在生态领域，关于生物相互作用随纬度变化的规律存在争议。为探究气候对栓皮栎（Quercus robur）化学防御和昆虫取食的影响，研究人员结合野外观察与室内饲养试验。结果发现，温度影响叶酚类物质浓度和昆虫取食，二者关系复杂。该研究为理解植物 - 食草动物 ...

来自俄罗斯科学院科马洛夫植物研究所的研究人员针对夏栎(Q. robur)树冠及新鲜残体中的木质腐生真菌群落开展研究。通过对Ascomycota（子囊菌）和Basidiomycota（担子菌）两大真菌类群的系统调查，在跨纬度-经度样带中鉴定出178种真菌，揭示了地理分布格局（44.9%为 ...

“The oak, when living, monarch of the wood. The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.” -Charles Churchill The English oak (Quercus robur) was so highly valued by the English that it was ...

The toppling over of two iconic old English oak (Quercus robur) trees in Newlands in November may be the first of more to come as the effects of the 2017 drought come to call. On Monday 8 November, ...

Glanusk is the Welsh seat of that noblest of trees, the oak. In spring and summer, the wilder parts of this glorious Powys estate are garlanded with coppery red and golden green as our native Quercus ...