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Open AccessAdaptive potential of maritime pine under contrasting environments
Predicting the adaptability of forest tree populations under future climates requires a better knowledge of both the adaptive significance and evolvability of measurable key traits. Phenotypic plasticity, stan...
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Canopy characterization of sweet chestnut coppice in the north of spain from lidar data
The Leaf Area Index (LAI) is a key parameter that helps to understand the connection between canopy structure and ecosystem functions. In this study, the main aims were to examine the impact of forest management ...
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Maritime Pine Genomics in Focus
The advent of next-generation genome sequencing technologies has allowed approaching the sequencing and analysis of large and complex conifer genomes. Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is an economically and ec...
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Improving spatial synchronization between X-ray and near-infrared spectra information to predict wood density profiles
Wood density is one of the most important physical properties of the wood, used in improvement programs for wood quality of major timber species. Traditional core sampling of standing trees has been widely use...
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Which matters more for wood traits in Pinus halepensis Mill., provenance or climate?
Intra-annual wood density fluctuations are valuable indicators of the role of the local climate and provenance origins on tree growth. These intra-ring wood features were the most informative a...
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Erratum to: Effects of pruning on knotty core taper and form of Pinus radiata and Pinus pinaster
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Effects of pruning on knotty core taper and form of Pinus radiata and Pinus pinaster
Pruning is a key silvicultural intervention in order to obtain high quality wood products since it influences the size of the knotty core and the proportion of clear-wood. However, little is known about knotty...
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Open AccessTranscriptome-wide analysis supports environmental adaptations of two Pinus pinaster populations from contrasting habitats
Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton) grows in a range of different climates in the southwestern Mediterranean region and the existence of a variety of latitudinal ecotypes or provenances is well established. In t...
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Dynamic growth and yield model including environmental factors for Eucalyptus nitens (Deane & Maiden) Maiden short rotation woody crops in Northwest Spain
A dynamic model consisting of two projection functions, dominant height and basal area, was developed for the prediction of stand growth in Eucalyptus nitens bioenergy plantations aged 2–6 years and with stockin...
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Effects of soil nutrients and environmental factors on site productivity in Castanea sativa Mill. coppice stands in NW Spain
Ecological behaviour and productive capacity of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) coppice stands are key factors in predicting forest growth and subsequent management decision, especially in areas where timber pro...
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Stem taper function for sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) coppice stands in northwest Spain
Despite the economic importance of Castanea sativa Mill. in northwest Spain, studies of its growth and yield are practically non-existent.
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Clonal variation for shoot ontogenetic heteroblasty in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.)
Pine seedling shoots undergo sharp heteroblastic changes during the early ontogenetic stages. The rate of these changes has been seen to vary between species and provenances within species, but there is a mark...
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Physiological aspects underlying the improved outplanting performance of Pinus pinaster Ait. seedlings associated with ectomycorrhizal inoculation
Mycorrhizal inoculation of conifer roots is a key strategy to optimize establishment and performance of forest tree species under both natural and cultivated conditions and also to mitigate transplantation sho...
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Modelling of the mechanical properties of Castanea sativa Mill. structural timber by a combination of non-destructive variables and visual grading parameters
Linear regression models were constructed for chestnut beams of Spanish origin (Asturias, Galicia, Catalonia and Extremadura) using the global modulus of elasticity (MOE g ...
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Optimization of seasonality and mother plant nutrition for vegetative propagation of Pinus pinaster Ait
Due to the high economic importance of Pinus pinaster Ait., there is considerable interest in develo**, improving and extending the use of its families for mass clonal propagation and in breeding programmes. In...
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Mini-cuttings: an effective technique for the propagation of Pinus pinaster Ait.
Pinus pinaster Ait. is one of the main forest tree species planted in Spain, Portugal and France. Due to its high economic relevance, there is considerable interest in develo** techniques for vegetative breedin...
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Intra-specific variability in biomass partitioning and carbon isotopic discrimination under moderate drought stress in seedlings from four Pinus pinaster populations
The response to drought of 20 open-pollinated families from four Pinus pinaster Ait. populations covering a latitudinal cline (France, Central and Southern Spain, and Morocco) was assessed. The seedlings were cul...
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Intraspecific variation in growth and allocation patterns in seedlings of Pinus pinaster Ait. submitted to contrasting watering regimes: can water availability explain regional variation?
• Interpopulation variation in key functional traits of Pinus pinaster Ait. is well recognized. However, the relative importance of drought tolerance to ex...
