Landscape–wildfire interactions in southern Europe: implications for landscape management

F Moreira, O Viedma, M Arianoutsou, T Curt… - Journal of environmental …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Every year approximately half a million hectares of land are burned by wildfires in southern
Europe, causing large ecological and socio-economic impacts. Climate and land use …

Comparison and ranking of different modelling techniques for prediction of site index in Mediterranean mountain forests

W Aertsen, V Kint, J Van Orshoven, K Özkan… - Ecological modelling, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Forestry science has a long tradition of studying the relationship between stand productivity
and abiotic and biotic site characteristics, such as climate, topography, soil and vegetation …

Height variation hypothesis: A new approach for estimating forest species diversity with CHM LiDAR data

M Torresani, D Rocchini, R Sonnenschein… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
An indirect method for estimating biodiversity from Earth observations is the Spectral
Variation Hypothesis (SVH). SVH states that the higher the spatial variability of the spectral …

[HTML][HTML] Which Are the Best Site and Stand Conditions for Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill.) Located in the Carpathian Mountains?

L Dinca, M Marin, V Radu, G Murariu, R Drasovean… - Diversity, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) is one of the most valuable and productive tree species across
European mountains, that accomplish multiple economic, protective and ecologic functions …

[HTML][HTML] Potential extinction risk of Juniperus phoenicea under global climate change: Towards conservation planning

RF El-Barougy, MA Dakhil, MWA Halmy… - Global Ecology and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Global change effects on species are most pronounced when there is a large mismatch
between past climate conditions, and the present climate, and this chasm will grow as global …

Drought responses and their effects on radial stem growth of two co-occurring conifer species in the Mediterranean mountain range

A Güney, R Zweifel, S Türkan, R Zimmermann… - Annals of Forest …, 2020‏ - Springer
Key message Patterns of stem radial variations showed that Cedrus libani A. Rich. was less
limited by summer drought than co-occurring Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb. Cedrus libani …

The geomorphological regions of Turkey

C Kuzucuoğlu, A Çiner, N Kazancı - Landscapes and landforms of Turkey, 2019‏ - Springer
The core of Turkey's land is the Anatolian Peninsula, which is surrounded by several seas
(Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Sea). Offering a high variety of morphological …

Efficient assessment of topographic solar radiation to improve plant distribution models

C Piedallu, J Gégout - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Plant ecologists have recognised the importance of solar radiation for decades but have
difficulty measuring it on plots. Proxies recorded on the ground or geographical information …

[HTML][HTML] Structural characteristics of the main resinous stands from Southern Carpathians, Romania

G Murariu, L Dinca, N Tudose, V Crisan, L Georgescu… - Forests, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study, which contains historical data recorded over a period of 40 years,
was to identify the main factors that influence and control the level of wood mass production …

M editerranean and temperate treelines are controlled by different environmental drivers

FI Piper, B Viñegla, JC Linares, JJ Camarero… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The growth limitation hypothesis (GLH) is the most accepted explanation for treeline
formation, but it has been scarcely examined in Mediterranean regions, where treelines are …