Mast (botany) Mast seeding is defined as the highly variable production of fruit by a population. These intermittent pulses of food resources drive ecosystem-level functions and forest dynamics. The difference between a mast seeding year and a non-mast seeding year can be thousands of acorns, hickory nuts, beech nuts, etc. Mast seeding dominantly occurs in wind-pollinated tree species, but has also been observed in grasses and Dipterocarps. Masting, in the strict sense of the term, occurs only in monocarpic (or semelparous) species, whose members reproduce only once during their lifetime, then die. Hypothesis for the evolution of mast seeding can broadly be
The Return of Don Beech (The Bill) Manson deliberately let Beech escape from custody. With little evidence to prove his own innocence, Manson is forced to sit back and take the allegations being thrown at him as the DPS start a full-blown investigation. Manson is cleared of any involvement in Beech's escape, but Meadows warns him he's still on thin ice. The Return of Don Beech (The Bill) The Return of Don Beech is a storyline featured in the long running ITV police series, "The Bill", which featured the subsequent return and final appearances of former-DS Don Beech, played by Billy Murray. The main storyline played out