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Updating the mapping of cork oak forests in Calabria (Italy)
Cork oak forests (Quercus suber L.) are one the most interesting forest ecosystems in the western Mediterranean Basin. The aim of this technical note is the presentation of the results of a recent survey carried out in the Calabria region (southern Italy)
Ienco A +4 more
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Molecular evidence of bidirectional introgression between Quercus suber and Quercus ilex
Cork oak and holm oak share a large part of their natural range, and are known to hybridize in mixed stands. This hybridization is supposed to have played a relevant role in the past history of cork oak. Previous research has reported that F1 hybrids are
López De Heredia U, Sánchez H, Soto A
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Linking Cork to Cork Oak Landscapes: Mapping the Value Chain of Cork Production in Portugal [PDF]
Traditional farming landscapes in South and Central Portugal, known as montados, are affected by global socio-economic and biophysical pressures, putting the sustainability of the systems in jeopardy. Cork oak trees (Quercus suber L.) are characteristic features of these complex agro-silvo-pastoral agroforestry systems, delivering a globally important ...
Irene Holm Sørensen +6 more
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The influence of cork oak pruning on the yield and growth of cork [PDF]
Bearing in mind the importance of pruning as a silvicultural treatment in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) open woodland of the dehesa type, an experiment was designed to assess the effect of pruning on cork yield. This work was carried out in two ways synchronically, comparing pruned sites with others which were either unpruned or pruned at different times,
Cañellas, Isabel, Montero, Gregorio
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Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands? [PDF]
In the Iberian Peninsula Mediterranean oak forests have been transformed into a mosaic landscape of four main patch-types: forests, savannas, shrublands and grasslands.
Holmgren, M. +4 more
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Distribution of Biscogniauxia mediterranea and its potential insect vectors on Quercus suber in Southwestern Bulgaria [PDF]
This is the first study in Bulgaria on the distribution of Biscogniauxia mediterraneа in cork oak plantations (Quercus suber). Symptoms of the disease (presence of exudate and wounds with stroma) caused by the fungus have been found on stems ...
Sonja Bencheva, Danail Doychev
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In recent years, the cork oak forests that characterise the Mediterranean region have been exposed to various factors that result in their degradation.
Salah Eddine Younsi +4 more
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In the Mediterranean basin, cork oak (Quercus suber L.) woodlands are characteristic and widespread forestry ecosystems. Though presenting significant economic potential as a renewable resource, they are not adequately valorised, in spite of a growing ...
Giuseppe Modica +6 more
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Cork Development: What Lies Within
The cork layer present in all dicotyledonous plant species with radial growth is the result of the phellogen activity, a secondary meristem that produces phellem (cork) to the outside and phelloderm inwards.
Rita Teresa Teixeira
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Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) from the cork oak forest of Larache (Morocco). [PDF]
The cork oak forest of Larache, a vital part of Morocco Atlantic coastal cork oak woodlands, plays a crucial role in supporting local ecosystems and human societies.
Amine Samih +4 more
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