Plant-soil interactions in Mediterranean forest and shrublands: impacts of climatic change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Mediterranean climate, plants have evolved under conditions of
low soil-water and nutrient availabilities and have acquired a series of adaptive traits that, in …

Cork oak pests: a review of insect damage and management

R Tiberi, M Branco, M Bracalini, F Croci… - Annals of forest …, 2016 - Springer
Key message Cork oak decline is widespread in all its distribution range and seems to be
triggered mainly by both mismanagement and unfavorable climatic factors. As a result, cork …

Estimation of water stress in grapevines using proximal and remote sensing methods

A Matese, R Baraldi, A Berton, C Cesaraccio… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In light of climate change and its impacts on plant physiology, optimizing water usage and
improving irrigation practices play a crucial role in crop management. In recent years, new …

Canopy temperature from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle as an indicator of tree stress associated with red band needle blight severity

M Smigaj, R Gaulton, JC Suárez, SL Barr - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Monoculture plantation woodlands are particularly vulnerable to disturbance events as
species uniformity makes such stands highly susceptible to pests and diseases. Red band …

Protein hydrolysates effects on grapevine (Vitis vinifera L., cv. Corvina) performance and water stress tolerance

M Boselli, MA Bahouaoui, N Lachhab, SM Sanzani… - Scientia …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of animal-and plant-derived protein hydrolysates (PHs), namely casein (Cas),
soybean (Soy) and lupin (Lup), in improving grapevine performance and inducing water …

A review of remote sensing for potato traits characterization in precision agriculture

C Sun, J Zhou, Y Ma, Y Xu, B Pan… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Potato is one of the most significant food crops globally due to its essential role in the human
diet. The growing demand for potato, coupled with severe environmental losses caused by …

Ectomycorrhizal inoculation with Pisolithus tinctorius reduces stress induced by drought in cork oak

M Sebastiana, AB da Silva, AR Matos, A Alcântara… - Mycorrhiza, 2018 - Springer
We investigated whether the performance of cork oak under drought could be improved by
colonization with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus tinctorius. Results show that …

Cork oak physiological responses to manipulated water availability in a Mediterranean woodland

CK Besson, R Lobo-do-Vale, ML Rodrigues… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study details the physiological responses of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) to manipulated
water inputs. Treatments named as dry, ambient and wet, which received 80, 100 and 120 …

A synthesis of ecosystem aboveground productivity and its process variables under simulated drought stress

J Gao, L Zhang, Z Tang, S Wu - Journal of Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Projected increases in drought duration and intensity under climate change considerably
affect aboveground productivity (ANPP) and associated process variables (photosynthesis …

Decline and dieback of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) forests in the Mediterranean basin: a case study of Kroumirie, Northwest Tunisia

I Touhami, E Chirino, H Aouinti, A El Khorchani… - Journal of Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Assessing the vulnerability of forest ecosystems in the climate change context is a
challenging task as the mechanisms that determine this vulnerability cannot be directly …