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Forest Inventory; Cork; Cork oak modelling; UAVs; Pine wilt disease

News

Article by CEF researchers on the Resilience blog highlights ResAlliance tools for sustainable practices
Article by CEF researchers on the Resilience blog highlights ResAlliance tools for sustainable practices
A new blog post by CEF researchers on the Resilience blog highlights the availability of … Read More
Plantações jovens de sobreiro
New CEF paper analyses tree diameter development in young cork oak plantations
A new scientific article by CEF PhD student Paulo Firmino seeks to understand the relationship … Read More
The behaviour of the pine wood nematode in different species of pine trees
The behaviour of the pine wood nematode in different species of pine trees
The Pine Wood Nematode (B. xylophilus), a nematode of microscopic size, is currently considered as … Read More

Publications

Scientific Articles (ISI)

Firmino, P., Paulo, J. A., Lourenço, A., Tomé, M., Campagnolo, M. (2024)

How do soil and topographic drivers determine tree diameter spatial distribution in even aged cork oak stands installed in average to high productivity areas.

New Forests. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-024-10047-9

Firmino, P. N., Tomé, M., Paulo, J. A. (2023)

Do Distance-Dependent Competition Indices Contribute to Improve Diameter and Total Height Tree Growth Prediction in Juvenile Cork Oak Plantations?

Forests 14(5), 1066. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f14051066

Paulo J.A., Firmino P.N., Tomé M.A (2023)

A tree- and climate-dependent growth model to predict mature annual cork thickness under different climate change scenarios.

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment. . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-022-01652-8.

Pimentel, C.S., Firmino, P.N., Almeida, R.P., Lombardero, M.J., Ayres, M.P., Calvão, T. (2023)

Coexistence of insect species in a phloem feeding guild: Deterministic and stochastic processes

Ecological Entomology, in press. . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13263

Lecomte X., Paulo J.A., Tomé M., Veloso S., Firmino P.N., Faias S.P., Caldeira M.C. (2022)

Shrub understorey clearing and drought affects water status and growth of juvenile Quercus suber trees

Forest Ecology and Management, 503, 119760. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119760

Campoa J., Calvão T., Firmino P.N., Pimentel C.S. (2021)

Disentangling the effects of climate and defoliation on forest growth: the case of an outbreak of a Thaumetopoea pityocampa population with a shifted phenology in a Pinus pinaster monoculture

Forest Ecology and Management, 498: 119548. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119548

Paulo J.A., Firmino P.N., Faias S.P., Tomé M. (2021)

Quantile regression for modelling the impact of climate in cork growth quantiles in Portugal

European Journal of Forest Research, 140: 991–1004. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01379-8

Pimentel C.S., Firmino P.N., Ayres M.P. (2020)

Methods to obtain and maintain cultures of pinewood nematodes, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Journal of Forest Research, 25(2): 101-107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13416979.2020.1745989

Pimentel C.S., McKenney J., Firmino P.N., Calvão T., Ayres M.P. (2020)

Sublethal infection of different pine species by the pinewood nematode

Plant Pathology, 69 (8): 1565-1573. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13241

Faias S.P., Paulo J.A., Firmino P.N., Tomé M. (2019)

Drivers for annual cork growth under two understory management alternatives on a podzolic cork oak stand

Forests, 10(2): 133.

Firmino P.N., Calvão T., Ayres M.P., Pimentel C.S. (2017)

Monochamus galloprovincialis and Bursaphelenchus xylophilus life history in an area severely affected by pine wilt disease: implications for forest management

Forest Ecology and Management, 389: 105-115.

Pimentel C.S., Firmino P.N., Calvão T., Ayres M.P., Miranda I., Pereira H. (2017)

Pinewood nematode population growth in relation to pine phloem chemical composition

Plant Pathology, 66(5): 856–864.

Pimentel C.S., Gonçalves E.V., Firmino P.N., Calvão T., Fonseca L., Abrantes I., Correia O., Máguas C. (2017)

Differences in constitutive and inducible defences in pine species determining susceptibility to pinewood nematode

Plant Pathology, 66: 131–139.

Books
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Book Chapters

Pimentel C.S., Firmino P.N., Ayres M.P. (2022)

Obtaining and maintaining cultures of pinewood nematodes Bursaphelenchus xylophilus from Wild Dauers

In: Methods in Molecular Biology. (Clifton, N.J.), Humana, New York, NY, 2536: 3-11. ISBN: 978-1-0716-2516-3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_1

Projects

ResAlliance

Landscape resilience knowledge alliance for agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean basin

Duration: 2022-2024

CEF Budget: 329187.50€ €

CorkNeighbors

Estudo e modelação da interação de sobreiros com a vegetação circundante

Duration: 2016-2019

CEF Budget: 156.000 €