• Mediterranean shrub assemblage of holm oak forests (Quercus ilex L.) is driven by aridity and soil texture rather than forest biomass 

  Salazar-Zarzosa, Pablo César; Herraiz, Aurelio D.; Olmo, Manuel; Ruiz-Benito, Paloma; Barron, Vidal; Bastias, Cristina C.; García de la Riva, Enrique; Quero, José Luis; Villar, Rafael (Elsevier, 2025)

  Understory vegetation represents a large part of forest biodiversity and plays an important role in forest structure and functioning. However, little is known about how it is shaped by environmental gradients and overstory ...

• Unravelling the diversity of soil fungal and oomycete communities in the Quercus ilex L. rhizosphere of dehesa grasslands: a metabarcoding approach 

  Onoszko, K.; González Moreno, Pablo; Ruiz-Gómez, Francisco José (Springer Nature, 2025)

  Background and aims: Soil microbial communities are vital for ecosystem function and biodiversity, yet their composition and drivers in Mediterranean agroforestry systems remain underexplored. This study characterizes ...

• Leaf functional traits as browsing indicators in understory woody species of Mediterranean forests 

  Rodríguez-Castilla, Ginés; Carpio, Antonio J.; Bastias, Cristina C.; Salazar-Zarzosa, Pablo César; Díaz Herráiz, Aurelio; Quero, José L.; Villar, Rafael (Elsevier, 2025)

  Herbivory by vertebrate browsers plays a critical role in shaping the structure and dynamics of understory communities of Mediterranean forests. However, understanding how browsing intensity is influenced by environmental ...

• Evaluating hedgerow implantation with native species in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes: implications for CAP environmental measures—a case study in southern Spain 

  Montoliu, Javier; Gómez, José A.; Guzmán, Gema; Lora González, Ángel; Mora Jordano, José; Soriano, María Auxiliadora (Springer Nature, 2025)

  In this study, seventeen hedgerows (4 × 20 m; composed of trees, shrubs and bushes) were established in an experimental agricultural field in southern Spain, combining different planting and management techniques: pre-planting ...

• The effects of landscape history and time-lags on plant invasion in Mediterranean coastal habitats 

  González Moreno, Pablo; Pino, Joan; Cózar, Andrés; García-de-Lomas, Juan; Vilà, Montserrat (Springer Nature, 2017)

  Human-driven landscape changes may promote plant invasions by increasing propagule pressure and providing favourable conditions for non-native species to establish and spread. The increase in invasion levels might not be ...

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