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A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

scholarly article by Craig D. Allen et al published February 2010 in Forest Ecology and Management

A new device to foster oak forest restoration via seed sowing

article by Jorge Castro et al published 20 March 2015 in New Forests

A seeding experiment for testing tree-community recruitment under variable environments: Implications for forest regeneration and conservation in Mediterranean habitats

APPLYING PLANT FACILITATION TO FOREST RESTORATION: A META-ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SHRUBS AS NURSE PLANTS

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Alleviation of Summer Drought Boosts Establishment Success of Pinus sylvestris in a Mediterranean Mountain: An Experimental Approach

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An ecosystem services approach to the ecological effects of salvage logging: valuation of seed dispersal

scientific article published on 25 March 2017

Benefits of Using Shrubs as Nurse Plants for Reforestation in Mediterranean Mountains: A 4-Year Study

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Biomass allocation and growth responses of Scots pine saplings to simulated herbivory depend on plant age and light availability

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Caching territoriality and site preferences by a scatter‐hoarder drive the spatial pattern of seed dispersal and affect seedling emergence

scientific article published on 11 March 2021

Charred wood remaining after a wildfire as a reservoir of macro- and micronutrients in a Mediterranean pine forest

scholarly article by Sara Marañón-Jiménez et al published 2013 in International Journal of Wildland Fire

Deadwood Decay in a Burnt Mediterranean Pine Reforestation

Differential impact of hotter drought on seedling performance of five ecologically distinct pine species

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Ecology of seed germination of Pinus sylvestris L. at its southern, Mediterranean distribution range

Effect of Simulated Climate Change on Soil Respiration in a Mediterranean-Type Ecosystem: Rainfall and Habitat Type are More Important than Temperature or the Soil Carbon Pool

scholarly article by Luis Matías et al published 15 December 2011 in Ecosystems

Effect of browsing by ungulates on sapling growth of Scots pine in a Mediterranean environment: consequences for forest regeneration

article by Regino Zamora et al published April 2001 in Forest Ecology and Management

Effect of decomposing post-fire coarse woody debris on soil fertility and nutrient availability in a Mediterranean ecosystem

article by Sara Marañón-Jiménez & Jorge Castro published 4 June 2012 in Biogeochemistry

Effective nut dispersal by magpies (Pica pica L.) in a Mediterranean agroecosystem

scientific article published on 16 March 2017

Effectiveness of Diesel as a Mammal Repellent for Direct Seeding of Acorns

Effects of resource availability on plant recruitment at the community level in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

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Efficiency of endozoochorous seed dispersal in six dry-fruited species (Cistaceae): from seed ingestion to early seedling establishment

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Evidence for plant traits driving specific drought resistance. A community field experiment

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Experimental test of postfire management in pine forests: impact of salvage logging versus partial cutting and nonintervention on bird-species assemblages

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Facilitation of tree saplings by nurse plants: Microhabitat amelioration or protection against herbivores?

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Fall rate of burnt pines across an elevational gradient in a Mediterranean mountain

Feast and famine: previous defoliation limiting survival of pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa in Scots pine Pinus sylvestris

article by José A. Hódar et al published December 2004 in Acta Oecologica

Forest restoration is more than firing seeds from a drone

scientific article published on 18 May 2022

From the individual to the landscape and back: time-varying effects of climate and herbivory on tree sapling growth at distribution limits

scientific article published in 2016

Gas exchange at whole plant level shows that a less conservative water use is linked to a higher performance in three ecologically distinct pine species

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Growth and stable isotope signals associated with drought-related mortality in saplings of two coexisting pine species

scientific article published on December 2013

Habitat complexity and individual acorn protectors enhance the post-fire restoration of oak forests via seed sowing

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Host utilisation by moth and larval survival of pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa in relation to food quality in three Pinus species

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Impacts of salvage logging on biodiversity: a meta-analysis.

