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Ecology
Jian Wang, Desheng Liu
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of diurnal temperature range (DTR) on autumn leaf senescence date (LSD) and predicts future trends of LSD under warming. The results show that increased DTR has an advancing effect on LSD, whereas increased mean temperature delays LSD. These findings highlight the importance of considering DTR in phenology modeling and call for a better understanding of the ecological impacts of warming asymmetry.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Sasa Kostic, Sasa Orlovic, Velisav Karaklic, Lazar Kesic, Martina Zoric, Dejan B. Stojanovic
Summary: The study found that early pedunculate oak varieties are more drought resistant, while typical and late varieties have better recovery potential after drought. There are differences in physical dimensions and allometry among the studied oak varieties, with typical varieties having the largest diameter at breast height and crown width but being shorter, while late varieties have a wider crown relative to tree height. Intra-variety variations are higher than variations among family lines.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marko Kebert, Sasa Kostic, Srdan Stojnic, Eleonora Capelja, Andelina Gavranovic Markic, Martina Zoric, Lazar Kesic, Victor Flors
Summary: Mycorrhizal fungi play a significant role in mitigating the effects of drought stress on pedunculate oak by increasing the levels of protective substances and regulating plant hormone levels.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Nawroz Abdul-razzak Tahir, Kamaran Salh Rasul, Djshwar Dhahir Lateef, Florian M. W. Grundler
Summary: This study investigated the effects of oak leaf extract, biofertilizer, and soil containing oak leaf powder on the growth and biochemical parameters of four tomato genotypes under water stress. The results showed that the application of oak leaf powder and oak leaf extract improved the biochemical content of leaves in all genotypes and reduced lipid peroxidation. The sensitive genotypes were more susceptible to drought stress.
Article
Plant Sciences
Athina Parasyri, Olaf Barth, Wiebke Zschiesche, Klaus Humbeck
Summary: This study identified heavy metal associated isoprenylated plant proteins (HIPPs) that play a regulatory role in drought stress, ABA signaling, and leaf senescence in plants. The results suggest that these proteins are involved in a crosstalk between stress responses and growth control pathways.
Article
Forestry
Wojciech Kraj, Marcin Zarek
Summary: The study revealed that tree populations at higher altitudes experience oxidative stress early in the leaf senescence process, showing higher antioxidant system activity. This allows high-altitude populations to efficiently remobilize nitrogen compounds, protect trees from nitrogen loss, and prepare them for winter dormancy.
Article
Plant Sciences
Julia Maschler, Jenna Keller, Lalasia Bialic-Murphy, Constantin M. Zohner, Thomas W. Crowther
Summary: This study manipulated carbon source-sink dynamics in birch saplings to test the relevance of carbon sink limitation for autumn leaf senescence and photosynthetic decline. The results supported the hypothesis of carbon sink limitation as a driver of growing-season length and contributed to narrowing the uncertainty in climate change predictions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Hongying Yu, Guangsheng Zhou, Xiaomin Lv, Qijin He, Mengzi Zhou
Summary: Leaf senescence in grasslands is influenced by precipitation, while temperature and their interactions have no significant effects. Dry mass of leaves is significantly correlated with leaf senescence, and summer soil water content and spring soil temperature are significantly associated with leaf senescence.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Sasa Kostic, Lazar Kesic, Bratislav Matovic, Sasa Orlovic, Srdan Stojnic, Dejan B. Stojanovic
Summary: Soil properties play a significant role in influencing the radial growth of pedunculate oak during drought events, with soils rich in water content providing more suitable substrates for growth. Pedunculate oak growing on soils with lower water content are more sensitive to drought, leading to decreased growth and mortality. The study shows that both above-ground and below-ground drought sources equally affect radial growth and sensitivity to drought in pedunculate oak.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Narumasa Tsutsumida, Nagai Shin, Tomoaki Miura
Summary: This study evaluated the performance of different land surface phenology (LSP) analysis approaches in estimating autumn leaf color change (ALCC) and validated the results using ground-level autumn foliage information from 758 sightseeing sites in Japan. The findings revealed inconsistency and uncertainty in the estimates obtained using different analytical methods, but the estimation using EVI and the Beck model performed relatively well.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kai Yang, Hongchun Sun, Mengxing Liu, Lingxiao Zhu, Ke Zhang, Yongjiang Zhang, Anchang Li, Haina Zhang, Jijie Zhu, Xiaoqing Liu, Zhiying Bai, Liantao Liu, Cundong Li
Summary: This study demonstrates that melatonin can delay drought-induced leaf senescence in cotton seedlings by enhancing the antioxidant enzyme system, improving photosynthetic efficiency, reducing chlorophyll degradation and ROS accumulation, and inhibiting ABA synthesis.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jonathan O. Hernandez, Byung Bae Park
Summary: This study investigated the effects of water-deficit stress on leaf anatomical traits, physiological traits, and stem starch content in two oak tree species. The results showed that both species experienced changes in leaf characteristics and physiological traits under water-deficit stress, with Quercus serrata showing higher adaptability.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yann Vitasse, Frederik Baumgarten, Constantin M. Zohner, Rungnapa Kaewthongrach, Yongshuo H. Fu, Manuel G. Walde, Barbara Moser
Summary: The study reveals the significant impact of microclimatic variation on tree phenology, with higher bud albedo or shade delaying budburst and delaying leaf senescence. The response of autumn phenology to summer droughts depends on tree species.
