• Cork oak mortality is a recurrent problem in southwestern Portugal. Despite the perception
of increasingly visible damage in oak woodlands on drought-prone sites, the role of the …

Landscapes with open evergreen oak woodlands in Southwestern Iberian Peninsula have
been subjected to a consistent oak forest loss. In these landscapes, the abandonment of …

Scattered trees support high levels of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services in
agricultural landscapes, but they are threatened by agricultural intensification, urbanization, and …

The radial growth of mature cork oaks (Quercus suber L.) was studied during a 9-year
production cycle using monthly dendrometer measurements and cork ring widths. The mean tree …

Cork oak landscape dynamics were assessed over a 47-year period (1958–2005) in an
endangered region of southwest Portugal using a GIS approach. The area of cork oak …

Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) woodlands are ecologically sensitive and human-supported
areas which strongly rely on the high market value of cork for their sustainability. Cork …

Climate change is impacting locally adapted species such as the keystone tree species cork
oak (Quercus suber L.). Quantifying the importance of environmental variables in explaining …

The influence of soil type, slope and drainage on tree growth patterns (density, tree size,
crown canopy cover and cork yield) was assessed in a cork oak montado, located in Central-…

Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) woodlands in the Mediterranean basin may cope with drought
continuing to grow during the dry summer period. This growth pattern relies on the presence …

Cork cambium (or phellogen) is a secondary meristem responsible for the formation of
phelloderm and phellem/cork, which together compose the periderm. In Quercus suber L., the …