Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our understanding
of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree growth rates …

Severe droughts have the potential to reduce forest productivity and trigger tree mortality.
Most trees face several drought events during their life and therefore resilience to dry …

… When the tree density in the studied woodland is low, the trees are spatially arranged in
clumps (L. DeSoto, unpublished data), and competition with neighbours for soil water resources …

A real-time video imaging system called the imaging burn depth indicator (IBDI) is described;
IBDI can discriminate areas of burn wounds expected to heal in three weeks or less from …

… We tested the following hypotheses: (i) the germination and survival of L. subulatum
seeds and seedlings will be higher under S. tenacissima than in adjacent bare ground zones …

Background To date, no immunological data on COVID-19 heterologous vaccination schedules
in humans have been reported. We assessed the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of …

… exploré la capacité d’extraire de l’information au sujet des conditions de stress hydrique à
partir des caractéristiques des trachéides du Juniperus thurifera L., un conifère de la région …

Phenotypic plasticity, the ability of a genotype of producing different phenotypes when exposed
to different environments, may impact ecological interactions. We study here how within-…

… K-function in the frequently used function L(r)=[K(r)/π] 1/2 −r. The observed inhomogeneous
… Fernández, JM de Soto and A. Suárez helped in field and laboratory work. The comments …

Differences in reproductive costs between male and female plants have been shown to
foster sex-related variability in growth and C-storage patterns. The extent to which differential …