Article
Forestry
Krunoslav Sever, Sasa Bogdan, Zeljko Skvorc
Summary: This study examined the effects of leaf nitrogen levels on the growth and development of pedunculate oak. The results showed that under moderate drought stress, photosynthetic rate, stem diameter increment, and height growth increment were significantly reduced, while acorn mass was unaffected. Suboptimal nitrogen nutrition only had a significant impact on photosynthetic rate and stem diameter increment in wet years.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xiehai Song, Qinsong Yang, Yong Liu, Jinjin Li, Xiaochao Chang, Lihong Xian, Jin Zhang
Summary: Research on Pistacia chinensis revealed that R2R3-MYB proteins play a crucial role in anthocyanin biosynthesis and autumn leaf coloration. By conducting genome-wide analysis of transcription factors, PcMYB113 was identified as a key gene with the highest correlation to anthocyanin accumulation, promoting the accumulation of anthocyanin in leaves.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Josep Padulles Cubino, Zdenka Lososova, Gianmaria Bonari, Emiliano Agrillo, Fabio Attorre, Erwin Bergmeier, Idoia Biurrun, Juan A. Campos, Andraz Carni, Mirjana Cuk, Michele De Sanctis, Adrian Indreica, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Larisa Khanina, Ilona Knollova, Jonathan Lenoir, Remigiusz Pielech, Valerijus Rasomavicius, Zeljko Skvorc, Jens-Christian Svenning, Kiril Vassilev, Wolfgang Willner, Milan Chytry
Summary: This study investigated the phylogenetic structure of European forest vegetation, finding that phylogenetic clustering is primarily driven by climatic stress and instability, with overdispersion occurring in certain regions. The study highlights the role of environmental filtering, postglacial dispersal limitation, and spatial transitions between major biomes in determining the distribution of plant lineages in Europe.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Josep Padulles Cubino, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Wolfgang Willner, Zdenka Lososova, Idoia Biurrun, Jorg Brunet, Juan Antonio Campos, Adrian Indreica, Florian Jansen, Jonathan Lenoir, Zeljko Skvorc, Kiril Vassilev, Milan Chytry
Summary: The study aims to understand the impact of environmental and historical factors on plant taxonomic and phylogenetic turnover in European beech forests. Results indicate that beta-diversity in these forests is influenced by ecological and evolutionary processes, with taxonomic and phylogenetic turnover increasing towards extreme climatic conditions and the distribution margins of beech. The variation in beta-diversity is strongly influenced by the distribution of closely related species that evolved or survived in glacial refugia.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andraz Carni, Mirjana Cuk, Igor Zelnik, Jozo Franjic, Ruzica Igic, Milos Ilic, Daniel Krstonosic, Dragana Vukov, Zeljko Skvorc
Summary: This article discusses the wet meadow plant communities of the alliance Trifolion pallidi, found on periodically inundated or waterlogged sites on riverside terraces or gentle slopes. It highlights the importance of the hydrological gradient in shaping these plant communities and provides new field data on this vegetation type.
