<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of drought on gas exchange and water potential in leaves of seven Mediterranean woody species</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">225-231</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-4921-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The water relations and gas exchange parameters of Arbutus unedo, Cistus monspeliensis, Erica arborea, Myrtus communis, Phillyrea latifolia, Pistacia lentiscus, and Quercus ilex growing in the shrubland vegetation at the Parco Naturale della Maremma (Italy), were studied over two consecutive years. At high leaf water potentials, photosynthetic rates and stomatal conductance were relatively low in all species but C. monspeliensis. Stomatal conductance remained relatively high in C. monspeliensis leaves as soil moisture was depleted, whereas A. unedo, E. arborea, M. communis, and P. lentiscus were more conservative in water use. P. latifolia and Q. ilex showed a drought-tolerant behaviour.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effects of elevated CO2 and decreased water availability on holm-oak seedlings in controlled environment chambers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">125-133</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-4921-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In Mediterranean ecosystems, water is an important limiting factor for&lt;br/&gt;plant growth. In addition to the increase in atmospheric CO2, some&lt;br/&gt;models predict increased drought in Mediterranean areas as a consequence&lt;br/&gt;of global change. Thus, to determine how increased atmospheric CO2&lt;br/&gt;interacts with increased water stress and affects Mediterranean plant&lt;br/&gt;growth is an important achievement. The present study analyses how helm&lt;br/&gt;oak (Quercus ilex L.) seedlings are affected by both elevated CO2 and&lt;br/&gt;increased water stress. The CO2 concentrations were supplied in&lt;br/&gt;controlled environment chambers (350 and 500 ppm CO2), and water stress&lt;br/&gt;was performed according to a Mediterranean pattern (Potential&lt;br/&gt;Evapotranspiration to Rainfall ratio). The increased water stress was&lt;br/&gt;attained by watering half of the Mediterranean reference pattern.&lt;br/&gt;Results show that the positive effects of elevated CO2 on photosynthesis&lt;br/&gt;and growth are counteracted by increased water stress.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effects of long-term elevated CO2 on foliage characteristics of Quercus ilex L. and Juniperus communis L.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">239-242</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-4921-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">To study the effects of long-term elevated CO2 on Quercus ilex and&lt;br/&gt;Juniperus communis, leaves from plants growing close to a natural CO2&lt;br/&gt;spring and from plants at a control site were collected and analyzed.&lt;br/&gt;Starch concentrations in leaves were found to be higher for plants&lt;br/&gt;growing under high CO2. Nitrogen concentrations were lower, but only in&lt;br/&gt;Juniperus communis. No differences in stomatal densities were found. The&lt;br/&gt;results indicate that in a CO2 -elevated environment, growth of both&lt;br/&gt;species will be different: Quercus ilex will be able to take advantage&lt;br/&gt;of the higher CO2 levels in spring, whereas in both species limited sink&lt;br/&gt;availability in the middle of the growing season will result in&lt;br/&gt;increased starch concentrations.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Impacts of climate change and elevated CO2 on trees in regions with a Mediterranean type of climate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">213-223</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-4921-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research on the effects of global changes on Mediterranean trees is&lt;br/&gt;still limited. In terms of growth response to elevated CO2,&lt;br/&gt;Mediterranean trees were not different from temperate-zone trees, i.e.,&lt;br/&gt;growth enhancement seems to be short-lived, declining after the first&lt;br/&gt;growing seasons in elevated CO2. In Mediterranean landscapes important&lt;br/&gt;soil fertility gradients can be found. Such differences, mainly in soil&lt;br/&gt;nitrogen, may interact with elevated CO2, as shown by the enhancement of&lt;br/&gt;the response to high CO2 by abundant N in Fraxinus angustifolia (a&lt;br/&gt;deciduous, riparian tree) and Quercus suber (an evergreen oak). Given&lt;br/&gt;the characteristics of the regional climate, special attention in&lt;br/&gt;research was given to the interaction between elevated CO2 and the&lt;br/&gt;summer stress, i.e., heat and high irradiance stresses superimposed on&lt;br/&gt;water deficits. We discuss the possibility that elevated CO2 may&lt;br/&gt;alleviate some of the negative effects of that summer stresses, as was&lt;br/&gt;found in Quercus suber seedlings under controlled conditions or in&lt;br/&gt;Quercus ilex with a life-time exposure to elevated CO2.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Modelling the responses to climate change of a Mediterranean forest managed at different thinning intensities: Effects on growth and water fluxes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">243-252</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-4921-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study explores the effect of various climatic change scenarios over a 50 year period on plots managed at a range of thinning intensities. In order to determine how management practises can modify the effect of climatic change on Mediterranean Forests we integrated field experiments and the results of the GOTILWA model so as to take into account both water fluxes and forest structure interactions. The results show that the positive effects of atmospheric CO2 fertilisation, causing an increase in WUE, counteract with the negative effects of both temperature increase and rainfall decrease. Thinning might attenuate the effects of adverse conditions by reducing both leaf respiratory costs and the foliage turnover rate.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Photochemical response to summer drought in Quercus ilex trees growing in a naturally CO2 enriched site</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE ON TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">119-124</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-4921-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of the interaction between water stress and growth at elevated CO2 on the leaf photochemistry were studied in Quercus ilex trees, growing in a naturally CO2 enriched site (the Bossoleto, Italy). Those plants were compared with plants growing nearby in similar soils but at ambient CO2 concentration. Our data indicate that down-regulation of photosynthesis is lower in non-watered trees from the enriched site than in non-watered trees from the ambient-CO2 site This may be associated to the higher carbon availability for the consumption of the excess absorbed light energy or to an increased protection of the photochemical apparatus against oxidative stress in plants grown under elevated CO2.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>