… Correspondence should be addressed to Loretta Gratani; loretta.gratani@uniroma1.it …
Copyright © 2014 Loretta Gratani. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative …

Italy is among the European countries with the greatest plant diversity due to both a great
environmental heterogeneity and a long history of man–environment interactions. Trait-based …

… The growth rate in terms of culm height (GR l , cm day −1 ) was calculated as GR l =l 2 –l
1 /Δt, where l 1 and l 2 were culm height at time t 1 (beginning of culm growth) and t 2 (…

… The study was carried out on selected mature shrubs of Quercus ilex L., Phillyrea latifolia
L. and Pistacia lentiscus L. (4 shrubs per species), growing in the Mediterranean maquis at …

Functional and structural leaf traits of Quercus ilex seedlings originated from parent plant
acorns from three different localities in Italy were studied. Acorns from three different localities …

The aim of the present work was to compare the physiological responses to water stress
and recovery of seedlings and saplings of three different Mediterranean species (Olea …

… We considered Quercus ilex L., which is naturally present in the Rome landscape; moreover,
it is widely distributed since it is … Pinus halepensis L., and Pinus nigra L., respectively. …

… Metal concentration in Quercus ilex L. leaves ranged from 155 to 427 ppm for Pb, 1305–1887
ppm for Al, 46–103 ppm for Zn, 1131–4691 ppm for Fe (Gratani et al., 2000). …

… The overall objective of this research was to analyse anatomical, morphological and
physiological leaf traits of Quercus ilex L. in response to different traffic levels in urban areas. Q. …

Urban parks form the largest proportion of public green spaces contributing to both physical
and mental well-being of people living in urban areas. CO 2 sequestration capability of the …