Forest Ecology and Genetics Research Group

2012

Unger S., Máguas C., Pereira J.S., David T.S. & Werner C. (2012) Interpreting post-drought rewetting effects on soil and ecosystem carbon fluxes in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 154-155, 9-18. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.10.007

2011

2010

Branco M, Pereira JS, Mateus E, Tavares C, Paiva MR. 2010. Water stress affects Tomicus destruens host pine preference and performance during the shoot feeding phase. Annals of Forest Science 67.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest/201021      

Buscardo E, Rodriguez-Echeverria S, Martin MP, De Angelis P, Pereira JS, Freitas H. 2010. Impact of wildfire return interval on the ectomycorrhizal resistant propagules communities of a Mediterranean open forest. Fungal Biology 114: 628-636.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2010.05.004   

Correia AC, Tome M, Pacheco CA, Faias S, Dias AC, Freire J, Carvalho PO, Pereira JS. 2010. Biomass allometry and carbon factors for a Mediterranean pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Portugal. Forest Systems 19: 418-433.  http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IA/article/view/9082/7722 

Correia I, Alia R, Yan WK, David T, Aguiar A, Almeida MH. 2010. Genotype x Environment interactions in Pinus pinaster at age 10 in a multi-environment trial in Portugal: a maximum likelihood approach. Annals of Forest Science 67: 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010025

Minunno F, Xenakis G, Perks MP, Mencuccini M. 2010. Calibration and validation of a simplified process-based model for the prediction of the carbon balance of Scottish Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) plantations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 40: 2411-2426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x10-181       

Grant OM, Tronina L, Ramalho JC, Besson CK, Lobo-Do-Vale R, Pereira JS, Jones HG, Chaves MM. 2010. The impact of drought on leaf physiology of Quercus suber L. trees: comparison of an extreme drought event with chronic rainfall reduction. Journal of Experimental Botany 61: 4361-4371.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erq239           

Hector A, Hautier Y, Saner P, Wacker L, Bagchi R, Joshi J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Spehn EM, Bazeley-White E, Weilenmann M, Caldeira MC, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn JA, Huss-Danell K, Jumpponen A, Mulder CPH, Palmborg C, Pereira JS, Siamantziouras ASD, Terry AC, Troumbis AY, Schmid B, Loreau M. 2010. General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology 91: 2213-2220.         

Nadezhdina N, David TS, David JS, Ferreira MI, Dohnal M, Tesar M, Gartner K, Leitgeb E, Nadezhdin V, Cermak J, Jimenez MS, Morales D. 2010. Trees never rest: the multiple facets of hydraulic redistribution. Ecohydrology 3: 431-444.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.148      

Unger S, Maguas C, Pereira JS, Aires LM, David TS, Werner C. 2010. Disentangling drought-induced variation in ecosystem and soil respiration using stable carbon isotopes. Oecologia 163: 1043-1057.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1576-6         

Unger S, Maguas C, Pereira JS, David TS, Werner C. 2010. The influence of precipitation pulses on soil respiration - Assessing the "Birch effect" by stable carbon isotopes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42: 1800-1810.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.06.019      

Vaz M, Pereira JS, Gazarini LC, David TS, David JS, Rodrigues A, Maroco J, Chaves MM. 2010. Drought-induced photosynthetic inhibition and autumn recovery in two Mediterranean oak species (Quercus ilex and Quercus suber). Tree Physiology 30: 946-956.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpq044            

