A5088699405- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Forest Management and Policy
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Landslides and related hazards
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest ecology and management
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Clay minerals and soil interactions
- Marine and environmental studies
University of Florence
2015-2024
University of Palermo
2024
Florence (Netherlands)
2019
Organizzazione per la Tutela Forestale, Ambientale e Agroalimentare
2017
Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous components of biocrust communities and the first colonizers terrestrial ecosystems. They play multiple roles in soil by fixing C N synthesizing exopolysaccharides, which increase fertility water retention improve structure stability. Application cyanobacteria as inoculants to promote development has been proposed a novel biotechnological technique for restoring barren degraded areas combating desertification processes arid lands. However, previous their...
We propose that the Anthropocene be defined as last c. 2000 years of late Holocene and characterized on basis anthropogenic soils. This contrasts with original definition 250 (since Industrial Revolution) more recent proposals began some 5000 to 8000 ago in early mid (the early-Anthropocene hypothesis). Anthropogenic soil horizons, which several types are recognized, provide extensive terrestrial stratigraphic markers for defining start Anthropocene. The pedosphere is regarded best indicator...
Wildfires are an increasingly alarming phenomenon that affects forests and agroecosystems, generating several cascade effects among which soil erosion is one of the most deleterious.A robust body databased evidence on post-fire sediment yield at watershed scale is, thus, required, especially when dealing with areas where wildfires particularly frequent, such as Mediterranean basin.This study analyzes impact first rains after a large wildfire in terms area, Pisan Mountains, central Italy.Here...
The long-term biodiversity effects of ecological restoration projects are essential to understanding the dynamics environmental processes induced by different applied techniques. Nature-based solutions (NBS) defined as actions that use nature protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or altered environments, providing benefits for both ecosystems human well-being. Among NBS, Soil Water Bioengineering (SWBE) techniques combine plants with timber stone structures riverbanks, combat soil...
Abstract. Norwegian heathland soils, although scant and shallow, are major reservoirs of carbon (C). We aimed at assessing whether vegetation cover and, indirectly, its driving factor soil drainage good proxies for organic matter (SOM) composition dynamics in a typical area southern Norway consisting patchwork three different types vegetation, dominated by Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull., Molinia caerulea Moench, or Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw. Such covers were clearly associated to...