Photoprotective compounds as early markers to predict holm oak crown defoliation in declining Mediterranean savannahs

This research was mainly funded by the Spanish Government through the IBERYCA project (CGL2017-84723-P) and its associated FPI scholarship BES-2014-067971 (to M.E.-V.). It was further supported by the BC3 María de Maeztu excellence accreditation (MDM-2017-0714; the Spanish Government) and by the BERC 2018-2021 and the UPV/EHU-GV IT-1018-16 program (Basque Government). Additionally, this research was further supported through the ‘Juan de la Cierva program’ (the Spanish Government to M.V.; (IJCI-2017-34640).) and two projects funded by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research through UEFISCDI (NATIvE, PN-III-P1-1.1-PD- 2016-0583 and REASONING, PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1099 to A.-M.H.)