Yi CX, Ricciuto D, Li R, Wolbeck J, Xu XY, Nilsson M, Aires L, Albertson JD, Ammann C, Arain MA, de Araujo AC, Aubinet M, Aurela M, Barcza Z, Barr A, Berbigier P, Beringer J, Bernhofer C, Black AT, Bolstad PV, Bosveld FC, Broadmeadow MSJ, Buchmann N, Burns SP, Cellier P, Chen JM, Chen JQ, Ciais P, Clement R, Cook BD, Curtis PS, Dail DB, Dellwik E, Delpierre N, Desai AR, Dore S, Dragoni D, Drake BG, Dufrene E, Dunn A, Elbers J, Eugster W, Falk M, Feigenwinter C, Flanagan LB, Foken T, Frank J, Fuhrer J, Gianelle D, Goldstein A, Goulden M, Granier A, Grunwald T, Gu L, Guo HQ, Hammerle A, Han SJ, Hanan NP, Haszpra L, Heinesch B, Helfter C, Hendriks D, Hutley LB, Ibrom A, Jacobs C, Johansson T, Jongen M, Katul G, Kiely G, Klumpp K, Knohl A, Kolb T, Kutsch WL, Lafleur P, Laurila T, Leuning R, Lindroth A, Liu HP, Loubet B, Manca G, Marek M, Margolis HA, Martin TA, Massman WJ, Matamala R, Matteucci G, McCaughey H, Merbold L, Meyers T, Migliavacca M, Miglietta F, Misson L, Moelder M, Moncrieff J, Monson RK, Montagnani L, Montes-Helu M, Moors E, Moureaux C, Mukelabai MM, Munger JW, Myklebust M, Nagy Z, Noormets A, Oechel W, Oren R, Pallardy SG, Kyaw TPU, Pereira JS, Pilegaard K, Pinter K, Pio C, Pita G, Powell TL, Rambal S, Randerson JT, von Randow C, Rebmann C, Rinne J, Rossi F, Roulet N, Ryel RJ, Sagerfors J, Saigusa N, Sanz MJ, Mugnozza GS, Schmid HP, Seufert G, Siqueira M, Soussana JF, Starr G, Sutton MA, Tenhunen J, Tuba Z, Tuovinen JP, Valentini R, Vogel CS, Wang JX, Wang SQ, Wang WG, Welp LR, Wen XF, Wharton S, Wilkinson M, Williams CA, Wohlfahrt G, Yamamoto S, Yu GR, Zampedri R, Zhao B, Zhao XQ. 2010. Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. Environmental Research Letters 5.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007            

2009

Cerasoli S, McGuire MA, Faria J, Mourato M, Schmidt M, Pereira JS, Chaves MM, Teskey RO. 2009. CO2 efflux, CO2 concentration and photosynthetic refixation in stems of Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.). Journal of Experimental Botany 60: 99-105.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern272   

Hussain MZ, Otieno DO, Mirzae H, Li YL, Schmidt MWT, Siebke L, Foken T, Ribeiro NA, Pereira JS, Tenhunen JD. 2009. CO2 exchange and biomass development of the herbaceous vegetation in the Portuguese montado ecosystem during spring. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 132: 143-152.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2009.03.008          

Paço TA, David TS, Henriques MO, Pereira JS, Valente F, Banza J, Pereira FL, Pinto C, David JS. 2009. Evapotranspiration from a Mediterranean evergreen oak savannah: The role of trees and pasture. Journal of Hydrology 369: 98-106.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.011            

Pereira FL, Gash JHC, David JS, David TS, Monteiro PR, Valente F. 2009. Modelling interception loss from evergreen oak Mediterranean savannas: Application of a tree-based modelling approach. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149: 680-688. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.014

Pereira FL, Gash JHC, David JS, Valente F. 2009. Evaporation of intercepted rainfall from isolated evergreen oak trees: Do the crowns behave as wet bulbs? Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149: 667-679. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.013

Silva FCE, Shvaleva A, Broetto F, Ortuno MF, Rodrigues ML, Almeida MH, Chaves MM, Pereira JS. 2009. Acclimation to short-term low temperatures in two Eucalyptus globulus clones with contrasting drought resistance. Tree Physiology 29: 77-86.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpn002          

Unger S, Maguas C, Pereira JS, Aires LM, David TS, Werner C. 2009. Partitioning carbon fluxes in a Mediterranean oak forest to disentangle changes in ecosystem sink strength during drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149: 949-961.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.11.013  

2008

Aires LM, Pio CA, Pereira JS. 2008. The effect of drought on energy and water vapour exchange above a mediterranean C3/C4 grassland in Southern Portugal. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148: 565-579.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.11.001

Aires LMI, Pio CA, Pereira JS. 2008. Carbon dioxide exchange above a Mediterranean C3/C4 grassland during two climatologically contrasting years. Global Change Biology 14: 539-555.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01507.x   

Carvalhais N, Reichstein M, Seixas J, Collatz GJ, Pereira JS, Berbigier P, Carrara A, Granier A, Montagnani L, Papale D, Rambal S, Sanz MJ, Valentini R. 2008. Implications of the carbon cycle steady state assumption for biogeochemical modeling performance and inverse parameter retrieval. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007gb003033    

Correia I, Almeida MH, Aguiar A, Alia R, David TS, Pereira JS. 2008. Variations in growth, survival and carbon isotope composition (delta C-13) among Pinus pinaster populations of different geographic origins. Tree Physiology 28: 1545-1552.   

