Spontaneous ignition tests of various forest species were performed with a specifically designed apparatus. The forest species selected: Arbutus andrachne, Cistus incanus, Pinus brutia, Pinus halepensis, Cupressus sempervirens, Pistacia lentiscus, Abies cephalonica are very common in the Mediterranean region which is frequently devastated by forest fires. The same tests were performed in the pr...

Abstract During the spring of 2020, Choristoneura murinana (Hubner) otherwise European Fir Budworm (EFB) was recorded on Abies cephalonica near villages Kaloskopi and Agoriani in Central Greece at mountains Giona Parnassus respectively. To our knowledge, occurrence particular pest specific has not been described yet. We found that EFB mostly prefers less Juniperus oxycedrous sunny areas and/or ...

Abstract This study examines 10 different taxa within the genus Abies identified in circum-Mediterranean area: A. alba , borisii-regis, cephalonica, cilicica, nebrodensis, nordmanniana subsp. equi-trojani, nordmanniana, numidica, pinsapo var. marocana and . We assess potential distribution of these species Mediterranean Basin, most Central-Northern Europe Asia Minor through analysis 8 bioclimat...