Highly variable and synchronised production of seeds by plant populations, known as
masting, is implicated in many important ecological processes, but how it arises remains …

Forecasting models for climate change in southern Europe differ from those proposed for
central and northern regions mainly with regard to precipitation. In fact, a strong reduction in …

Drought sensitivity is known to affect plant species distribution. However, since every stage
of plant life cycle has its own water requirements, plant performance and productivity is …

Increasing drought caused by the ongoing climate change, and forest management by
thinning that aims at mitigating its impact, may modify the current relationships between …

Climate change can affect tree recruitment altering post-dispersal seed fates and impairing
seedling development, and these effects will be stronger at man-disturbed areas than …

Facilitative interactions among plants enable a species persist in stressful environments, but
its use as a restoration technique of plant cover in degraded man-made ecosystems …

The increasing duration and intensity of drought is precipitating widespread episodes of
forest decline around the world, possibly in combination with other climatic (eg soil water …

Planted woodland islets can provide seeds for restoring forest ecosystems in Mediterranean
old fields lacking seed sources, but other factors than seed arrival can also hinder the …

The success of tree recruitment in Mediterranean holm oak (Quercus ilex) forests is
threatened by the increasing intensity, duration and frequency of drought periods. Seedling …

Understanding the interactive effects of global change drivers on tree demography is
fundamental for realistic predictions of future forest dynamics. Multiple studies have shown …