Climate-induced tree mortality became a global phenomenon during the last century and it
is expected to increase in many regions in the future along with a further increase in the …

Background and aims Oaks are considered to be drought-and thermo-tolerant tree species.
Nevertheless, species and provenances may differ in their ecological requirements. We …

Nine wild Iberian provenances of Castanea sativa Mill. grouped in two gene pools, North
Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean, were evaluated for several adaptive traits in two …

Global climate change is expected to increase annual temperatures and decrease summer
precipitation in Central Europe. Little is known of how forests respond to the interaction of …

Climate change predicts harsher summer droughts for mid-latitudes in Europe. To enhance
our understanding of the putative impacts on forest regeneration, we studied the response of …

Research highlights: The susceptibility of oaks to late spring and early autumn frosts is
directly related to their leaf phenology. Drought may alter the leaf phenology and therefore …

The objective was to examine the effects of optimal leaf nitrogen levels> 2.0% and
suboptimal levels˂ 2.0%, nitrogen nutrition on net photosynthetic rate, stem diameter …

Resumen HAN, Hongyan; LI, Shan; GAN, Xiaohong y ZHANG, Xuemei. Phenotypic diversity
in natural populations of an endangered plant Tetracentron sinense. Bot. sci [online]. 2017 …

Biodiversity across the globe is threatened. Rapid surveying and monitoring techniques are
required to understand the origin of the threats to biodiversity and to enable conservation …

Key message Sessile oak leaves showed a high degree of plasticity to atmospheric and
pedospheric conditions. Abstract The aim of the present study was to elucidate the …