Background Species' life-history and population dynamics are strongly shaped by the
longevity of individuals, but life span is one of the least accessible demographic traits …

Forest trees have gained much attention in recent years as nonclassical model eukaryotes
for population, evolutionary and ecological genomic studies. Because of low domestication …

Coppicing, once a common type of management in European broadleaved forests, was
abandoned in many places after WWII. This form of management provided a variety of …

Co-evolution between plants and parasites, including herbivores and pathogens, has
arguably generated much of Earth's biological diversity. Within an ecosystem, coevolution of …

The evolution of Spanish landscapes through history is mainly a story of deforestation.
Through time, exploitation of natural resources increased to cope with the requirements of …

Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England,
both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a growing …

Dutch elm disease (DED) is a vascular wilt disease caused by the pathogens Ophiostoma
ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi with multiple ecological phases including pathogenic …

Taking a functional rather than an ecosystem or a utilitarian approach, Thomas and
Packham provide a concise account of the structure of woodlands and forests. Using …

Elms (Ulmus spp.) were once dominant trees in mixed broadleaf forests of many European
territories, mainly distributed near rivers and streams or on floodplains. Since ancient times …

Genetic variation is generally considered a prerequisite for adaptation to new environmental
conditions. Thus the discovery of genetically depauperate but geographically widespread …