This study was aimed at investigating the antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of ethanol extracts obtained from the leaves, seeds and sheaths of Robinia pseudoacacia. Total phenolic content (TPC, Folin–Ciocalteu method), antioxidant activity (trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assay) and antimicrobial activity (agar disk diffusion method and broth dilution method) of the vegetativ...

Crown shapes of common European urban tree species differ from to and are modified by the age a its local environment. A tree’s crown shape has great influence on volume thus ecosystem service provision such as shade area or density. We used data 3852 individuals eight German cities 528 trees for Acer platanoides, pseudoplatanus, Aesculus hippocastanum, Fraxinus excelsior, Platanus × acerifolia...

Understanding how rainfall is partitioned into throughfall, stemflow, and interception losses by xerophytic trees important for evaluating afforestation projects modeling hydrological budgets in semi-arid regions. However, information regarding partitioning the controlling factors regions remains underrepresented literature. We examined whether plant functional groups have a significant impact ...

Heat waves that trigger severe droughts are predicted to increase globally; however, we lack an understanding of how trees respond to the combined change of extreme temperatures and water availability. Here, we studied the impacts of two consecutive heat waves as well as post-stress recovery in young Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Douglas-fir) and Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) g...

It has been much disputed whether seasonal variations in proteins or in sugars are better related to cold hardiness changes in certain over-wintering plants (for example, 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, 14). But proteins have been difficult to study, since they are not easily extracted from such plants as our native winter-hardy trees. This is because such proteins are often precipitated by vacuolar substances...