Research interest

My principal investigation interests are focused on tree growth (primary and secondary growth, as well as buds and fruit production and development), the relationships between tree parts and the interaction of trees with their environment, especially the influence of local climatic factors controlling tree growth.

Quercus cerris acorn germination, 26-04-2015, Kodrat e Liqenit, Tirana, Albania

Quercus faginea acorn-bearing annual shoot, 03-08-2010, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Quercus ilex annual shoots with heavy acorn production, 15-10-2009, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Quercus faginea annual shoot with mature acorn, 04-11-2009, Alcubierre, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

Quercus frainetto shoot with heavy acorn production, 13-09-2015, Kodrat e Liqenit, Tirana, Albania

Quercus macrolepis mature two-year-old acorns, 06-11-2015, Malaj, Berat, Albania

Quercus faginea annual shoot with latent buds, 17-02-2009, Pico del Águila, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Quercus faginea annual stem cross-sectional image, 17-02-2009, Pico del Águila, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Quercus ilex acorn-bearing stem cross-sectional image, 02-01-2011, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Interactions of apical bud mass with minimum mid-summer temperature, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Quercus faginea leaf primordia, 11-04-2012, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Quercus faginea and Quercus ilex bud demography, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
Quercus faginea and Quercus ilex bud demography, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain — Quercus faginea and Quercus ilex bud demography, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain Quercus faginea and Quercus ilex bud demography, Agüero, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Pinus uncinata extracted wood core, 26-09-2009, Aigüestortes, Lleida, Catalunya, Spain

Utilisation of tree cores for dendroecological studies through measurements of earlywood, latewood and tree ring width, as well as vessels or tracheids cross-sectional area and their response to climatic variables.

Use of wood minicores to measure the accumulated radial growth and for anatomical studies to determinate the period of earlywood vessels formation as related to the effect of climatic factors that drive their size.

Analyse the effect of bud size, their development and position on shoot growth differentiation and tree crown architecture.

To study the importance of fruit production and their growth stages on the development of annual shoots and carbohydrates accumulation.

Research interest​

Research interest