God save the queen! How and why the dominant evergreen species of the Mediterranean Basin is declining?

F Alderotti, E Verdiani - AoB Plants, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Quercus ilex may be considered the queen tree of the Mediterranean Basin, dominating
coastal forest areas up to 2000 m above sea level at some sites. However, an increase in …

Trichoderma asperellum efficiently protects Quercus robur leaves against Erysiphe alphitoides

T Oszako, D Voitka, M Stocki, N Stocka… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The protective effects of Trichoderma asperellum IZR D-11 as a biocontrol agent against the
powdery mildew Erysiphe alphitoides infecting leaves of Quercus robur were evaluated for …

Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Modulate Biochemical Response against Powdery Mildew Disease in Quercus robur L.

M Kebert, S Kostić, M Zlatković, S Stojnic, E Čapelja… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
In light of climate change, pedunculate oak (Q. robur L.) was marked as the most threatened
European tree species. Pedunculate oak is particularly jeopardized by powdery mildew …

[HTML][HTML] Response of Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur L.) to Adverse Environmental Conditions in Genetic and Dendrochronological Studies

KV Krutovsky, AA Popova, IA Yakovlev, YA Yanbaev… - Plants, 2025 - mdpi.com
Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) is widely distributed across Europe and serves critical
ecological, economic, and recreational functions. Investigating its responses to stressors …

Comparative Analysis of Secondary Metabolites in Diplodia corticola Strains with Different Virulence Degrees Associated with Canker and Dieback of Quercus spp.

MM Salvatore, MT Russo, R Nicoletti, AE Mahamedi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diplodia corticola is one of the most aggressive fungal pathogens of Quercus species
involved in the decline of Mediterranean oak forests. In this study, three strains of D. corticola …

Natural regeneration and recruitment of native Quercus robur and introduced Q. rubra in European oak-pine mixed forests

B Woziwoda, MK Dyderski, S Kobus, A Parzych… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The North-American Northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) introduced to European
forests over 200 years ago, spreads spontaneously in various types of forest ecosystems. At …

Oaks as beacons of hope for threatened mixed forests in Central Europe

H Schroeder, T Nosenko, A Ghirardo… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change has a severe impact on forest ecosystems (Seidl et al., 2017). Adaptation of
trees to the rapidly changing regional climate is hampered by their longevity and late …

Evaluating the hazardous potential of the dieback of the Zagros Oak forests using the multi-criteria decision-making methods

M Ghanbari Motlagh, B Amraei, M Halimi - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2020 - Springer
Oak dieback and mortality, as a multifactorial phenomenon, have occurred in many forests of
the world including Zagros forests in Iran. This phenomenon happens due to the complex …

Oak decline in the Mediterranean basin: A study case from the southern Apennines (Italy)

AL Conte, R Di Pietro, D Iamonico, P Di Marzio… - Plant …, 2019 - iris.uniroma1.it
It is known that the decline of oaks forest can be triggered by an increase of climatic
anomalies such as heat waves, droughts, and extreme cold. The present study aims to …

Effects of Forestry Transformation on the Ecosystem Level of Biodiversity in Poland's Forests

E Referowska-Chodak, B Kornatowska - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the results of an analysis of the effects of Poland's forest management
evolution over the last 75 years on forest biodiversity at the ecosystem level. Forest …