Landscapes are often patchworks of private properties, where composition and configuration patterns result from cumulative effects of the (...)

Cork oak ecosystems, which are biodiversity hotspots and have great socio-economic importance in the western Mediterranean Basin, have been (...)

Predictions of an increase in mean temperatures and a widespread reduction in annual rainfall over the next few decades are consistent. (...)

Cork oak forests in Sardinia cover about 139,500 ha of land both as pure stands or wooded pastures. Starting from a research activity (...)

Due to their complex structure and traditional low-intensity management, Portuguese oak woodland rangelands known as montados are often (...)

Cork oak forest grows endemically in the coastal regions of the western Mediterranean basin, particularly in the Iberian Peninsula. The (...)

Submerged fermentation of higher fungi Ganoderma is increasingly, studied for its potential advantages particularly, improving the (...)

The Montado is the silvo-pastoral land use system dominant in Southern Portugal, and similar to the Dehesa in Southern Spain. These systems (...)

Periodic outbreaks of forest defoliators like the gypsy moth cause severe impact to the forest ecosystem, which is normally counterbalanced (...)

The article evaluates the efficiency of surface hydrophobisation based on organosilicon compounds. The subject of the study involved (...)

Characterising the habitat use of released captive-bred birds is required to help optimise future avian reintroduction programmes. The (...)

Postfermentation treatments may begin almost immediately after fermentation. These may involve any necessary adjustments to the wine's (...)