http://www.metafilter.com/tags/mast Posts tagged with 'mast' at MetaFilter. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:55:29 -0800 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:55:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76995/Where%2Dare%2Dthe%2Dacorns <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112902045.html?hpid=topnews&amp;sub=AR">Where did all the acorns go?</a> With reports of <a href="http://www.topix.com/forum/home/gardening/TEIANN0MSC7UNC9JQ">acornless oaks</a> coming in from all over the U.S., what is a squirrel to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ikH9ZRcF2Q">do</a>? Oaks produce acorns according to a <a href="http://www.hastingsreserve.org/OakStory/Acorns2.html">mast cycle</a>, which is thought to be related to climate, but the exact connection is <a href="http://www.garyjones.org/mt/archives/000589.html">far from clear</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76995 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:55:29 -0800 acorn botany mast nut oak squirrel tree weather afu