Mediterranean olive orchards under climate change: A review of future impacts and adaptation strategies

H Fraga, M Moriondo, L Leolini, JA Santos - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is an ancient traditional crop in the Mediterranean Basin.
In the Mediterranean region, traditional olive orchards are distinguishable by their prevailing …

The history of olive cultivation in the southern Levant

O Barazani, A Dag, Z Dunseth - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The olive tree (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) is one of the most
important crops across the Mediterranean, particularly the southern Levant. Its regional …

Mediterranean landscape change during the Holocene: Synthesis, comparison and regional trends in population, land cover and climate

CN Roberts, J Woodbridge, A Palmisano… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This synthesis paper offers a comparative perspective on how seven different Mediterranean
regions, from Iberia and Morocco to the Levant, have been transformed by human and …

7000-year-old evidence of fruit tree cultivation in the Jordan Valley, Israel

D Langgut, Y Garfinkel - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This study provides one of the earliest examples of fruit tree cultivation worldwide,
demonstrating that olive (Olea europaea) and fig (Ficus carica) horticulture was practiced as …

Climate change threatens olive oil production in the Levant

D Kaniewski, N Marriner, C Morhange, C Khater… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is one of the species best adapted to a Mediterranean-
type climate,,,,,,–. Nonetheless, the Mediterranean Basin is deemed to be a climate change …

Environment and horticulture in the Byzantine Negev Desert, Israel: sustainability, prosperity and enigmatic decline

D Langgut, Y Tepper, M Benzaquen… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Byzantine
and Early Islamic western Negev Desert communities during the 4th-8th centuries CE. The …

HPTLC and FTIR fingerprinting of olive leaves extracts and ATR-FTIR characterisation of major flavonoids and polyphenolics

S Agatonovic-Kustrin, V Gegechkori, DS Petrovich… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of spontaneous microbial maceration on the
release and extraction of the flavonoids and phenolics from olive leaves. Bioprofiling based …

Climate and environmental reconstruction of the Epipaleolithic Mediterranean Levant (22.0–11.9 ka cal. BP)

D Langgut, R Cheddadi, G Sharon - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents, for the first time, an environmental reconstruction of a sequence
spanning nearly the entire Mediterranean Epipaleolithic (∼ 22.0–11.9 ka cal. BP). The study …

The shape diversity of Olive Stones resulting from domestication and diversification unveils traits of the oldest known 6500-Years-old table olives from Hishuley …

JF Terral, V Bonhomme, C Pagnoux, S Ivorra… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The first exploited and domesticated olive forms are still unknown. The exceptionally well-
preserved stones from the submerged Hishuley Carmel site (Israel), dating from the middle …

[HTML][HTML] A critical assessment of human-impact indices based on anthropogenic pollen indicators

M Deza-Araujo, C Morales-Molino, W Tinner… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic pollen indicators in pollen records are an established tool for reconstructing
the history of human impacts on vegetation and landscapes. They are also used to …