Mediterranean ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots located between temperate mesic
climates and semi‐deserts and deserts. Mediterranean climates are characterized by a …

Plants frequently exhibit tradeoffs between reproduction and growth when resources are
limited, and often change these allocation patterns in response to stress. Shorter-lived plants …

Global change poses new challenges for plant species, including novel and complex
combinations of environmental conditions to which plants should adjust and adapt …

A plant's reproductive allocation (RA) schedule describes the fraction of surplus energy
allocated to reproduction as it increases in size. While theorists use RA schedules as the …

Understanding adaptive genetic responses to climate change is a main challenge for
preserving biological diversity. Successful predictive models for climate-driven range shifts …

Pine resin is a highly valuable and sought-after non-timber forest product with multiple uses
in many industrial sectors. Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is the main tapped species in …

Wildfire is a major ecological driver of plant evolution. Understanding the genetic basis of
plant adaptation to wildfire is crucial, because impending climate change will involve fire …

A plastic response towards enhanced reproduction is expected in stressful environments,
but it is assumed to trade off against vegetative growth and efficiency in the use of available …

Climate change is rapidly altering weather patterns, resulting in shifts in climatic zones. The
survival of trees in specific locations depends on their functional traits. Local populations …

Intraspecific variation in plant defences is expected to be the result of adaptive and plastic
responses to environmental conditions, where trade-offs between growth and defences are …