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Sara Silva, Manuela Machado, Marta Coelho, Eduardo M. Costa and Manuela Pintado
Acorns, frequently left uncollected in the fields, have been a part of the traditional medicine of different cultures. Among the different properties associated with them, their antimicrobial potential is of particular importance. However, this character...
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José Ramón Arévalo,Agustín Naranjo-Cigala,Marcos Salas-Pascual,Eva M. Padrón,Aday González-García
Pág. e014
Aim of the study: Although introduced tree species have been recognized as adversely affecting native ecosystems, conversely, some studies suggest they can facilitate recovery and promote the establishment of native plant communities. This study tests wh...
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Sonia P. Faias,Joana A. Paulo,João H. N. Palma,Margarida Tomé
Pág. e02S
Aim of study: Cork oak is one of the main forest tree species in Portugal that typically occurs in montado, where operational practices oriented to the tree, crop or animal management may influence several of the ecosystem components. This study aimed at...
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Teresa Fonseca,Luísa Monteiro,Teresa Enes,Adelaide Cerveira
Pág. e006
Aim of study: The study aims to evaluate the maximum potential stocking level in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) woodlands, using the ecologically-based size-density relationship of the self-thinning law.Area of study: The study area refers to cork oak fores...
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Ana Usié, Fernanda Simões, Pedro Barbosa, Brígida Meireles, Inês Chaves, Sónia Gonçalves, André Folgado, Maria H. Almeida, José Matos and António M. Ramos
Cork oaks show a high capacity of bud sprouting as a response to injury, which is important for species survival when dealing with external factors, such as drought or fires. The characterization of the cork oak transcriptome involved in the different st...
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Teresa Soares David,Clara Assunção Pinto,Nadezhda Nadezhdina,Jorge Soares David
Pág. eR02
Aim of the study: Water scarcity is the main limitation to forest growth and tree survival in the Mediterranean hot climate zone. This paper reviews literature on the relations between water and forests in the region, and their implications on forest and...
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Giuseppe Modica,Angelo Merlino,Francesco Solano,Roberto Mercurio
Pág. e037
Aim of study: Diagnosing the degradation degree of forest ecosystems is the basis for restoration strategies. However, there is no literature documenting how to quantify the forest degradation degree by using synthetic indicators, also because there is n...
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Marina Castro,Esther Fernandez-Nuñez
Pág. 425 - 437
Aim of study: This paper aims to characterize some soil properties within the first 25 cm of the soil profile and the herbaceous biomass in Quercus forests, and the possible relationships between soil properties and understory standing biomass.Area of st...
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Aranzazu Gomez-Garay,Jose A. Manzanera,Beatriz Pintos-Lopez
Pág. 191 - 198
Aim of study: A review on the propagation methods of four Quercus species, namely Q. suber, Q. robur, Q. ilex and Q. canariensis, through somatic embryogenesis and anther embryogenesis are presented.Area of study: The study comprises both Mediterranean a...
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Jesus Beira Davila,Cristina Prades Lopez,Ramon Santiago Beltran
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Aim of study: The aim of this study is to test new tools designed to debark cork oak trees: mechanized tools to perform cutting operations (IPLA-Morell, Stihl MC200 and COVELESS) and manual tools to separate and extract the cork (cork pincers, MIJURO).Ar...
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