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Human Disturbance but Not Predation Risk Is Associated With Increased Vigilance in Roe Deer

Ethology, EarlyView.
Roe deer vigilance is lower in natural than in modified habitats, decreases with group size, but is not significantly influenced by stable wolf presence, suggesting habitat‐driven risk perception and reliance on spatial avoidance over increased alertness.
Elisa Torretta, Eleonora Frigerio, Giulia Ruffoni, Erika Bergantin, Achaz von Hardenberg   +4 more
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Shaping future forests: how can ecophysiology support climate‐smart forest management?

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Climate change, particularly the associated increase in extreme events and disturbances, threatens the numerous environmental, social, and economic benefits that forests provide, both locally and globally. Heat and drought pose significant risks to forest ecosystems; the anticipated future climate is expected to exacerbate this trend ...
Arthur Gessler, José M. Grünzweig, Laura Bigio, Henrik Hartmann, Nate McDowell, Frank Krumm, Arun K. Bose, Andreas Rigling, Harald Bugmann, Valentina Vitali, Pascal Schneider, J. Jelle Lever, Janine Schweier, Anne Kempel, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Philipp Brun, Jürgen Bauhus, Micah Wilhelm, Alessandra Bottero   +18 more
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Archaeobotanical analysis from the long-term rural settlement of Contrada Castro (Corleone, Palermo): preliminary data [PDF]

, 2019
The project ¿Harvesting Memories: Ecology and Archaeology of Monti Sicani landscapes¿ aims to analyse the long-term relationship of landscape dynamics and settlement patterns in a Mediterranean inland of Central-Western Sicily.
Angelo Castrorao Barba, Claudia Speciale, Giuseppe Bazan, Pasquale Marino, Stefano Vassallo   +4 more
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Invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) facilitates feeding of European wasps and ants (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Formicidae) on plant exudates

European Journal of Entomology, 2021
The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is a polyphagous species from eastern Asia, which has spread to America and Europe where it damages many crops. In recently colonized areas, facilitative interactions between H.
Davide SCACCINI, Alberto POZZEBON
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Effects of temperature on the germination of Fraxinus ornus subsp. cilicica seeds [PDF]

Dendrobiology, 2012
The present study was carried out to determine the effect of temperature on the seed germination of Fraxinus ornus subsp. cilicica, an endemic taxa on Taurus Mountains in Southern Turkey. Seeds from the three provenances were collected and prechilled for 16 weeks before the germination tests. Germination tests were conducted at constant temperatures (5,
Yilmaz, Mustafa, Tonguc, Fatih
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Topography and Canopy Structure Interactively Shape Understory Functional Diversity

Journal of Vegetation Science, Volume 37, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
In this transect‐based study on broadleaved forests in the Apennines (Italy), we studied how elevation and aspect filter the understory through single‐ and multi‐trait functional diversity. We found that overall functional diversity decreased along south‐facing slopes but showed no trend on north‐facing slopes.
Joshua Erkelenz, Zdeňka Lososová, Aakriti Joshi, Corrado Marcenò, Nicolas A. Schrader, Pavel Novák, Roberto Venanzoni, Josep Padullés Cubino   +7 more
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A novel association between Aphaenogaster subterranea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the nymphs of Reptalus panzeri (Hemiptera: Cixiidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2012
The nymphs of the cixiid planthopper, Reptalus panzeri (Löw, 1883), were found cohabiting with the myrmicine ant Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798) in a sub-Mediterranean oak forest in mid-western Hungary.
Gábor LŐRINCZI
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Good survival of broadleaf tree species in a four-year-old plantation in the Slovenian Karst

Acta Silvae et Ligni, 2022
Six broadleaf tree species (Celtis australis L. – Mediterranean hackberry, Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. – sessile oak, Fagus sylvatica L. – European beech, Prunus avium L. – wild cherry, Juglans regia L.
Nina Škrk, Kristjan Jarni, Robert Brus
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A Phytosociological study of the deciduous oak woods of Sardinia (Italy) [PDF]

, 2004
We present here the results from a phytosociological and synchorological study of the deciduous oak woods of Sardinia. This vegetation analysis has allowed the individuation of three new associations: Lonicero implexae-Quercetum virgilianae, Ornithogalo ...
Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Biondi, Edoardo, Farris, Emmanuele, Filigheddu, Rossella Speranza, Mossa, Luigi   +4 more
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Resolving the effects of functional traits on tree growth rates: The influence of temporal dynamics and divergent strategies by leaf habit

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 11, Page 3191-3209, November 2025.
Functional traits are not consistently associated with tree growth rates but instead reflect dynamic resource acquisition and investment strategies over time and between deciduous and evergreen species. Despite this variability, our findings confirm the utility of functional traits to predict tree growth rates, especially when trait effects are ...
Mégane Déziel, Daniel Schoenig, Rita Sousa‐Silva, Eric B. Searle, William C. Parker, Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Simone Mereu, Michael Scherer‐Lorenzen, Charles A. Nock, Christian Messier, Peter Reich, Artur Stefanski, Ning Dong, Peter Hajek, Dominique Gravel, Alain Paquette   +15 more
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