Oaks: an evolutionary success story

A Kremer, AL Hipp - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

Acorn flour properties depending on the production method and laboratory baking test results: A review

E Szabłowska, M Tańska - … Reviews in Food Science and Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Acorns, the fruit of the oak, have long been an important source of food in different cultures
around the world. Despite their long culinary tradition, they have become under …

Modern vegetation, pollen and climate relationships on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus

PL Fall - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2012 - Elsevier
This research investigates patterns of plant species distributions, modern pollen deposition,
and climate on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, and explores the potential …

The application and limitation of universal chloroplast markers in discriminating east Asian evergreen oaks

M Yan, Y Xiong, R Liu, M Deng, J Song - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The East Asian subtropics mostly occupied by evergreen broad-leaved forests (EBLFs), is
one of the global diversity centers for evergreen oaks. Evergreen oaks are keystone canopy …

Present status and future of boletoid fungi (Boletaceae) on the island of Cyprus: Cryptic and threatened diversity unravelled by ten-year study

M Loizides, JM Bellanger, B Assyov, PA Moreau… - Fungal Ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Fungi historically placed in the iconic genera of Boletus, Leccinum and Xerocomus have
been the subject of major taxonomic revisions in recent years. Yet, despite all advancements …

To put a cedar ship in a bottle: dendroprovenancing three ancient East Mediterranean watercraft with the 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratio

S Rich, SW Manning, P Degryse, F Vanhaecke… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents the latest provenance results of cedar wood (Cedrus sp.) from three
ancient watercraft: the Carnegie boat (Middle Kingdom Egypt), the wrecked merchant ship at …

Interfertile oaks in an island environment. II. Limited hybridization between Quercus alnifolia Poech and Q. coccifera L. in a mixed stand

C Neophytou, FA Aravanopoulos, S Fink… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Hybridization and introgression between Quercus alnifolia Poech and Q. coccifera L. is
studied by analyzing morphological traits, nuclear and chloroplast DNA markers. The study …

Interfertile oaks in an island environment: I. High nuclear genetic differentiation and high degree of chloroplast DNA sharing between Q. alnifolia and Q. coccifera in …

C Neophytou, A Dounavi, S Fink… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
The evergreen Quercus alnifolia and Q. coccifera form the only interfertile pair of oak
species growing in Cyprus. Hybridization between the two species has already been …

Rising Temperatures, Falling Leaves: Predicting the Fate of Cyprus's Endemic Oak under Climate and Land Use Change

K Kougioumoutzis, I Constantinou, M Panitsa - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Endemic island species face heightened extinction risk from climate-driven shifts, yet
standard models often underestimate threat levels for those like Quercus alnifolia, an iconic …

[PDF][PDF] Phenotypic variation in chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) natural populations in Hyrcanian forest (north of Iran), revealed by leaf morphometrics

M Zarafshar, M Akbarinia, P Bruschi, SM Hosseiny… - Folia oecologica, 2010 - ife.sk
Phenotypic variation in chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) natural populations in Hyrcanian forest
(north of Iran), revealed by le Page 1 113 Introduction The genus Castanea (Fagaceae) …