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Interactions between plants, litter and microbes in cycling of nitrogen and phosphorus in the arctic

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Limits of pine forest distribution at the treeline: herbivory matters

scientific article published in 2011

Litter, warming and plants affect respiration and allocation of soil microbial and plant C, N and P in arctic mesocosms

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Management of burnt wood after fire affects post-dispersal acorn predation

scientific article published in 2010

Mechanisms blockingPinus sylvestriscolonization of Mediterranean mountain meadows

article published in 2002

Oak seedling survival and growth along resource gradients in Mediterranean forests: implications for regeneration in current and future environmental scenarios

scientific article published in 2008

Pine processionary caterpillar Thaumetopoea pityocampa as a new threat for relict Mediterranean Scots pine forests under climatic warming

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Post-Fire Salvage Logging Imposes a New Disturbance that Retards Succession: The Case of Bryophyte Communities in a Macaronesian Laurel Forest

article by Raquel Hernández-Hernández et al published 15 July 2017 in Forests

Post-fire salvage logging alters a key plant-animal interaction for forest regeneration

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Post-fire salvage logging alters species composition and reduces cover, richness, and diversity in Mediterranean plant communities

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Post-fire salvage logging increases restoration costs in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

Post-fire salvage logging reduces carbon sequestration in Mediterranean coniferous forest

scholarly article by P. Serrano-Ortiz et al published December 2011 in Forest Ecology and Management

Post-fire soil respiration in relation to burnt wood management in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

scientific article published in 2011

Post-fire wood management alters water stress, growth, and performance of pine regeneration in a Mediterranean ecosystem

scientific article published in 2013

Precision restoration: a necessary approach to foster forest recovery in the 21st century

scientific article published on 27 May 2021

Reassessing global change research priorities in mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems: how far have we come and where do we go from here?

article by Enrique Doblas-Miranda et al published 13 September 2014 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Repercussions of Simulated Climate Change on the Diversity of Woody-Recruit Bank in a Mediterranean-type Ecosystem

scholarly article by Luis Matías et al published 12 April 2011 in Ecosystems

Restoring Quercus pyrenaica forests using pioneer shrubs as nurse plants

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Restoring for the present or restoring for the future: enhanced performance of two sympatric oaks (Quercus ilex and Quercus pyrenaica ) above the current forest limit

scientific article published in 2015

Salvage Logging Versus the Use of Burnt Wood as a Nurse Object to Promote Post-Fire Tree Seedling Establishment

article by Jorge Castro et al published 20 January 2010 in Restoration Ecology

Seed mass versus seedling performance in Scots pine: a maternally dependent trait

article by Jorge Castro published October 1999 in New Phytologist

Seed predation and dispersal in relict Scots pine forests in southern Spain

article by Jorge Castro et al published 1999 in Plant Ecology

Seeding or planting to revegetate the world's degraded land: systematic review and experimentation to address methodological issues

scientific article published on 22 February 2021

Seedling establishment of a boreal tree species (Pinus sylvestris) at its southernmost distribution limit: consequences of being in a marginal Mediterranean habitat

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Shifting demographic conflicts across recruitment cohorts in a dynamic post-disturbance landscape

scientific article published in October 2016

Short delay in timing of emergence determines establishment success in Pinus sylvestris across microhabitats

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Soil nutrients and microbial biomass in three contrasting Mediterranean forests

Soil-nutrient availability under a global-change scenario in a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

article by LUIS MATÍAS et al published 2 November 2010 in Global Change Biology

Sporadic rainy events are more critical than increasing of drought intensity for woody species recruitment in a Mediterranean community

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Suitability of the management of habitat complexity, acorn burial depth, and a chemical repellent for post-fire reforestation of oaks

scientific article published in 2013

The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) as a potential pest for agriculture in the Mediterranean basin

scientific article published on 29 December 2021

The “isohydric trap”: A proposed feedback between water shortage, stomatal regulation, and nutrient acquisition drives differential growth and survival of European pines under climatic dryness

scientific article published on 03 June 2018

Use of Shrubs as Nurse Plants: A New Technique for Reforestation in Mediterranean Mountains

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Yew (Taxus baccata L.) regeneration is facilitated by fleshy-fruited shrubs in Mediterranean environments