does seem like a logical midpoint of the gradual degeneration of American society.
September 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Half-masting flags for a guy who was essentially a glorified podcaster just because he turned in the same deranged circles that the VPOTUS does does seem like a logical midpoint of the gradual degeneration of American society.
He's good with his hands :)
April 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
He's good with his hands :)
It’s a big masting year for Pedunculate Oak in southern & eastern England.
September 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It’s a big masting year for Pedunculate Oak in southern & eastern England.
Half masting the national ensign for Dolly is a shockingly correct move from the Admin.
August 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Half masting the national ensign for Dolly is a shockingly correct move from the Admin.
Based on all the handwringing and half-masting I didn't realize the country lost a load-bearing fascist yesterday, seems like there's plenty left. Too many, even
September 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Based on all the handwringing and half-masting I didn't realize the country lost a load-bearing fascist yesterday, seems like there's plenty left. Too many, even
It’s so funny that people are like “oh my god you’re all HORRIBLE people for not half masting and mourning this racist” and then the tiktok videos of a Mormon influencer self promoting over the crowd running away in fear and stealing blood soaked Charlie Kirk merch from a crime scene come out
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s so funny that people are like “oh my god you’re all HORRIBLE people for not half masting and mourning this racist” and then the tiktok videos of a Mormon influencer self promoting over the crowd running away in fear and stealing blood soaked Charlie Kirk merch from a crime scene come out
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Another Bialowieza throwback to spring. Very bad yr for Wood Warblers: low numbers, high predation. By contrast, Britain had 'good' yr. Seems linked to tree masting (eg. acorns). Theory suggests 2026 should be good in Bialowieza (no masting this autumn), but poor in Britain (as 2025 is a mast year).
Absolute carnage in the Białowieża Wood Warbler study this year. Nest failure rate currently running at over 83%!!!! Almost all due to predation: mostly foxes, jays and martens. Some also trampled, possibly Red Deer. Only a handful of nests have fledged any chicks. @martamaziarz.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another Bialowieza throwback to spring. Very bad yr for Wood Warblers: low numbers, high predation. By contrast, Britain had 'good' yr. Seems linked to tree masting (eg. acorns). Theory suggests 2026 should be good in Bialowieza (no masting this autumn), but poor in Britain (as 2025 is a mast year).
Another difficult spring for wood warblers in Białowieża Forest🇵🇱 Few birds settled after autumn oak masting, and ca. 80% of them failed to raise young due to nest predation. Frequent tree masting seems to be driving the species decline esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
July 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Another difficult spring for wood warblers in Białowieża Forest🇵🇱 Few birds settled after autumn oak masting, and ca. 80% of them failed to raise young due to nest predation. Frequent tree masting seems to be driving the species decline esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology
✅📄Now Free Access: Masting ontogeny: the largest masting benefits accrue to the largest trees
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Masting ontogeny: the largest masting benefits accrue to the largest trees
AbstractBackground and Aims. Both plants and animals display considerable variation in their phenotypic traits as they grow. This variation helps organisms
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May 31, 2026 at 11:09 AM
✅📄Now Free Access: Masting ontogeny: the largest masting benefits accrue to the largest trees
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‘Masting’ is the synchronized production of large numbers of seeds by a tree population in a year, followed by years of lower numbers
It allows trees to overwhelm seed predators to ensure that some seeds will survive
It is believed weather patterns play a role 1/2
It allows trees to overwhelm seed predators to ensure that some seeds will survive
It is believed weather patterns play a role 1/2
August 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
‘Masting’ is the synchronized production of large numbers of seeds by a tree population in a year, followed by years of lower numbers
It allows trees to overwhelm seed predators to ensure that some seeds will survive
It is believed weather patterns play a role 1/2
It allows trees to overwhelm seed predators to ensure that some seeds will survive
It is believed weather patterns play a role 1/2
Heute vor 91 Jahren stürzte sich die Magdeburger Jüdin Sophie Masting in wohl düsterer Vorahnung auf das, was da kommen mag, vom Nordturm des Magdeburger Domes.
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Heute vor 91 Jahren stürzte sich die Magdeburger Jüdin Sophie Masting in wohl düsterer Vorahnung auf das, was da kommen mag, vom Nordturm des Magdeburger Domes.