Rodrigues ML, Santos TP, Rodrigues AP, de Souza CR, Lopes CM, Maroco JP, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2008. Hydraulic and chemical signalling in the regulation of stomatal conductance and plant water use in field grapevines growing under deficit irrigation. Functional Plant Biology 35: 565-579.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp08004   

Shvaleva A, Silva FCE, Scotti P, Ufir MO, Hausman JF, Cedric G, Ramos P, Almeida MH, Rodrigues ML, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2008. Physiological and biochemical responses to low non-freezing temperature of two Eucalyptus globulus clones differing in drought resistance. Annals of Forest Science 65.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest:2007087    

Wingate L, Seibt U, Maseyk K, Ogee J, Almeida P, Yakir D, Pereira JS, Mencuccini M. 2008. Evaporation and carbonic anhydrase activity recorded in oxygen isotope signatures of net CO2 fluxes from a Mediterranean soil. Global Change Biology 14: 2178-2193.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01635.x       

2007

Chaves MM, Santos TP, Souza CR, Ortuno MF, Rodrigues ML, Lopes CM, Maroco JP, Pereira JS. 2007. Deficit irrigation in grapevine improves water-use efficiency while controlling vigour and production quality. Annals of Applied Biology 150: 237-252.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00123.x           

David TS, Henriques MO, Kurz-Besson C, Nunes J, Valente F, Vaz M, Pereira JS, Siegwolf R, Chaves MM, Gazarini LC, David JS. 2007. Water-use strategies in two co-occurring Mediterranean evergreen oaks: surviving the summer drought. Tree Physiology 27: 793-803.        

dos Santos TP, Lopes CM, Rodrigues ML, de Souza CR, Ricardo-da-Silva JM, Maroco JP, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2007. Effects of deficit irrigation strategies on cluster microclimate for improving fruit composition of Moscatel field-grown grapevines. Scientia Horticulturae 112: 321-330.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2007.01.006      

McGuire MA, Cerasoli S, Teskey RO. 2007. CO2 fluxes and respiration of branch segments (Platanus occidentalis L.) examined at different velocities, branch diameters, and temperatures. Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 2159-2168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm069  

Otieno DO, Schmidt MWT, Kurz-Besson C, Do Vale RL, Pereira JS, Tenhunen JD. 2007. Regulation of transpirational water loss in Quercus suber trees in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem. Tree Physiology 27: 1179-1187.    

Pereira JS, Mateus JA, Aires LM, Pita G, Pio C, David JS, Andrade V, Banza J, David TS, Paco TA, Rodrigues A. 2007. Net ecosystem carbon exchange in three contrasting Mediterranean ecosystems - the effect of drought. Biogeosciences 4: 791-802. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-4-791-2007 

Silva FCE, Shvaleva A, Almeida MH, Chaves MM, Pereira JS. 2007. Responses to chilling of two Eucalyptus globulus clones with contrasting drought resistance. Functional Plant Biology 34: 793-802.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp07080

2006

Carreiras JMB, Pereira JMC, Pereira JS. 2006. Estimation of tree canopy cover in evergreen oak woodlands using remote sensing. Forest Ecology and Management 223: 45-53.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.056            

David TS, Gash JHC, Valente F, Pereira JS, Ferreira MI, David JS. 2006. Rainfall interception by an isolated evergreen oak tree in a Mediterranean savannah. Hydrological Processes 20: 2713-2726.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6062

Kurz-Besson C, Otieno D, Lobo-do-Vale R, Siegwolf R, Schmidt M, Herd A, Nogueira C, David TS, David JS, Tenhunen J, Pereira JS, Chaves M. 2006. Hydraulic lift in cork oak trees in a savannah-type Mediterranean ecosystem and its contribution to the local water balance. Plant and Soil 282: 361-378.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-006-0005-4         

Otieno DO, Kurz-Besson C, Liu J, Schmidt MWT, Lobo-do-Vale R, David TS, Siegwolf R, Pereira JS, Tenhunen JD. 2006. Seasonal variations in soil and plant water status in a Quercus suber L. Stand: roots as determinants of tree productivity and survival in the mediterranean-type ecosystem. Plant and Soil 283: 119-135.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-004-7539-0         

Shvaleva AL, Silva FCE, Breia E, Jouve L, Hausman JF, Almeida MH, Maroco JP, Rodrigues ML, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2006. Metabolic responses to water deficit in two Eucalyptus globulus clones with contrasting drought sensitivity. Tree Physiology 26: 239-248. 

