Quercus ilex L. ecosystems: function, dynamics and management

Abstract

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.