Article
Plant Sciences
Martin Vecera, Irena Axmanova, Josep Padulles Cubino, Zdenka Lososova, Jan Divisek, Ilona Knollova, Svetlana Acic, Idoia Biurrun, Steffen Boch, Gianmaria Bonari, Juan Antonio Campos, Andraz Carni, Maria Laura Carranza, Laura Casella, Alessandro Chiarucci, Renata Custerevska, Pauline Delbosc, Juergen Dengler, Federico Fernandez-Gonzalez, Jean-Claude Gegout, Ute Jandt, Florian Jansen, Anni Jaskova, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Anna Kuzemko, Maria Lebedeva, Jonathan Lenoir, Tatiana Lysenko, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Remigiusz Pielech, Eszter Ruprecht, Jozef Sibik, Urban Silc, Zeljko Skvorc, Grzegorz Swacha, Irina Tatarenko, Kiril Vassilev, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Sergey Yamalov, Milan Chytry
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the representation of vascular plant families within different vegetation formations across Europe. Through analyzing data from 816,005 vegetation plots, distinct spatial patterns for many families in forests, grasslands, scrub, and wetlands were identified. These findings can inspire further biogeographical and macroecological studies and contribute to a better understanding of the evolutionary history of plant families.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Viktoria Wagner, Martin Vecera, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Jan Pergl, Jonathan Lenoir, Jens-Christian Svenning, Petr Pysek, Emiliano Agrillo, Idoia Biurrun, Juan Antonio Campos, Joerg Ewald, Federico Fernandez-Gonzalez, Ute Jandt, Valerijus Rasomavicius, Urban Silc, Zeljko Skvorc, Kiril Vassilev, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Milan Chytry
Summary: The study found that the richness and abundance of alien plant species in European woodlands vary by region and habitat types, with maximum responses in invasion hotspots in northwestern and central Europe. As alien plants continue to expand, their richness and abundance in woodlands are likely to be driven by the shared effects of introduction and planting history, differences in invaded habitat types, and dispersal corridors.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zdenka Preislerova, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Ladislav Mucina, Christian Berg, Gianmaria Bonari, Anna Kuzemko, Flavia Landucci, Corrado Marceno, Tiago Monteiro-Henriques, Pavel Novak, Denys Vynokurov, Erwin Bergmeier, Juergen Dengler, Iva Apostolova, Frederic Bioret, Idoia Biurrun, Juan Antonio Campos, Jorge Capelo, Andraz Carni, Suleyman Coban, Janos Csiky, Mirjana Cuk, Renata Custerevska, Fred J. A. Daniels, Michele De Sanctis, Yakiv Didukh, Daniel Dite, Giuliano Fanelli, Yaroslav Golovanov, Valentin Golub, Riccardo Guarino, Michal Hajek, Dmytro Iakushenko, Adrian Indreica, Florian Jansen, Anni Jaskova, Martin Jirousek, Veronika Kalnikova, Ali Kavgaci, Ilya Kucherov, Filip Kuzmic, Maria Lebedeva, Javier Loidi, Zdenka Lososova, Tatiana Lysenko, Dordije Milanovic, Viktor Onyshchenko, Gwenhael Perrin, Tomas Peterka, Valerijus Rasomavicius, Maria Pilar Rodriguez-Rojo, John S. Rodwell, Solvito Rusina, Daniel Sanchez-Mata, Joop H. J. Schaminee, Yuri Semenishchenkov, Nikolay Shevchenko, Jozef Sibik, Zeljko Skvorc, Viktor Smagin, Danijela Stesevic, Vladimir Stupar, Katerina Sumberova, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Elena Tikhonova, Rossen Tzonev, Milan Valachovic, Kiril Vassilev, Wolfgang Willner, Sergey Yamalov, Martin Vecera, Milan Chytry
Summary: This study provides the first maps of all alliances in Europe, filling the gaps in the previous checklist. These maps serve as a foundation for future research to fill the existing knowledge gaps.
APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Andelina Gavranovic Markic, Sasa Bogdan, Marija Gradecki Postenjak, Miran Lanscak, Zvonimir Vujnovic, Sanja Bogunovic, Mladen Ivankovic
Summary: Quercus robur L. exhibits significant variability in seed production among years and individuals. Seed size and moisture content have a significant impact on seed viability.
SEEFOR-SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN FORESTRY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Krunoslav Sever, Davor Poljakovic, Tomislav Karazija, Boris Lazarevic, Antonia Vukmirovic, Mario Sango, Zeljko Skvorc
Summary: The study found that beech seedlings under suboptimal nutrition of nitrogen, phosphorus, magnesium, and iron had delayed leaf development, reduced stem diameter and height growth, and decreased slenderness of saplings under suboptimal iron nutrition.
