High-intensity and fast-spreading wildfires are natural in the Mediterranean basin. However,
since 1960, wildfire occurrence has increased because of changes in land use, which …

Minirhizotrons provide a nondestructive, in situ method for directly viewing and studying fine
roots. Although many insights into fine roots have been gained using minirhizotrons, a …

There are pressing reasons for develo** a better understanding of net primary production
(NPP) in the world's forests. These ecosystems play a large role in the world's carbon …

In order to investigate the annual variation of soil respiration and its components in relation
to seasonal changes in soil temperature and soil moisture in a Mediterranean mixed oak …

Extensive research has focused on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. However,
in Mediterranean ecosystems, soil respiration may have a pulsed response to precipitation …

Precipitation is one of the most important factors that determine productivity of terrestrial
ecosystems. Precipitation across the globe is predicted to change more intensively under …

Optimal resource partitioning theory predicts that plants should increase the ratio between
water absorbing and transpiring surfaces under short water supply. An increase in fine root …

This book, containing 6 chapters (the saprotrophs, the habitat, sampling and enumeration,
reconstructing the soil food web, spatial and temporal patterns, integrating the food web) …

Trends in air temperature and precipitation in the forest‐steppe ecotone of the western
Khentey, northern Mongolia were studied and related to stem increment and shoot water …

Mangrove forests provide a variety of ecosystem services, and among them, the ability to
sequester large quantities of below-ground carbon reservoirs is considered the most critical …