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  • Ecology
  • Forest Science
  • Climate Change Biology

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  • Current forest models often overlook indirect climate effects on tree fecundity via size and growth.
  • Predicting species abundance shifts requires understanding individual tree responses to climate-driven conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how climate-condition interactions influence tree fecundity through growth and size pathways.
  • To assess the biogeographic variation in these climate-fecundity interactions across North America.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesized data from multiple North American tree species.
  • Analyzed indirect climate effects on fecundity mediated by tree growth and size.

Main Results:

  • Climate-condition interactions significantly impact tree fecundity through two main pathways: climate-dependent growth and size-dependent climate effects.
  • Tree fecundity's non-linear response to size means climate change can shift populations towards or away from optimal reproductive sizes.
  • A clear biogeographic divide was observed, with interactions reducing fecundity in Western North America and increasing it in the East.

Conclusions:

  • Indirect climate effects, mediated by tree size and growth, are critical drivers of continental-scale forest responses.
  • Future forest predictions and management strategies must incorporate these complex demographic rate interactions to account for climate change impacts.