Article
Forestry
Krunoslav Sever, Sasa Bogdan, Zeljko Skvorc
Summary: This study examined the effects of leaf nitrogen levels on the growth and development of pedunculate oak. The results showed that under moderate drought stress, photosynthetic rate, stem diameter increment, and height growth increment were significantly reduced, while acorn mass was unaffected. Suboptimal nitrogen nutrition only had a significant impact on photosynthetic rate and stem diameter increment in wet years.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Patricia M. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Eleni Abraham, Francisca Aguiar, Andrea Andreoli, Ligita Balezentiene, Naim Berisha, Ivan Bernez, Michael Bruen, Daniel Bruno, Carlo Camporeale, Andraz Carni, Mila Chilikova-Lubomirova, Dov Corenblit, Renata Custerevska, Tanya Doody, Judy England, Andre Evette, Robert Francis, Virginia Garofano-Gomez, Marta Gonzalez del Tanago, Yasar Selman Gultekin, Florian Guyard, Seppo Hellsten, Georgi Hinkov, Jiri Jakubinsky, Philippe Janssen, Roland Jansson, Jochem Kail, Emine Keles, Mary Kelly-Quinn, Anna Kidova, Timea Kiss, Mart Kulvik, Nicola La Porta, Marianne Laslier, Melissa Latella, Stefan Lorenz, Dejan Mandzukovski, Paraskevi Manolaki, Vanesa Martinez-Fernandez, David Merritt, Adrien Michez, Jelena Milovanovic, Tomasz Okruszko, Eva Papastergiadou, Ellis Penning, Remigiusz Pielech, Emilio Politti, Ana Portela, Tenna Riis, Zeljko Skvorc, Michal Slezak, Barbara Stammel, John Stella, Danijela Stesevic, Vladimir Stupar, Olga Tammeorg, Priit Tammeorg, Therese Moe Fosholt, Gorazd Urbanic, Marc Villar, Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Paul Vrchovsky, Rasoul Yousefpour, Peggy Zinke, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Simon Dufour
Summary: This article identifies and discusses 10 key challenges in riparian vegetation science and management improvement, providing guidance for future research in this field.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Gabriele Midolo, Tomas Herben, Irena Axmanova, Corrado Marceno, Ricarda Patsch, Helge Bruelheide, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Svetlana Acic, Ariel Bergamini, Erwin Bergmeier, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Andraz Carni, Alessandro Chiarucci, Michele De Sanctis, Olga Demina, Jurgen Dengler, Tetiana Dziuba, Giuliano Fanelli, Emmanuel Garbolino, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Friedemann Goral, Behlul Guler, Guillermo Hinojos-Mendoza, Florian Jansen, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Attila Lengyel, Jonathan Lenoir, Aaron Perez-Haase, Remigiusz Pielech, Vadim Prokhorov, Valerijus Rasomavicius, Eszter Ruprecht, Solvita Rusina, Urban Silc, Zeljko Skvorc, Zvjezdana Stancic, Irina Tatarenko, Milan Chytry
Summary: This article presents a new dataset that identifies optimal positioning of European plant species along gradients of natural and anthropogenic disturbance. The dataset includes disturbance indicator values for 6382 vascular plant species. These indicator values are crucial for integrating disturbance niche optima into large-scale vegetation analyses and macroecological studies.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Krunoslav Sever, Antonia Vukmirovic, Luka Hodak, Sasa Bogdan, Ida Katicic Bogdan, Daniel Krstonosic, Tomislav Karazija, Jozo Franjic, Zeljko Skvorc
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the influence of climatic and edaphic conditions on the functional adaptation of growth and dry matter production of common beech and sessile oak saplings from different provenances in Croatia. The results showed that the saplings from the KA provenance exhibited better adaptation to drought habitat, with deeper root growth and higher investment in dry matter production. In contrast, the saplings from the SB provenance had shallower root growth and invested more dry matter in fine roots.
Article
Plant Sciences
Lubomir Tichy, Irena Axmanova, Juergen Dengler, Riccardo Guarino, Florian Jansen, Gabriele Midolo, Michael P. P. Nobis, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Svetlana Acic, Fabio Attorre, Erwin Bergmeier, Idoia Biurrun, Gianmaria Bonari, Helge Bruelheide, Juan Antonio Campos, Andraz Carni, Alessandro Chiarucci, Mirjana Cuk, Renata Custerevska, Yakiv Didukh, Daniel Dite, Zuzana Dite, Tetiana Dziuba, Giuliano Fanelli, Eduardo Fernandez-Pascual, Emmanuel Garbolino, Rosario G. G. Gavilan, Jean-Claude Gegout, Ulrich Graf, Behlul Guler, Michal Hajek, Stephan M. M. Hennekens, Ute Jandt, Anni Jaskova, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Philippe Julve, Stephan Kambach, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Gerhard Karrer, Ali Kavgaci, Ilona Knollova, Anna Kuzemko, Filip Kuzmic, Flavia Landucci, Attila Lengyel, Jonathan Lenoir, Corrado Marceno, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Pavel Novak, Aaron Perez-Haase, Tomas Peterka, Remigiusz Pielech, Alessandro Pignatti, Valerijus Rasomavicius, Solvita Rusina, Arne Saatkamp, Urban Silc, Zeljko Skvorc, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Milan Chytry
Summary: This study aims to create a harmonized data set of Ellenberg-type indicator values applicable at the European scale by incorporating indicator values from other European regions. The researchers collected and compared data from 13 data sets and provided a new data set of Ellenberg-type indicator values for 8908 European vascular plant species.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Dragan Koljanin, Jugoslav Brujic, Andraz Carni, Dordije Milanovic, Zeljko Skvorc, Vladimir Stupar
Summary: Wetland forests and scrub (WFS) are influenced by water and consist of various vegetation types. Insufficient research has been done on WFS vegetation in the Balkan Peninsula, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This study used numerical classification to classify WFS in the Western Balkans and identified the main ecological gradients that drive species composition variation. The analysis showed that edafic factors play a significant role in determining the vegetation composition and differentiation of WFS in the study area.