Analysis of spatial patterns of oak decline in cork oak woodlands in Mediterranean conditions

A Costa, H Pereira, M Madeira - Annals of Forest Science, 2010 - afs-journal.org
• Cork oak mortality is a recurrent problem in southwestern Portugal. Despite the perception
of increasingly visible damage in oak woodlands on drought-prone sites, the role of the …

Recent advances on oak decline in southern Sweden

K Sonesson, I Drobyshev - Ecological bulletins, 2010 - JSTOR
During the last decades of the 20th century, the condition of oak species throughout Europe
generally deteriorated. In southern Sweden, oak decline represents a recent phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change: impacts and adaptation in England's woodlands

D Ray, J Morison, M Broadmeadow - Forestry, 2010 - forestry.gov.uk
The changing climate is a challenge for forest planning and forest management in England
because the projected increases in temperature, changes in the seasonality of rainfall, and …

Fungi associated with the decline of Pinus halepensis in Spain

L Botella, O Santamaría, JJ Diez - Fungal Diversity, 2010 - Springer
Fungal species richness and composition within needles and twigs in 55 stands of Pinus
halepensis, spread out over the whole Iberian Peninsula, were determined. The aim was to …

Long‐term directional changes in upland Quercus forests throughout Oklahoma, USA

RD DeSantis, SW Hallgren, TB Lynch… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Questions:(1) How have the composition and structure of undisturbed upland
Quercus forests changed over 50 years across a large region and moisture gradient;(2) …

Inter and intra-population variation of leaf stomatal traits of Quercus robur L. in northern Serbia

B Batos, D Vilotić, S Orlović… - Archives of Biological …, 2010 - doiserbia.nb.rs
The research involved the examination of inter-and intra-population variation of stomatal
traits: stomatal density, stomatal length and width, stomatal pore surface, potential …

Involvement of Phytophthora species in white oak (Quercus alba) decline in southern Ohio

Y Balci, RP Long, M Mansfield, D Balser… - Forest …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study was initiated to investigate the possible role of Phytophthora species in white oak
decline (Quercus alba) in southern Ohio at Scioto Trail State Forest. Surveys demonstrated …

Soil bacterial functional diversity is associated with the decline of Eucalyptus gomphocephala

YF Cai, P Barber, B Dell, P O'brien, N Williams… - Forest Ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
This study investigates whether tree decline in Eucalyptus gomphocephala (tuart) is
associated with the functional diversity of soil bacterial communities. We selected 12 sites …

[HTML][HTML] Acidophilous oak forests of the Wielkopolska region (West Poland) against the background of Central Europe

M Kasprowicz - Biodiversity Research and Conservation, 2010 - sciendo.com
Acidophilous oak forests of the Wielkopolska region (West Poland) against the background of
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Regeneration of transgenic plants by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of somatic embryos of juvenile and mature Quercus robur

N Vidal, R Mallón, S Valladares, AM Meijomín… - Plant cell reports, 2010 - Springer
A protocol was developed for genetic transformation of somatic embryos derived from
juvenile and mature Quercus robur trees. Optimal transformation conditions were evaluated …