Plant transpiration is the main evaporative flux from terrestrial ecosystems; it controls land surface energy balance, determines catchment hydrological responses and influences regional and global climate. Transpiration regulation by plants is a key (and still not completely understood) process...

Forest tree populations in temperate regions have evolved efficient mechanisms to adapt to variable and changing environmental conditions and withstood rapid climatic changes during the last glacial cycles. They are characterized by high levels of genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity, and...

Conotrachelus dimidiatus females oviposit in immature guava fruits (Psidium guajava L.) leaving a marking to ensure the nutritional resource of her offspring and avoid intraspecific competition. The emitted volatiles associated with the oviposition marks can be synthesized and probably used to...

This editorial considers the controversy on the 8% figure of water consumption through commercial afforestation which has been the basis for discussions on community forestry and water use. A brief history on the water consumption activities during the centuries before 1980, 1980s, 1990s and 2000...