Aims Plant invasions represent a unique opportunity to study the mechanisms underlying
community assembly rules and species distribution patterns. While a superior competitive …

Dry grasslands of the Northwestern Mediterranean Basin are seminatural species‐rich
ecosystems, composed of many annual species and some structuring perennial species. As …

Many dehesa zones in marginal areas are suffering from the abandonment of traditional
farming practices. Herbivore grazing affects grassland dynamics, changing the species …

The timing of seasonal activity (ie phenology) may play an important role in plant invasions.
In ecosystems characterized by seasonal rainfall, early‐active exotic species may pre‐empt …

The similarity in species composition between seed bank and vegetation was analysed in
Mediterranean grasslands in relation to altitude, topography and grazing. Soil samples were …

The composition of the diet of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a Mediterranean environment, in
southern Portugal, was estimated during summer 1995–1997 using n-alkane analysis …

Rapid germination or flexible germination cues may be key traits that facilitate the invasion
of exotic plant species in new environments. We investigated whether robustness or …

Sustainability and functioning of silvopastoral ecosystems are being threatened by the
forecasted warmer and drier environments in the Mediterranean region. Scattered trees of …

Experimental disturbance and fertilization in two Mediterranean old fields, three and nine
years old, respectively, were used to identify functional groups for response to disturbance …

Seed size and shape, measured as the variance of the three main dimensions, have been
proposed as good indicators for predicting seed persistence. We tested whether these …