Climate change is a challenging fact influencing diverse sectors in society including the
agricultural one, which is heavily dependent on natural resources and climate. In the …

The purpose of this paper was to analyze the evolution and regional distribution of both
forest fire ignitions and burnt areas in mainland Portugal and to identify the relationship …

This paper presents the results of soil hydrological and erosional responses to different land
use and cover types in a marginal area of Portugal. The six land uses and vegetation covers …

Grapevine irrigation is becoming an important practice to guarantee wine quality or even
plant survival in regions affected by seasonal drought. Nevertheless, irrigation has to be …

Droughts reduce gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (Reco),
contributing to most of the inter-annual variability in terrestrial carbon sequestration. In …

Changes in the climatology of precipitation and surface air temperature are being
investigated worldwide, searching for changes in variability, the mean and extreme events …

Remote sensed information on vegetation and soil moisture, namely the Normalised
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Soil Water Index (SWI), is employed to monitor …

We studied the seasonal and inter-annual variation in carbon, water and energy fluxes over
a Mediterranean grassland ecosystem in Portugal, dominated by annual species, using the …

Responses of leaf water relations and photosynthesis to summer drought and autumn
rewetting were studied in two evergreen Mediterranean oak species, Quercus ilex spp …

This study details the physiological responses of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) to manipulated
water inputs. Treatments named as dry, ambient and wet, which received 80, 100 and 120 …