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Experimental sowing of Quercus ilex acorns under shrubs in the Guadiamar Green Corridor (María T. Domínguez in the photo). The revegetation of polluted sites and abandoned agricultural soils is critical to reduce soil losses and to control the spread of soil pollution in the Mediterranean region, which is currently exposed to […] In forests affected by problems of tree dieback, tree health status could be an additional factor shaping mycorrhizal abundance in soils, which in turn could affect the probability of seedling establishment in a feed-back process. A research team in the IRNAS has studied how cork oak (Quercus suber) decline can impact […] Understanding the proximate factors that govern the widespread mast-seeding process (i.e., the large interannual variability in seed production) is a question of considerable ecological and evolutionary interest that remains poorly understood. The identity and effect of these factors may vary among coexisting species that differ in leaf habit, potentially resulting in temporally asynchronous patterns of […] The predicted increase of tree decline episodes as a consequence of temperature rise could have an important impact in forest regeneration dynamics, and therefore in the future composition of forests. A research team in the IRNAS, with the collaboration of the University of Basel (Switzerland), has studied how cork oak (Q. […] The Spanish journal Ecosistemas (open access) has published a special issue titled Ecology and management of Quercus species. The editors are I. M. Pérez-Ramos and T. Marañón (from IRNAS, CSIC) together with R. Villar (University Cordoba). The issue has 1 Editorial paper, 4 Review papers, and 11 Research papers, dealing with a wide scope of […] |
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