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Pines and Their Mixed Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin

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Editors:
  1. Gidi Ne'eman

    1. Department of Biology and the Environment, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, Israel

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  2. Yagil Osem

    1. Department of Natural Resources – Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization – Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel

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  • Presents up-to-date and state of the art information
  • Covers a wide range of topics concerning Mediterranean pine trees growing in native and planted forests
  • Relevant for the UN Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land
  • Contributions by leading scientists, foresters and managers

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems (MAFE, volume 38)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Evolution, Genetics and Distribution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Phylogenesis and Evolution of Mediterranean Pines

      • Delphine Grivet, Sanna Olsson
      Pages 3-17

    3. Population Genetics and Genomics of Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis)

      • Giovanni G. Vendramin, Camilla Avanzi, Santiago C. González-Martínez, Delphine Grivet
      Pages 19-32

    4. Conservation and Breeding of Mediterranean Pines

      • José Climent, Paraskevi Alizoti, Isabel Rodriguez-Quilón, Yusuf Kurt, Fulvio Ducci, Bruno Fady et al.
      Pages 33-70

    5. Biogeographical Patterns of Local Adaptation and Plasticity of Mediterranean Pines and Their Implications Under Climate Change

      • Marta Benito Garzón, Natalia Vizcaíno-Palomar
      Pages 71-82

    6. Mediterranean Pines as Invasive Species in the Southern Hemisphere

      • David M. Richardson, Mlungele M. Nsikani
      Pages 83-99

  3. Ecophysiology of Mediterranean Pines: Resistance to Stress and Perturbation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. What Is a Mediterranean Pine? Physiological Trade-Offs Under Stress and Perturbation

      • Víctor Resco de Dios
      Pages 103-115

    3. Carbon Allocation Dynamics in Mediterranean Pines Under Stress

      • Tamir Klein
      Pages 117-128

    4. Mediterranean Pine Root Systems Under Drought

      • Dimitrios Sarris, Gianluigi Mazza
      Pages 129-140

    5. Stress and Tree Mortality in Mediterranean Pine Forests: Anthropogenic Influences

      • Álvaro Rubio-Cuadrado, Rosana López, Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada, Luis Gil
      Pages 141-181

    6. Forest Disease Affecting Pines in the Mediterranean Basin

      • Jonàs Oliva
      Pages 183-198

    7. Genetic and Ecological Basis of Resistance to Herbivorous Insects in Mediterranean Pines

      • Carla Vázquez-González, Luis Sampedro, Xosé López-Goldar, Rafael Zas
      Pages 199-233

  4. Pine and Mixed Forest Ecosystems Under Global Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Effects of Global Change on Tree Growth and Vigor of Mediterranean Pines

      • J. Julio Camarero, Antonio Gazol, Raúl Sánchez-Salguero
      Pages 237-249

    3. Mediterranean Pine Forest Distribution: Assessing Vulnerability and Resilience Under Climate Change

      • Asier Herrero, Paloma Ruiz-Benito, Enrique Andivia, Jaime Madrigal-González, Pedro Villar-Salvador, Sophia Ratcliffe et al.
      Pages 251-277

    4. Carbon and Energy Balance of Dry Mediterranean Pine Forests: A Case Study

      • Eyal Rotenberg, Rafat Qubaja, Yakir Preisler, Dan Yakir, Fyodor Tatarinov
      Pages 279-301

    5. Soil Properties and Biogeochemical Functioning in Mediterranean Pine Forests

      • Antonio Gallardo
      Pages 303-323

    6. Litter Decomposition in Mediterranean Pine Forests Subjected to Climate Change

      • José M. Grünzweig, Daniel Gliksman
      Pages 325-342
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About this book

Almost 20 years after the first MEDPINE book "Ecology, biogeography and management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean basin "(Ne'eman and Trabaud, 2000) was published, this new book presents up-to-date and state of the art information, covering a wide range of topics concerning Mediterranean pine trees growing in native and planted forests, their ecosystems and management. 

This will be an essential source of scientific information for learning, exploring planning and managing mediterranean pine and mixed forests. We focus on: genetics, adaptation, distribution and evolution; ecophysiology and drought resistance; pine and mixed forest ecosystems; forest dynamics biodiversity and biotic interactions; fire ecology; ecosystem services and policy; afforestation and management; all under the effect of global climate change. While forests are studied mainly in temperate and tropical zones, in the light of current climate change, focusing on Mediterranean forests growing in semi-humid to semi-arid zones is more important than ever. 

This book will include mostly review chapters (and two outstanding case studies) contributed by leading scientists, foresters and managers, and will serve as a scientific textbook for students of biology, agriculture and forestry, researchers of ecology forestry and related fields, forest managers, policy and decision makers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology and the Environment, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, Israel

    Gidi Ne'eman

  • Department of Natural Resources – Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization – Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel

    Yagil Osem

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pines and Their Mixed Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin

  • Editors: Gidi Ne'eman, Yagil Osem

  • Series Title: Managing Forest Ecosystems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63625-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63624-1Published: 13 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63627-2Published: 13 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63625-8Published: 12 October 2021

  • Series ISSN: 1568-1319

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-3956

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 746

  • Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations, 129 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecosystems, Forestry Management, Applied Ecology, Plant Ecology

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