Quercus ilex L. ecosystems: function, dynamics and management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• A: Biogeography and history.
• The ecological significance of sclerophyllous oak forests in the western part of the Mediterranean basin: a note on pollen analytical data.
• Biogeography, ecology and history of Mediterranean Quercus ilex ecosystems.
• Notes on Quercus ilex L. in Liguria (NW Italy).
• B: Structure, productivity and dynamics.
• Structure, biomass and production of a resprouted holm-oak (Quercus ilex L.) forest in NE Spain.
• Factors affecting radial growth of Quercus ilex L. in a coppice stand in southern France.
• Litterfall as a measure of primary production in Mediterranean holm-oak forest.
• Growth and yield of young Quercus ilex coppice stands in the Tafferte forest (Morocco).
• Comparative phenology and growth in different species of the Mediterranean maquis of central Italy.
• Dynamics of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) coppices after clearcutting in southern France Flora and life cycles changes.
• Variation in the genetic structure and reproductive biology of holm oak populations.
• Evidence for hybridization between sympatric holm-oak and cork-oak in Spain based on diagnostic enzyme markers.
• Temperature-vegetation structure interaction: the effect on the activity of the ant Messor barbarus (L.).
• What are the consequences of being a downy oak (Quercus pubescens) or a holm oak (Q. ilex) for breeding blue tits (Parus caeruleus)?.
• C: Water relationships.
• The influence of summer and winter stress and water relationships on the distribution of Quercus ilex L..
• Quercus ilex facing water stress: a functional equilibrium hypothesis.
• Morphological adaptions of Quercus ilex leaves in the Castelporziano forest.
• Evaluation of actual evapotranspiration of a Quercus ilex L. stand by the Bowen Ratio-Energy Budget method.
• Comparison of the hydrological characteristics of three small experimental holm oak forested catchments in NE Spain in relation to larger areas.
• Comparative water relations of four Mediterranean oak species.
• Daily and seasonal variation in water relations of macchia shrubs and trees in France (Montpellier) and Turkey (Antalya).
• Water relations of cork-oak (Quercus suber L.) under natural conditions.
• D: Nutrient cycling and budget.
• Is primary production in holm oak forests nutrient limited? A correlational approach.
• Organic matter distribution and fluxes within a holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) stand in the Etna volcano A synthesis.
• The efficiency of nitrogen retranslocation from leaf biomass in Quercus ilex ecosystems.
• Litter dynamics in post-fire successional forests of Quercus ilex.
• Soil nitrogen dynamics in a holm oak forest.
• Decomposition rate of Quercus rotundifolia leaves in an evergreen oak forest of the Duero Basin (Province of Zamora, Spain).
• Productivity and nutrient uptake in a holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) stand and during regeneration after clearcut.
• Variation in tissue element concentrations in Quercus ilex L. over a range of different soils.
• Preliminary results of a fertilization-irrigation experiment in a Quercus ilex L. forest in relation to leaves and twigs characteristics.
• The role of Diplopoda litter grazing activity recycling processes in a Mediterranean climate.
• E: Management.
• Ecological dynamics of Quercus dominated woodlands in California and southern Spain: a state-transition model.
• Old holm oak coppices... new sylvopastoral practices.
• Quercus ilex browse utilization by Caprini in Sierra de Cazorla and Segura (Spain).
• Ecology of vegetative regeneration after coppicing in macchia stands in central Italy.
• Matter transfer and land use by cattle in a dehesa ecosystem of central Spain.
• Regeneration by sprouting of holm oak (Quercus ilex) stands exploited by selection thinning.
• Effect of cleaning and thinning on height growth and girth increment in holm oak coppices (Quercus ilex L.).
• List of Contributors.