God save the queen! How and why the dominant evergreen species of the Mediterranean Basin is declining?

F Alderotti, E Verdiani - AoB Plants, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Quercus ilex may be considered the queen tree of the Mediterranean Basin, dominating
coastal forest areas up to 2000 m above sea level at some sites. However, an increase in …

Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings: how, when, where, and why?

V De Micco, F Campelo, M De Luis, A Bräuning… - IAWA Journal, 2016 - brill.com
Intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) in tree rings are generally considered structural
anomalies caused by deviations from the “normal course” of xylogenesis during the growing …

Tree growth under climate change: evidence from xylogenesis timings and kinetics

J Vieira, A Carvalho, F Campelo - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tree growth is one of the most studied aspects of tree biology, particularly secondary growth.
In the Mediterranean region, cambial activity is mostly determined by water availability …

Summer-drought constrains the phenology and growth of two coexisting Mediterranean oaks with contrasting leaf habit: implications for their persistence and …

G Montserrat-Martí, JJ Camarero, S Palacio… - Trees, 2009 - Springer
This study analyses how coexisting evergreen and deciduous oaks adjust their phenology to
cope with the stressful Mediterranean summer conditions. We test the hypothesis that the …

Contrasting growth and water use strategies in four co-occurring Mediterranean tree species revealed by concurrent measurements of sap flow and stem diameter …

E Sánchez-Costa, R Poyatos, S Sabaté - Agricultural and Forest …, 2015 - Elsevier
Drought limits tree water use and growth of Mediterranean trees. However, growth and water
use strategies are rarely addressed simultaneously across species and drought conditions …

Extreme droughts affecting Mediterranean tree species' growth and water-use efficiency: the importance of timing

A Forner, F Valladares, D Bonal, A Granier… - Tree …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
It has been known for a long time that drought intensity is a critical variable in determining
water stress of Mediterranean tree species. However, not as much attention has been paid …

Climate factors promoting intra-annual density fluctuations in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) from semiarid sites

M de Luis, K Novak, J Raventós, J Gričar, P Prislan… - …, 2011 - Elsevier
Research was carried out on the wood formation process and the intra-annual density
fluctuations (IADFs) in Mediterranean Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) trees from the …

Structure and function of intra–annual density fluctuations: mind the gaps

G Battipaglia, F Campelo, J Vieira, M Grabner… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Tree rings are natural archives of climate and environmental information with a yearly
resolution. Indeed, wood anatomical, chemical, and other properties of tree rings are a …

Climate controls act at different scales on the seasonal pattern of Quercus ilex L. stem radial increments in NE Spain

E Gutiérrez, F Campelo, JJ Camarero, M Ribas… - Trees, 2011 - Springer
Long-term data on radial increment dynamics in Mediterranean species may identify which
climatic variables are the main constraints for radial growth and at which temporal scales …

Adjustment capacity of maritime pine cambial activity in drought-prone environments

J Vieira, F Campelo, S Rossi, A Carvalho, H Freitas… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) are anatomical features formed in response to
changes in the environmental conditions within the growing season. These anatomical …