Werner C, Unger S, Pereira JS, Maia R, David TS, Kurz-Besson C, David JS, Maguas C. 2006. Importance of short-term dynamics in carbon isotope ratios of ecosystem respiration (delta C-13(R)) in a Mediterranean oak woodland and linkage to environmental factors. New Phytologist 172: 330-346.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01836.x         

2005

Caldeira MC, Hector A, Loreau M, Pereira JS. 2005. Species richness, temporal variability and resistance of biomass production in a Mediterranean grassland. Oikos 110: 115-123.     

de Souza CR, Maroco JP, dos Santos TP, Rodrigues ML, Lopes CM, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2005. Impact of deficit irrigation on water use efficiency and carbon isotope composition (delta C-13) of field-grown grapevines under Mediterranean climate. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 2163-2172.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eri216            

De Souza CR, Maroco JP, Dos Santos TP, Rodrigues ML, Lopes CM, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2005. Grape berry metabolism in field-grown grapevines exposed to different irrigation strategies. Vitis 44: 103-109.       

dos Santos TP, Lopes CM, Rodrigues ML, De Souza CR, Ricardo-Da-Silva JM, Maroco JP, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2005. Effects of partial root-zone drying irrigation on cluster microclimate and fruit composition of field-grown Castelao grapevines. Vitis 44: 117-125.       

Hemming D, Yakir D, Ambus P, Aurela M, Besson C, Black K, Buchmann N, Burlett R, Cescatti A, Clement R, Gross P, Granier A, Grunwald T, Havrankova K, Janous D, Janssens IA, Knohl A, Ostner BK, Kowalski A, Laurila T, Mata C, Marcolla B, Matteucci G, Moncrieff J, Moors EJ, Osborne B, Pereira JS, Pihlatie M, Pilegaard K, Ponti F, Rosova Z, Rossi F, Scartazza A, Vesala T. 2005. Pan-European delta C-13 values of air and organic matter from forest ecosystems. Global Change Biology 11: 1065-1093.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00971.x         

Spehn EM, Hector A, Joshi J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Bazeley-White E, Beierkuhnlein C, Caldeira MC, Diemer M, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn JA, Freitas H, Giller PS, Good J, Harris R, Hogberg P, Huss-Danell K, Jumpponen A, Koricheva J, Leadley PW, Loreau M, Minns A, Mulder CPH, O'Donovan G, Otway SJ, Palmborg C, Pereira JS, Pfisterer AB, Prinz A, Read DJ, Schulze ED, Siamantziouras ASD, Terry AC, Troumbis AY, Woodward FI, Yachi S, Lawton JH. 2005. Ecosystem effects of biodiversity manipulations in European grasslands. Ecological Monographs 75: 37-63.   

2004

Cerasoli S, Maillard P, Scartazza A, Brugnoli E, Chaves MM, Pereira JS. 2004. Carbon and nitrogen winter storage and remobilisation during seasonal flush growth in two-year-old cork oak (Quercus suber L.) saplings. Annals of Forest Science 61: 721-729.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest:2004058            

Cerasoli S, Scartazza A, Brugnoli E, Chaves MM, Pereira JS. 2004. Effects of partial defoliation on carbon and nitrogen partitioning and photosynthetic carbon uptake by two-year-old cork oak (Quercus suber) saplings. Tree Physiology 24: 83-90.   

David TS, Ferreira MI, Cohen S, Pereira JS, David JS. 2004. Constraints on transpiration from an evergreen oak tree in southern Portugal. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 122: 193-205.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.09.014

Nogueira C, Caldeira MC, Abrantes M, Cerasoli S, Pereira JS. 2004. Soil respiration and species composition of mediterranean grasslands under different management options. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 26: 88-88.          

