Physiological differences explain the co-existence of different regeneration strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems

Embolism resistance as a key mechanism to understand adaptive plant strategies

(2013) Frederic Lens et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

SYNDROME-DRIVEN DIVERSIFICATION IN A MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM

(2013) Miguel Verdú et al.   EVOLUTION

Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

(2013) Hervé Cochard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

How to quantify conduits in wood?

(2013) Alexander Scholz et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

How wood evolves: a new synthesis

(2012) Sherwin Carlquist   Botany

Influence of aspect in soil and vegetation water dynamics in dry Mediterranean conditions: functional adjustment of evergreen and semi-deciduous growth forms

(2012) Miguel Angel Gabarrón-Galeote et al.   Ecohydrology

Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species

(2012) Sean M. Gleason et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Differences in morpho-physiological leaf traits reflect the response of growth to drought in a seeder but not in a resprouter Mediterranean species

(2012) David A. Ramírez et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Xylem Transport Safety and Efficiency Differ among Fynbos Shrub Life History Types and between Two Sites Differing in Mean Rainfall

(2012) Robert B. Pratt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Isotopes reveal contrasting water use strategies among coexisting plant species in a Mediterranean ecosystem

(2012) Cristina Moreno-Gutiérrez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Vessel diameter-stem diameter scaling across woody angiosperms and the ecological causes of xylem vessel diameter variation

(2012) Mark E. Olson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

(2012) A. G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

To resprout or not to resprout: factors driving intraspecific variability in resprouting

(2012) Bruno Moreira et al.   OIKOS

Can hydraulic traits be used to predict sensitivity of drought-prone forests to crown decline and tree mortality?

(2012) Rafael S. Oliveira   PLANT AND SOIL

Hydraulic limits preceding mortality in a piñon-juniper woodland under experimental drought

(2012) JENNIFER A. PLAUT et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Tanned or Burned: The Role of Fire in Shaping Physical Seed Dormancy

(2012) Bruno Moreira et al.   PLoS One

The Mediterranean evergreen Quercus ilex and the semi-deciduous Cistus albidus differ in their leaf gas exchange regulation and acclimation to repeated drought and re-watering cycles

(2011) Alexander Galle et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fire and plant evolution

(2011) Juli G. Pausas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water-use strategies of six co-existing Mediterranean woody species during a summer drought

(2011) José L. Quero et al.   OECOLOGIA

Leaf physiological traits in relation to resprouter ability in the Mediterranean Basin

(2011) E. I. Hernández et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Hydraulic traits are associated with the distribution range of two closely related Mediterranean firs, Abies alba Mill. and Abies pinsapo Boiss.

(2011) J. J. Peguero-Pina et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Genotypic variability and phenotypic plasticity of cavitation resistance in Fagus sylvatica L. across Europe

(2011) R. Wortemann et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

(2011) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

(2011) Jon E. Keeley et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity

(2010) Amy E. Zanne et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Disentangling the role of heat and smoke as germination cues in Mediterranean Basin flora

(2010) B. Moreira et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Are symplast tolerance to intense drought conditions and xylem vulnerability to cavitation coordinated? An integrated analysis of photosynthetic, hydraulic and leaf level processes in two Mediterranean drought-resistant species

(2010) A. Vilagrosa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Soil shapes community structure through fire

(2010) Fernando Ojeda et al.   OECOLOGIA

Root traits explain different foraging strategies between resprouting life histories

(2010) Susana Paula et al.   OECOLOGIA

A Burning Story: The Role of Fire in the History of Life

(2009) Juli G. Pausas et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin

(2009) S. Paula et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Xylem root and shoot hydraulics is linked to life history type in chaparral seedlings

(2009) Robert B. Pratt et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Morphological traits and water use strategies in seedlings of Mediterranean coexisting species

(2009) E. I. Hernández et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Adaptive Radiation in Mediterranean Cistus (Cistaceae)

(2009) Beatriz Guzmán et al.   PLoS One

Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution

(2008) Campbell O. Webb et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Linkage between water stress tolerance and life history type in seedlings of nine chaparral species (Rhamnaceae)

(2008) R. B. Pratt et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Burning seeds: germinative response to heat treatments in relation to resprouting ability

(2008) S. Paula et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Hydrogen peroxide is involved in the acclimation of the Mediterranean shrub, Cistus albidus L., to summer drought

(2008) T. Jubany-Mari et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Variability in water use efficiency at the leaf level among Mediterranean plants with different growth forms

(2008) Hipólito Medrano et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Hydraulic Failure Defines the Recovery and Point of Death in Water-Stressed Conifers

(2008) T. J. Brodribb et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY