Trade-offs between life-history traits are common in plants, and those involving growth and reproduction may be evident during mast years. (...)

Climate models predict that the Mediterranean region will experience a particularly marked increase in aridity during the 21st century when (...)

Insect predation on seeds of forests species during the predispersal phase is a special case of plant-pest interaction in which, while (...)

Mediterranean trees and shrubs form intra-Annual density fluctuations (IADFs) in tree rings as a sign of their plasticity in wood formation (...)

Pinus pinea produces the most expensive pine nuts worldwide, with a masting habit (variable cone productivity over time) in its native (...)

Introduction -Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) is a species of economic interest for its pine nuts. Despite this market, cones are harvested (...)

The author replies to the article by Loewe Muñoz et al. (2016), published on Aug 29, 2016 in iForest Biogeosciences and Forestry, shortly (...)

Tree biomass plays a key role in sustainable forest management and in determining forest carbon stocks. Accurate estimates based on (...)

Pinus pinea (L.) is one of the most valuable species used in the Tunisian reforestation programme, with about 21 000 ha of plantations. In (...)

Mixed forests of Quercus ilex L. and Pinus pinea L. are widely found throughout the Mediterranean Basin, being representative of two (...)

The consumption of edible pine seeds of stone pine by the invasive Leptoglossus occidentalis represents a major concern for producers in (...)

Climate projections predict shifts in environmental conditions, with cascade effects on forest growth dynamics. As such, Pinus pinea L., an (...)