Assessment of the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems based on data from field experiments and long-term monitored field gradients in …

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, I Filella, M Estiarte… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change is increasing temperatures globally and drought in many regions. If climate
change continues at its current rate, the resilience of many ecosystems will likely be …

Effects of nitrogen supply on water‐use efficiency of higher plants

H Brueck - Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide increase of food demand and reduced sweet‐water availability in some
important food‐producing regions raised interest in more efficient water use, which has …

Changes in soil enzymes related to C and N cycle and in soil C and N content under prolonged warming and drought in a Mediterranean shrubland

J Sardans, J Peñuelas, M Estiarte - Applied Soil Ecology, 2008 - Elsevier
In a Mediterranean shrubland, we investigated the effects of the projected warming and
drought on soil urease, protease and β-glucosidase activities and the relation of the possible …

Ecological and evolutionary responses of Mediterranean plants to global change

S Matesanz, F Valladares - Environmental and Experimental botany, 2014 - Elsevier
Global change poses new challenges for plant species, including novel and complex
combinations of environmental conditions to which plants should adjust and adapt …

Do various conifers respond differently to water stress? A comparative study of white pine, concolor and balsam fir

İ Koç, P Nzokou - Kastamonu university journal of forestry faculty, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
Aim of study: Two-year-old containerized balsam and concolor fir and one-year-old Eastern
white pine transplants were grown under variable watering regimes with the goal of …

Phenotypic plasticity in mesic populations of Pinus pinaster improves resistance to xylem embolism (P50) under severe drought

L Corcuera, H Cochard, E Gil-Pelegrin, E Notivol - Trees, 2011 - Springer
The objectives of the study were to assess the phenotypic variation in the vulnerability to
water stress-induced cavitation (estimated by P 50, or the xylem water potential which …

Intra-specific variability in biomass partitioning and carbon isotopic discrimination under moderate drought stress in seedlings from four Pinus pinaster populations

I Aranda, R Alía, U Ortega, ÂK Dantas… - Tree Genetics & …, 2010 - Springer
The response to drought of 20 open-pollinated families from four Pinus pinaster Ait.
populations covering a latitudinal cline (France, Central and Southern Spain, and Morocco) …

Drought and warming induced changes in P and K concentration and accumulation in plant biomass and soil in a Mediterranean shrubland

J Sardans, J Peñuelas, P Prieto, M Estiarte - Plant and Soil, 2008 - Springer
A field experiment involving drought and warming manipulation was conducted over a 6-
year period in a Mediterranean shrubland to simulate the climate conditions projected by …

Factors influencing the foliar elemental composition and stoichiometry in forest trees in Spain

J Sardans, R Alonso, J Carnicer… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2016 - Elsevier
Concentrations of nutrient elements in organisms and in the abiotic environment are key
factors influencing ecosystem structure and function. We studied how concentrations and …

Stoichiometry of potassium is largely determined by water availability and growth in C atalonian forests

J Sardans, J Peñuelas, M Coll, J Vayreda… - Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The study of the relationships between organisms and environmental elemental
stoichiometry and ecosystem structure and function has recently received increasing …