Pines and oaks in the restoration of Mediterranean landscapes of Spain: new perspectives for an old practice—a review

JG Pausas, C Bladé, A Valdecantos, JP Seva… - Plant ecology, 2004 - Springer
Pines have been extensively used for land restoration in the Mediterranean basin and in
other parts of the world, since the late 19 th century. The theoretical basis supporting pine …

Identification, measurement and interpretation of tree rings in woody species from Mediterranean climates

P Cherubini, BL Gartner, R Tognetti… - Biological …, 2003 - cambridge.org
We review the literature dealing with mediterranean climate, vegetation, phenology and
ecophysiology relevant to the understanding of tree-ring formation in mediterranean regions …

[HTML][HTML] Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation

JS Joswig, C Wirth, MC Schuman, J Kattge… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

The global spectrum of plant form and function

S Díaz, J Kattge, JHC Cornelissen, IJ Wright, S Lavorel… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively
few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today's terrestrial …

Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

G Kunstler, D Falster, DA Coomes, F Hui, RM Kooyman… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Phenotypic traits and their associated trade-offs have been shown to have globally
consistent effects on individual plant physiological functions,,, but how these effects scale up …

A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

JHC Cornelissen, S Lavorel, E Garnier… - Australian journal of …, 2003 - CSIRO Publishing
There is growing recognition that classifying terrestrial plant species on the basis of their
function (into'functional types') rather than their higher taxonomic identity, is a promising way …

TRY–a global database of plant traits

J Kattge, S Diaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

L Poorter, I McDonald, A Alarcón, E Fichtler… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In a comparative study of 42 rainforest tree species we examined relationships amongst
wood traits, diameter growth and survival of large trees in the field, and shade tolerance and …

Evidence of the 'plant economics spectrum'in a subarctic flora

GT Freschet, JHC Cornelissen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental trade‐off among vascular plants between traits inferring rapid resource
acquisition and those leading to conservation of resources has now been accepted broadly …