Background. It is thought that mast seeding is a rare reproductive strategy in the tropics, since tropical climates are less variable, and fruit consumers tend to be more generalist in these regions. However, previous tests of this hypothesis were based on only few tropical datasets, and none from tropical South America. Moreover, reproductive strategies have been quantified based on the coefficient of variation of interannual seed production, an index that potentially confounds masting and high interannual variability in seed production. Methodology/Principal Findings. We developed a new approach to model the monthly variability in seed production for 28 tree species, and 20 liana species monitored during 5 years in a tropical forest of Central French Guiana. We found that 23% of the species showed a masting pattern, 54% an annual fruiting pattern, and 23% an irregular fruiting pattern. The majority of masting species were trees ( 8 out of 11), most of them animal-dispersed. The classification into reproductive strategies based on the coefficient of variation was inconsistent with our results in nearly half of the cases. Conclusions/Significance. Our study is the first to clearly evidence the frequency of the masting strategy in a tropical forest community of Eastern South America. The commonness of the masting strategy in tropical plants may promote species coexistence through storage dynamics.
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CONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
UMI IFAECI CNRS, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Carril, A. F.
Menendez, C. G.
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CONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
UMI IFAECI CNRS, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Menendez, C. G.
Remedio, A. R. C.
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MPI M, Hamburg, GermanyCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Remedio, A. R. C.
Robledo, F.
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Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Robledo, F.
Soerensson, A.
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CONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
UMI IFAECI CNRS, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Soerensson, A.
Tencer, B.
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Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Tencer, B.
Boulanger, J. -P.
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UMR CNRS IRD UPMC, LOCEAN, Paris, FranceCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Boulanger, J. -P.
de Castro, M.
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UCLM, Toledo, SpainCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
de Castro, M.
Jacob, D.
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MPI M, Hamburg, GermanyCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Jacob, D.
Le Treut, H.
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Inst Pierre Simon Laplace, LMD, Paris, France
Sci Environm Ile France, Ecole Doctorale, Paris, FranceCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Le Treut, H.
Li, L. Z. X.
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Inst Pierre Simon Laplace, LMD, Paris, France
Sci Environm Ile France, Ecole Doctorale, Paris, FranceCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Li, L. Z. X.
Penalba, O.
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Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
UMI IFAECI CNRS, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Penalba, O.
Pfeifer, S.
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MPI M, Hamburg, GermanyCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Pfeifer, S.
Rusticucci, M.
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Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
UMI IFAECI CNRS, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Rusticucci, M.
Salio, P.
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CONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Univ Buenos Aires, FCEN, DCAO, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
UMI IFAECI CNRS, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Salio, P.
Samuelsson, P.
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SMHI, Norrkoping, SwedenCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Samuelsson, P.
Sanchez, E.
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UCLM, Toledo, SpainCONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
Sanchez, E.
Zaninelli, P.
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CONICET UBA, CIMA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
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Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, BrazilUniv Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil
Mota, Aline Costa
Jimenez Perez, Ivan
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Herbario Nacl Bolivia, La Paz 10077, BoliviaUniv Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil
Jimenez Perez, Ivan
De Oliveira, Reyjane Patricia
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Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, BrazilUniv Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil
De Oliveira, Reyjane Patricia
Clark, Lynn G.
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Iowa State Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Organismal Biol, Ames, IA 50011 USAUniv Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil
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CUNY Queens Coll, Dept Biol, Flushing, NY 11367 USA
Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USACUNY Queens Coll, Dept Biol, Flushing, NY 11367 USA
Anadon, Jose D.
Sala, Osvaldo E.
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Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
Arizona State Univ, Sch Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
Arizona State Univ, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Inst Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USACUNY Queens Coll, Dept Biol, Flushing, NY 11367 USA
Sala, Osvaldo E.
Turner, B. L., II
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Arizona State Univ, Sch Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
Arizona State Univ, Sch Geog Sci & Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
Arizona State Univ, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Inst Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USACUNY Queens Coll, Dept Biol, Flushing, NY 11367 USA
Turner, B. L., II
Bennett, Elena M.
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McGill Univ, Dept Nat Resource Sci, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada
McGill Univ, McGill Sch Environm, Ste Anne De Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, CanadaCUNY Queens Coll, Dept Biol, Flushing, NY 11367 USA