“…Under other conditions, cambial activity can stop for one to three months during winter, depending on the prevalence of low temperatures [72]. In addition, cambial activity in Pinus halepensis can slow down, or even stop, during summer drought [59], [71], [72], [73], [74] and resume later when moisture availability increases in autumn [59], [71], [73], [74], [75], [76]. In other circumstances, the trees can be subjected to “double stress” characterized by two stops in cambial activity - one during winter, caused by low temperatures, and one during the summer triggered by high temperatures and lack of precipitation [73], [74], [77], [78].…”