Mast Science
How to Predict a Mast Year: A Field Method
You can estimate a mast year by identifying the tree species, watching spring flowering and fruit set, scanning the same crowns in late summer, and…
Mast Science
Mast production is uneven by tree, species, place, and year. We explain the patterns without pretending an acorn forecast can be read from one enthusiastic branch. Ecological mechanisms are identified as hypotheses or evidence-based patterns when the science does not support one universal cause.
Mast Science
What Is a Mast Year? Why Seed Crops Boom and Bust
Mast production is the amount of fruit or seed produced by a tree, stand, species, or population.
Mast Science
When Is Mast Season? Species and Regional Timing
For eastern North American trees, hard-mast season is mainly autumn, but timing depends on species and location.