The paper aims to define the natural distribution of Olea europaea L. var. sylvestris (Miller)
Lehr. in the North Mediterranean basin during the Pleniglacial and the Early–Middle …

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 …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of the most important fruit trees in the ancient
Mediterranean region and a founder species of horticulture in the Mediterranean Basin …

This paper presents an overview of the current state of research on Roman, Late Antique
and medieval agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula through the study of archaeobotanical …

After more than a century of research, an enormous body of scientific literature in the field of
El Argar studies has been generated, comprising some 700 bibliographic items. No fully …

Abstract The Sierra Nevada of southern Spain is a landscape with a rich biological and
cultural heritage. The range was extensively glaciated during the late Pleistocene. However …

Abstract Background and Aims Genetic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the
oldest trees could be a powerful tool both for germplasm collection and for understanding …

Genetic diversity and relationships between local cultivars and wild olive trees from three
important Spanish olive-growing regions, Andalusia (South), Catalonia and Valencia (from …

Detailed pollen, charcoal, isotope and magnetic susceptibility data from an alpine lake
sediment core from Sierra Nevada, southern Spain record changes in vegetation, fire history …

Aim This paper aims to project areas of olive cultivation into future scenarios. Accordingly,
we first asked the question whether global circulation models (GCMs) are able to reproduce …