Abstract Background In the Mediterranean climate, plants have evolved under conditions of
low soil-water and nutrient availabilities and have acquired a series of adaptive traits that, in …

Many anatomical features in trees result from their reaction to fluctuating environmental
conditions, and some can be measured and dated. Recently, quantitative wood anatomy …

Most endemic plant species have limited altitudinal ranges. At higher altitudes, they are
subjected to various environmental stresses. However, these plants use unique defense …

We investigated the influence of climate on the ring width and xylem anatomy of two co-
occurring pines (Pinus nigra Arn. and P. sylvestris L.) in the mountains of east-central Spain …

Species distributions and assemblage composition may be the result of trait selection
through environmental filters. Here, we ask whether filtering of species at the local scale …

Background and Aims A series of studies have shown that temperature triggers the onset of
xylogenesis of trees after winter dormancy. However, little is known about whether and how …

As a drought tolerant plant, jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is commonly planted in semiarid
Northwest China under rainfed conditions. To clarify the response of water use to climatic …

Do changes in spring phenology affect earlywood vessels? Perspective from the
xylogenesis monitoring of two sympatric ring&# Page 1 Do changes in spring phenology …

We investigated the effects of seasonal changes in soil moisture and temperature on the
morphological growth traits of fine roots (< 2 mm in diameter) and vascular cambium activity …

A machine learning method called the random forest approach was used to explore the
relationship between forest productivity and stand and climate factors. Data was sampled …