At their current sites, #kakapo only breed in response to rimu 'masting' (mass-fruiting), which only happens every 2-4 years. The ripe fruit is a 'super food', rich in calcium (and perhaps vitamin D) necessary to raise chicks with large, heavy bones. #conservation #parrots
June 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
At their current sites, #kakapo only breed in response to rimu 'masting' (mass-fruiting), which only happens every 2-4 years. The ripe fruit is a 'super food', rich in calcium (and perhaps vitamin D) necessary to raise chicks with large, heavy bones. #conservation #parrots
Attaching additional mast, that the flag may fly even higher. Dual Masting.
January 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Attaching additional mast, that the flag may fly even higher. Dual Masting.
Nice demonstration of the joint effects of pollen production, flowering synchronization, and flower production on masting in sessile oak (Quercus petraea).
Punchline: all three matter, at least in this study.
#masting #oaks #acorns #forests
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Punchline: all three matter, at least in this study.
#masting #oaks #acorns #forests
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
December 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Nice demonstration of the joint effects of pollen production, flowering synchronization, and flower production on masting in sessile oak (Quercus petraea).
Punchline: all three matter, at least in this study.
#masting #oaks #acorns #forests
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Punchline: all three matter, at least in this study.
#masting #oaks #acorns #forests
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Oak masting under climate change: when spatially heterogeneous shifts in flowering phenology reshape pollen limitation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) Oak masting under climate change: when spatially heterogeneous shifts in flowering phenology reshape pollen limitation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Oak masting under climate change: when spatially heterogeneous shifts in flowering phenology reshape pollen limitation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) Oak masting under climate change: when spatially heterogeneous shifts in flowering phenology reshape pollen limitation
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
PhD position: aboveground-belowground linkages in beech masting dynamics
🌰🌱🦠🪱🍄
This is an amazing PhD advertised at @niooknaw.bsky.social in the Netherlands. Interdisciplinary project looking at how belowground processes both shape and respond to masting.
vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...
🌰🌱🦠🪱🍄
This is an amazing PhD advertised at @niooknaw.bsky.social in the Netherlands. Interdisciplinary project looking at how belowground processes both shape and respond to masting.
vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...
PhD position: aboveground-belowground linkages in beech masting dynamics - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD position: aboveground-belowground linkages in beech masting dynamics - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
vacatures.knaw.nl
May 29, 2026 at 8:00 AM
PhD position: aboveground-belowground linkages in beech masting dynamics
🌰🌱🦠🪱🍄
This is an amazing PhD advertised at @niooknaw.bsky.social in the Netherlands. Interdisciplinary project looking at how belowground processes both shape and respond to masting.
vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...
🌰🌱🦠🪱🍄
This is an amazing PhD advertised at @niooknaw.bsky.social in the Netherlands. Interdisciplinary project looking at how belowground processes both shape and respond to masting.
vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Wagening...
Oaks and other trees synchronously produce a high number of seeds, a phenomenon known as masting. A study of isolated oaks in California’s Central Valley finds that trees lacking conspecific neighbors within 500 m don’t participate in masting. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/Ylhb50Z7g8x
June 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Oaks and other trees synchronously produce a high number of seeds, a phenomenon known as masting. A study of isolated oaks in California’s Central Valley finds that trees lacking conspecific neighbors within 500 m don’t participate in masting. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/Ylhb50Z7g8x
Modeling European Beech masting events shows (1) conditions that trigger masting are becoming more frequent, (2) this is reducing viable seed production, and (3) "... disruptions to masting are projected to become the norm, with the greatest reductions... at colder margins." 🌿
No Refuge at the Edge for European Beech as Climate Warming Disproportionately Reduces Masting at Colder Margins
Tree reproduction is often omitted from habitat projections, but underpins forest resilience. We show that European beech (Fagus sylvatica) masting, which determines viable seed production, has…
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December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Modeling European Beech masting events shows (1) conditions that trigger masting are becoming more frequent, (2) this is reducing viable seed production, and (3) "... disruptions to masting are projected to become the norm, with the greatest reductions... at colder margins." 🌿
1/3: New paper: how do masting plants optimise the delay in reproduction? Having gaps (years) between reproductive events starves seed predators, increasing fitness. But they are also missed opportunities for reproduction. How do plants fine-tune the length of the time gaps to maximise fitness?
March 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1/3: New paper: how do masting plants optimise the delay in reproduction? Having gaps (years) between reproductive events starves seed predators, increasing fitness. But they are also missed opportunities for reproduction. How do plants fine-tune the length of the time gaps to maximise fitness?