Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem
functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity …

Climate, competition and site conditions are the main drivers controlling annual secondary
growth in tree species. These factors do no act independently on tree growth, but by means …

Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) has been cultivated since centuries in Mediterranean areas for
its products and economic benefits, including edible pine nuts, timber, mushrooms, firewood …

The composition of Mediterranean forests is expected to vary with ongoing changes in
climate and land use. To gain a clearer understanding of the response to global change of …

Environmental factors as incident light, temperature and soil water content mainly determine
the dynamics of growth and survival of natural forest regeneration in Mediterranean forests …

The generation of projections under different climate scenarios and stand conditions
provides a useful tool to explore the consequences of climate change on ecosystem …

The stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) has thick bark as an adaptation to wildfire. In this study,
laboratory tests were carried out to quantify the influence of bark thickness on flammability …

Climate warming and increasing aridity have impacted diverse ecosystems in the
Mediterranean region since at least the 1970s. Pinus pinea L. has significant environmental …

Key message Climate change is likely to heavily affect the provision of goods and services
of Mediterranean forests. Our results strongly point out the need to develop adaptive …

Abstract The widespread Mediterranean Pinus pinea showed exceptionally low genetic
diversity and low differentiation between traits in the adult phase. We explored the …