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... We followed the diurnal cycles of isoprenoid emissions from Quercus ilex seedlings under drought and after re-watering. We found that Quercus ilex, generally considered a non-isoprene emitter, also emitted isoprene although at low rates. The emission rates of isoprene reached 0.37 ± 0.02 nmol m⁻² s⁻¹ in controls, 0.15 ± 0.03 nmol m⁻² s⁻¹ under drought and 0.35 ± 0.04 nmol m⁻² s⁻¹ after re-watering ...
Quercus ilex; air; chromatography; emissions; fumigation; leaves; mass spectrometry; methyl salicylate; monoterpenoids; temperature
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... We aimed to assess the potential effects of fumigation by methyl salicylate (MeSA) on plant monoterpene production and emissions. We evaluated monoterpene production and emissions both by chromatographic and proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry at the whole plant-and leaf-scales, in MeSa-fumigated (ca. 60 mm³ m-³ in air) and control (without MeSa fumigation) holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) plants ...
... Information about soil VOC inventories and exchange rates in different soils is very scarce. Seasonality of soil VOC exchange rates is also largely unknown, despite the increasing interest in some soil volatile compounds, such as monoterpenes, because of their important role in soil ecology. We aimed to explore and quantify soil VOC exchange rates in a Mediterranean shrubland and their seasonality ...
... Climate models predict drier conditions in the next decades in the Mediterranean basin. Given the importance of soil CO2 efflux in the global carbon balance and the important role of soil monoterpene and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soil ecology, we aimed to study the effects of the predicted drought on soil CO2, monoterpenes and other VOC exchange rates and their seasonal and interannual ...
Lonicera; leaves; Euphydryas; butterflies; phytophagous insects; host plants; host specificity; oviposition sites; chemical constituents of plants; iridoid glycosides; Spain
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... We tested in the field the hypothesis that the specialist butterfly Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Melitaeinae) lays eggs on leaves of Lonicera implexa (Caprifoliaceae) plants with greater iridoid concentrations. We conducted our investigations in a Mediterranean site by analyzing leaves with and without naturally laid egg clusters. There were no significant differences in iridoid g ...
... Vegetation indices derived from reflectance data are related to canopy variables such as aboveground biomass, leaf area index (LAI), and the fraction of intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (fIPAR). However, under N stress the relationships between vegetation indices (VI) and these canopy variables might be confounded due to plant chlorosis. We studied the relationships between reflecta ...
Phillyrea latifolia; Quercus ilex; spring; summer; seasonal variation; leaves; gas exchange; Mediterranean climate; chlorophyll; fluorescence; water stress; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; water use efficiency; reflectance; xanthophylls; solar radiation; rain; diurnal variation; air temperature; electron transfer; Spain
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... Summer-induced changes in gas exchange, fluorescence and reflectance were measured on leaves of two co-occurring Mediterranean small trees, Quercus ilex and Phillyrea latifolia, in May, June and July 1996 in Central Catalonia (NE Spain). The humid 1996 summer only produced mild water stress conditions. However, photosynthesis (A) and stomatal conductance (g(s)) decreased in June and July in both s ...