Sampling a peculiar Moricandia

Sampling a peculiar <i>Moricandia</i>

Within the context of the project Hidden extinctions: Losing plant diversity in Iberian arid zones as a consequence of the anthropic-mediated expansion of weeds, we sampled on 9 March 2018 individuals of the taxon Moricandia moricandioides pseudofoetida, a narrowly distributed endemism inhabiting some badlands of the Región de Murcia (SE Iberian Peninsula).

Photo by F. Perfectti
M. moricandioides pseudofoetida

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New fellowship achieved. TreEsilience: Global patterns of intraspecific variation in tree resilience to drought

New fellowship achieved. TreEsilience: Global patterns of intraspecific variation in tree resilience to drought

Lucía DeSoto has been recently granted with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship to carry out TreEsilience project. TreEsilience aims using tree rings to investigate the role of local adaptation in determining intraspecific variation in tree resilience to drought.

Drought mortality of Pines in Sierra Nevada (Spain)

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