Ryan McClory

Ryan McClory
University of Reading · School of Agriculture, Policy and Development

Master of Science
PhD student studying the drivers of oak masting

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Introduction
I am completing a PhD in crop sciences at the University of Reading, my research is currently focused on understanding the mechanistic drivers of oak masting (the quasi-periodic and synchronous production of acorns) in Quercus robur and Quercus petraea. More broadly I am interested in ecology, species interactions and phenology.
Additional affiliations
March 2020 - September 2020
Urban Green
Position
  • Seasonal Field Ecologist
Description
  • I provided support to the ecology team, such as completion of bat surveys using acoustic monitoring, enabling the successful delivery of projects.
April 2019 - August 2019
Stockholm University
Position
  • Research Assistant
Description
  • As a research assistant I worked on several different projects: I collected demographic data on bryophytes and vascular plants, set up field sites collecting climate data and prepared insect samples for DNA analysis.
Education
September 2017 - July 2019
Stockholm University
Field of study
  • Ecology and Biodiversity
September 2012 - July 2016
University of Plymouth
Field of study
  • Conservation Biology

Publications

Publications (7)
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Climate change can have important effects on plant performance by altering the relationship between spring temperature and other abiotic factors, such as light availability. Higher temperatures can advance plant phenology so that seedling germination takes place when days are shorter, and affect light availability for understory plants by altering...
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Acorn production in oaks (Quercus spp.) shows considerable inter-annual variation, known as masting. The effects of pollen sourced from trees within or outside the stand on acorn production were investigated in pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in an ancient mixed woodland during two moderate masting years. Comparisons were made between natural po...
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Many perennial plants show mast seeding, characterized by synchronous and highly variable reproduction across years. We propose a general model of masting, integrating proximate factors (environmental variation, weather cues, and resource budgets) with ultimate drivers (predator satiation and pollination efficiency). This general model shows how th...
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Acorn production in oak (Quercus spp.) shows considerable inter-annual variation, known as masting, which provides a natural defence against seed predators but a highly-variable supply of acorns for uses such as in commercial tree planting each year. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases have been very widely reported to influence plant growt...
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Questions Near‐ground temperatures can vary substantially over relatively short distances, enabling species with different temperature preferences and geographical distributions to co‐exist within a small area. In a forest landscape, the near‐ground temperatures may change due to management activities that alter forest density. As a result of such...
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Seasonal life history events are often interdependent, but we know relatively little about how the relationship between different events is influenced by the abiotic and biotic environment. Such knowledge is important for predicting the immediate and evolutionary phenological response of populations to changing conditions. We manipulated germinatio...
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Climate change is affecting both the abiotic environment and the seasonal timing of life history events, with potentially major consequences for plant performance and plant-associated food webs. Despite this, we lack insights into how effects of plant phenology on plant performance and food webs depend on environmental conditions, and to what exten...

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