The forests in the Iberian Peninsula have been strongly influenced by past climatic changes,
but reconstructing their historical distributions and dynamics is very difficult due to the …

Water availability is one of the key environmental factors that affect plant establishment and
distribution. In many regions water availability will decline with climate change, exposing …

Generally, soil compaction is a stress factor affecting negatively the plant growth, but its
effects vary between species and with the soil compaction range. The objective of this study …

Question: What is the relative importance of seed mass and abiotic factors in species‐
specific seedling growth and morphology during the first and the second growing season …

Understanding the impacts of combined resource supplies on seedlings is critical to enable
prediction of establishment growth, and forest dynamics. We investigated the effects of …

Mediterranean oaks frequently have poor performance in forest restoration projects. We
analyzed if nitrogen (N) fertilization during nursery cultivation enhances the outplanting …

Premise Biological invasions and climate change are major threats to biodiversity. It is
therefore important to anticipate how the climate changes projected for Southern Europe …

Seed mass represents the reserves available for growth in the first stages of plant
establishment. Variation in seed mass is an important trait which may have consequences …

Biochar (BC) is a carbonaceous material obtained by pyrolysis of organic waste materials
and has been proposed as a soil management strategy to mitigate global warming and to …

Soil compaction and light availability influence plant growth via different mechanisms. In
general, soil compaction has a direct effect on roots, whereas light affects leaves and stems …