ModMED

Modelling Mediterranean
Ecosystem Dynamics

List of Selected Publications

The following are some of the publications by participants of the ModMED project.

Athens

• Arianoutsou M. and Kazanis D.
  Resource allocation patterns of Mediterranean plants: the case of Arbutus andrachne L.

• Canella Radea and Margarita Arianoutsou
  Litter accumulation in Mediterranean Pinus halepensis forests of Attica

Napoli

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C. (1995)
  Reproductive ability in predispersal biology of Rhamnus alaternus L. (Rhamnaceae).
  Protoplasma 185: 49-59.

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C. (1994)
  Pollination biology and fruit set in shrubs of the Mediterranean region.
  In: Heberle-Bors E., Hesse M., Vicente O. (Eds) Frontiers in sexual plant reproduction research, pp. 109. Vienna.

• Wilcock C.C., Neiland M.R.M., Aronne G. (1994)
  Reproductive failure in natural populations and its implications for the conservation of rare plants.
  In: Heberle-Bors E., Hesse M., Vicente O. (Eds) Frontiers in sexual plant reproduction research, pp. 108. Vienna.

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C. (1994)
  Adaptation to ant dispersal of seeds of fleshy-fruited species in the Mediterranean macchia.
  Noticiero de Biologia, 2(3): 11.

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C. (1995)
  Fruiting phenology and dispersal in Mediterranean maquis.
  Proceedings of the VIII OPTIMA Meeting, p. 7, Seville.

• Aronne G., Russo D. (1995)
  Role of red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) and Martens (Martes spp.) in seed dispersal of Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae)
  Giorn. Bot It. 129 (2): 129.

  Papers in press

• Aronne G. Russo D., Wilcock C.C. (1996)
  Pollination Biology of the rare Mediteranean shrub Daphne sericea Vahl (Thymelaeaceae)
  Giorn. Bot. Ital.

• Aronne G., Martinez-Palli E. (1996)
  Alternate bearing and Resource allocation in Phillyrea latifolia L. (Oleaceae).
  Giorn. Bot. Ital.

• Aronne G., Bellelli M., Mazzoleni S. (1996)
  Indagini preliminari sulle dinamiche di accrescimento di specie mediterranee in aree incendiate della Campania meridionale (Cilento)
  Giorn. Bot. Ital.

• Aronne G., Russo, D. (1996)
  Multiple patterns of seed dispersal in Myrtus communis L.
  Atti del Convegno Nazionale S.It.E.

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C. (1996)
  The adaptive advantage of dioecy in shrubs of the Mediterranean region.
  Giornale Botanico Italiano.

• Martinez-Palli E., Aronne G. (1996)
  Floral Morphology and Phenology in Ruscus aculeatus L. (Liliaceae)
  Proceedings of the Internatinal Congress Reproductive Biology 96, Kew (UK).

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C. (1996)
  Floral biology of Daphne sericea Vahl (Thymelaeaceae), a rare species of the mediterranean shrublands.
  Proceedings of the Internatinal Congress Reproductive Biology 96, Kew (UK).

• Aronne G., Wilcock, C.C.
  Fruiting phenology and dispersal in Mediterranean maquis.
  Lagascalia

• Aronne G.
  Effects of Temperature Stress on Pollen Viability in Rhamnus alaternus L. e Phillyrea latifolia L.
  Giorn. Bot. Ital.

  Manuscripts

• Aronne G., Russo D.
  Seed dispersal of Myrtus communis L. by carnivorus mammals.
  

Pisa

• Gucci R., Aronne G., Lombardini L., Tattini M.
  Mechanisms of salt tolerance in Phillyrea latifolia.
  The New Phytologist(submitted May 1996)

• Massai R. Gucci R. & Casano S.
  Estimating water consumption of five shrub species by sap flow techniques.
  3rd Workshop on measuring sapflow in Intact Plants, Sitges (Barcelona) 10-11 October 1996 (submitted May 1996)

• Gucci R, Massai R, Casano S, Lombardini L.
  Strategies of drought resistance in six woody species growing in Mediterranean environments

• Massai R, Gucci R, Casano S, Gravano E.
  Seasonal changes of gas exchange parameters in five shrub species of Mediterranean maquis

Edinburgh

• Heathfield, D. N., Muetzelfeldt, R. I. & Legg, C. J. (1995)
  Computational aspects of modelling landscape vegetation dynamics.
  Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 26 (Winter Meeting Programme and Abstracts): p. 57. Paper given to the BES Winter Meeting, Sheffield, December 1995.

• Legg, C. J., Muetzelfeldt, R. I. & Heathfield, D. N. (1995).
  Modelling vegetation dynamics in Mediterranean ecosystems: Issues of scale.
  Paper given to the 39th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science, Texas, June 1995.

• Legg, C. J., Muetzelfeldt, R. I., Heathfield, D. N. & Mazzoleni, S.
  Scale in the Modelling of Vegetation Dynamics.
  (Abstract) Giornale Botanico Italiano 129: 276. Paper given to 90th Congress of the Societá Botanica Italiana in Palermo, December 1995.