Trees

Overview

Trees are perennial woody plants distinguished by an elongated stem, or trunk, that supports branches and foliage and undergoes secondary growth, enabling them to attain height and longevity. As dominant components of many terrestrial ecosystems, they structure habitats, provide food and shelter for animals, fungi, and other plants, and underpin ecological processes including primary production, nutrient cycling, and soil stabilization. Trees regulate local and global environments by transpiring water, moderating microclimate, and sequestering carbon, and they are central to biodiversity as keystone elements of forest and savanna systems. Their health is threatened by pathogens, pests, and environmental change, with consequences that propagate through dependent communities. The peer-reviewed work assembled here engages trees within Wildlife and ecological research: the olive quick-decline syndrome and bio-fertilizer strategies for its mitigation, molecular characterization of viruses associated with olive-leaf disorders, soil-respiration responses in a temperate mixed forest, permaculture practices in agriculture, the role of tree-associated habitats for birds and mammals, and DNA-barcoding identification of food-plant resources used by field mice. Across these studies trees appear as host organisms subject to disease, as habitat and food sources for Wildlife, and as participants in carbon and nutrient dynamics. The collection situates trees as foundational organisms whose ecology, health, and interactions with animals and the wider environment are central to biodiversity and conservation.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 48 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• The olive plant microbiome: Regional variations, climate change resilience and cultivar-specific dynamics in arid and Mediterranean regions
  2026 · Total Environment Microbiology
• Microbial biostimulant reshapes carbon and nitrogen metabolism in olive trees: dendrochronological insights into enhanced growth and climate adaptation
  2026 · Frontiers in Plant Science
• Improving olive farming with microbial biostimulants: benefits, challenges and opportunities
  2025 · World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• Modelling parasite impacts of aquaculture on wild fish: The case of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on out-migrating wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt
  2023 · Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Soil Temperature, Organic-Carbon Storage, and Water-Holding Ability Should Be Accounted for the Empirical Soil Respiration Model Selection in Two Forest Ecosystems
  2023 · Forests
• Modelling parasite impacts of aquaculture on wild fish: The case of the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) on out-migrating wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt
  2023 · Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Soil Temperature, Organic-Carbon Storage, and Water-Holding Ability Should Be Accounted for the Empirical Soil Respiration Model Selection in Two Forest Ecosystems
  2023 · Forests
• Seasonal and diurnal variation in ecosystem respiration and environmental controls from an alpine wetland in arid northwest China
  2022 · Journal of Plant Ecology

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