The S Iberian Peninsula and NW Africa constitute one of the main hotspots for plant
biodiversity within the Mediterranean Basin. At the core of this hotspot, across the Strait of …

Microsatellites occur in all plant genomes and provide useful markers for studies of genetic
diversity and structure. Chloroplast microsatellites (cpSSRs) are frequently targeted because …

Resistance to cavitation is a major determinant of plant survival under severe drought and
can be used to quantify species adaptive potential. Interspecific variation in this key trait is …

Aim We investigate the effects of the environmental and geographical processes driving
growth resilience and recovery in response to drought in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster …

The importance of natural selection for shaping adaptive trait differentiation among natural
populations of allogamous tree species has long been recognized. Determining the …

Palynological, sedimentological and geochemical analyses performed on the
Villarquemado paleolake sequence (987 m asl, 40° 30′ N; 1° 18′ W) reveal the …

Background Cavitation resistance to water stress-induced embolism determines plant
survival during drought. This adaptive trait has been described as highly variable in a wide …

This study combines neutrality tests and environmental correlations to identify nonneutral
patterns of evolution in candidate genes related to drought stress in two closely related …

• Premise of the study: Serotiny (delayed seed release with the consequent accumulation of
a canopy seedbank) confers fitness benefits in environments with crown‐fire regimes. Thus …

The response to drought of 20 open-pollinated families from four Pinus pinaster Ait.
populations covering a latitudinal cline (France, Central and Southern Spain, and Morocco) …