1. Foreword

   Foreword Pages: 1 - 1

2. The hydraulic architecture of Pinaceae – a review

   • Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
   • Anna Sala
   • Josep Piñol

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 13

3. Ecophysiological response to severe drought in Pinus halepensis Mill. trees of two provenances

   • Nir Atzmon
   • Yossi Moshe
   • Gabriel Schiller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 22

4. Water table salinity, rainfall and water use by umbrella pine trees (Pinus pinea L.)

   • Maurizio Teobaldelli
   • Maurizio Mencuccini
   • Pietro Piussi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 33

5. Ecophysiology of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Pinus spp. in low rainfall areas of Western Australia

   • Tina L. Bell
   • Mark A. Adams

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 52

6. Life histories of Mediterranean pines

   • Raul Tapias
   • José Climent
   • Luis Gil

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 68

7. Reproductive traits of Pinus halepensis in the light of fire – a critical review

   • Gidi Ne'eman
   • Shirrinka Goubitz
   • Ran Nathan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 79

8. Postfire regeneration of Aleppo pine – the temporal pattern of seedling recruitment

   • Evangelia N. Daskalakou
   • Costas A. Thanos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 89

9. Post-fire regeneration of Pinus halepensis Mill. stands in the Sithonia peninsula, northern Greece

   • Theocharis Zagas
   • Petros Ganatsas
   • Marianthi Tsakaldimi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 99

10. Long-term post-fire vegetation dynamics in Pinus halepensis forests of Central Greece: A functional group approach

    • Dimitris Kazanis
    • Margarita Arianoutsou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 121

11. Spatiotemporal dynamics of recruitment in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller)

    • Ran Nathan
    • Gidi Ne'eman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 137

12. Predicting postfire mortality of Pinus halepensis Mill. and Pinus pinea L.

    • Eric Rigolot

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 151

13. Silvicultural characteristics and natural regeneration of Pinus brutia Ten. — a review

    • Melih Boydak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 163

14. Dynamics of postfire regeneration of Pinus brutia Ten. in an artificial forest ecosystem of northern Greece

    • T. Tsitsoni
    • P. Ganatsas
    • M. Tsakaldimi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 174

15. Genetic structure of Pinus brutia stands exposed to wild fires

    • Filippos A. Aravanopoulos
    • Kostas P. Panetsos
    • Apostolos Skaltsoyiannes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183

16. Fire adaptations in the Canary Islands pine (Pinus canariensis)

    • José Climent
    • Raúl Tapias
    • Luis Gil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 196

17. Mechanisms maintaining biodiversity in Mediterranean pine-oak forests: insights from a spatial simulation model

    • Miguel A. Zavala
    • Eduardo Zea

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 207

18. Pines and oaks in the restoration of Mediterranean landscapes of Spain: New perspectives for an old practice — a review

    • Juli G. Pausas
    • Carme Bladé
    • Ramon Vallejo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 209 - 220

19. Conservation of Mediterranean pine woodlands: scenarios and legislative tools

    • Vittorio Leone
    • Raffaella Lovreglio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 235