Pereira JS, David JS, David TS, Caldeira MC, Chaves MM. 2004. Carbon and water fluxes in Mediterranean-type ecosystems - Constraints and adaptations. Progess in Botany, Vol 65 65: 467-498.         

Silva FCE, Shvaleva A, Maroco JP, Almeida MH, Chaves MM, Pereira JS. 2004. Responses to water stress in two Eucalyptus globulus clones differing in drought tolerance. Tree Physiology 24: 1165-1172.    

2003

Chaves MM, Maroco JP, Pereira JS. 2003. Understanding plant responses to drought - from genes to the whole plant. Functional Plant Biology 30: 239-264.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp02076            

de Souza CR, Maroco JP, dos Santos TP, Rodrigues ML, Lopes CM, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2003. Partial rootzone drying: regulation of stomatal aperture and carbon assimilation in field-grown grapevines (Vitis vinifera cv. Moscatel). Functional Plant Biology 30: 653-662.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp02115    

dos Santos TP, Lopes CM, Rodrigues ML, de Souza CR, Maroco JP, Pereira JS, Ricardo-da-Silva JM, Chaves MM. 2003. Partial rootzone drying: effects on growth and fruit quality of field-grown grapevines (Vitis vinifera). Functional Plant Biology 30: 663-671.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/fp02180          

Merouani H, Apolinario LM, Almeida MH, Pereira JS. 2003. Morphological and physiological maturation of acorns of cork oak (Quercus suber L.). Seed Science and Technology 31: 111-124.        

Reichstein M, Rey A, Freibauer A, Tenhunen J, Valentini R, Banza J, Casals P, Cheng YF, Grunzweig JM, Irvine J, Joffre R, Law BE, Loustau D, Miglietta F, Oechel W, Ourcival JM, Pereira JS, Peressotti A, Ponti F, Qi Y, Rambal S, Rayment M, Romanya J, Rossi F, Tedeschi V, Tirone G, Xu M, Yakir D. 2003. Modeling temporal and large-scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003gb002035            

2002

Caldeira MD, Fernandez V, Tome J, Pereira JS. 2002. Positive effect of drought on longicorn borer larval survival and growth on eucalyptus trunks. Annals of Forest Science 59: 99-106.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest:2001009    

Chaves MM, Pereira JS, Maroco J, Rodrigues ML, Ricardo CPP, Osorio ML, Carvalho I, Faria T, Pinheiro C. 2002. How plants cope with water stress in the field. Photosynthesis and growth. Annals of Botany 89: 907-916.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcf105         

Maroco JP, Breia E, Faria T, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2002. Effects of long-term exposure to elevated CO2 and N fertilization on the development of photosynthetic capacity and biomass accumulation in Quercus suber L. Plant Cell and Environment 25: 105-113.    

Spehn EM, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Hector A, Caldeira MC, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn JA, Jumpponen A, O'Donnovan G, Pereira JS, Schulze ED, Troumbis AY, Korner C. 2002. The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross-European study of grassland biomass nitrogen. Oikos 98: 205-218.     

2001

Caldeira MC, Ryel RJ, Lawton JH, Pereira JS. 2001. Mechanisms of positive biodiversity-production relationships: insights provided by delta C-13 analysis in experimental Mediterranean grassland plots. Ecology Letters 4: 439-443.        

Joshi J, Schmid B, Caldeira MC, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Good J, Harris R, Hector A, Huss-Danell K, Jumpponen A, Minns A, Mulder CPH, Pereira JS, Prinz A, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Siamantziouras ASD, Terry AC, Troumbis AY, Lawton JH. 2001. Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species. Ecology Letters 4: 536-544.        

Merouani H, Branco C, Almeida MH, Pereira JS. 2001. Effects of acorn storage duration and parental tree on emergence and physiological status of Cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings. Annals of Forest Science 58: 543-554.        

Merouani H, Branco C, Almeida MH, Pereira JS. 2001. Physiological behaviour of cork-oak acorns (Quercus suber L.) during storage and variation between trees. Annals of Forest Science 58: 143-153.   

2000

Maroco JP, Pereira JS, Chaves MM. 2000. Growth, photosynthesis and water-use efficiency of two C-4 Sahelian grasses subjected to water deficits. Journal of Arid Environments 45: 119-137.