A5045570352- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Forest ecology and management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Marine animal studies overview
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Bioenergy crop production and management
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
2022-2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2023-2024
Abstract Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations (IADFs) are an important wood functional trait that determine trees’ ability to adapt climatic changes. Here, we use a large tree-ring database of 11 species from 89 sites across eight European countries, covering gradient the Mediterranean northern Europe, analyze how climate variations drive IADF formation. We found occurrence increases nonlinearly with ring width in both gymnosperms and angiosperms decreases altitude age. Recently recorded higher...
Abstract Antarctic biodiversity is affected by seasonal sea-ice dynamics driving basal resource availability. To (1) determine the role of intraspecific dietary variability in structuring benthic food webs sustaining biodiversity, and (2) understand how position topologically central species vary with cover, single individuals’ diets were studied isotopic analysis before breakup afterwards. Isotopic trophospecies (or Trophic Units) investigated reconstructed using Bayesian Mixing Models. As...
Biological invasions in fresh waters cause biodiversity loss and impairment of ecosystem functioning. Many freshwater invasive species are fish, including the largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides, which is considered one 100 worst world. Fast individual growth rates, high dispersal ability, ecological tolerance, trophic plasticity among characteristics contributing to its success. The negative impact M. salmoides on littoral fish communities believed be mitigated by habitat structural...
Quantifying and mapping evapotranspiration (ET) from land surfaces is crucial in the context of climate change. For decades, remote sensing data have been utilized to estimate ET, leading development numerous algorithms. However, their application still non-trivial, mainly due practical constraints. This paper introduces geeSSEBI, a Google Earth Engine implementation S-SEBI (Simplified Surface Energy Balance Index) model, for deriving ET Landsat ERA5-land radiation. The source code graphical...
Forest fires are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, leading serious impacts on forest ecosystems. Beyond the immediate damage, they can trigger complex long-lasting effects health, episodes of tree mortality that occur even years after fire event. Understanding these long-term processes identifying early warning signs post-fire is a major challenge for management in context global warming.  Multidisciplinary approaches, such as dendro-anatomy high-resolution...
Managing forest ecosystems at global scale is a pressing challenge for resource managers and it needs to address important questions on continuous monitoring. Advance in information technology the use of multifunctional devices based Internet Things (IoT) technology, real time observation biological physical variable trees getting more common modern forestry. Among different smart sensor networks, Tree Talkers® are modular multiparameter designed monitor tree physiological parameters (e.g....
In recent years, several drought events hit Poland, affecting its forests. Opole, tons of Pinus sylvestris L. deadwood is removed every year due to drought. Understanding the physiological mechanisms underlying tree vulnerability drought, and responses, important develop forest management strategies face ongoing climate change. This research provides comprehensive local-scale analyses sensitivity healthy declining trees We used dendrochronology stable isotope analysis compare five trees. The...
The Mediterranean basin is an area particularly exposed to fire risk due its climate and fire-prone vegetation. In recent decades, the frequency intensity of wildfires increased, leading negative effects on forests, such as a decrease in tree growth or increase mortality, producing relevant loss carbon sequestration ecosystem service. This study impacts fires forests fundamental for planning adequate forest management strategies aimed at recovering restoring affected areas. this framework,...
The world's forests are currently facing the impacts of climate change and associated extreme events, which adversely affecting natural ecosystems increasing risks forest mortality. In Mediterranean region, where water is already a limiting factor, drought stress having severe impact on tree growth. Different species have developed physiological mechanisms to cope with drought, an increase in use efficiency has been observed several drought-tolerant species. This paper analysed growth trends...
Hydrochar, carbon-rich material produced during the thermochemical processing of biomass, is receiving increased attention due to its potential value as soil amendment. It can increase agroforestry systems’ productivity through direct and indirect effects on growth quality. Hydrochar may also directly help mitigate climate change by sequestering stable carbon compounds in perhaps indirectly C uptake trees. In this research, we aim evaluate how application hydrochar two feedstock types,...
Abstract Climate change significantly impacts global forests, leading to tree decline and dieback. To cope with climate change, trees develop several functional traits, such as intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) in rings. The formation of these traits facilitates optimize resource allocation, allowing them withstand periods stress eventually recover when the conditions become favourable again. This study focuses on a Pinus pinaster Aiton forest warm, drought-prone Mediterranean area,...
<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L. is the most common tree species growing in Poland. Trees of this are considered to be resistant difficult meteorological conditions; however, past decades, many them have died and been cut down by foresters. The measurements annual ring width can provide information on how trees respond drought events. This study aimed investigate potential differences between healthy declining (identified as foresters). For purpose, we collected samples five from each...
Quercus ilex L., an evergreen oak species typical of the western and central Mediterranean basin, is facing decline dieback episodes due to increase in severity frequency heat waves drought events. Studying xylogenesis (the wood formation process) crucial for understanding how trees respond with their secondary growth environmental conditions stress This study aimed characterize dynamics relationship meteorological area experiencing prolonged periods. Cambial activity xylem cell production...
Forest transpiration is an important topic in many environmental sciences fields, such as forestry, forest ecology and hydrology. Many monitoring systems have been developed to measure this variable. Among those, there the sap flux measurement. The Tree Talkers are devices that recently for eco-physiological microenvironmental of forests, they can produce a big amount data with good compromise between efforts benefits. Those must be properly handled. This contribution presents ttprocessing:...
The Mediterranean basin is exposed to a growing risk of forest fires due recent climate changes, which are increasing their frequency and intensity. Forest can profoundly alter the ecological functions forests, affecting hydrological regulation, resource supply, soil stability biodiversity conservation. They also cause physiological dysfunction tree mortality, significantly reducing ability forests absorb CO2 mitigate change. study fire effects therefore essential for planning effective...
Transpiration accounts for more than a half of the evaporative water fluxes from land. However, several criticalities still exist in its quantification over whole land surface. Sap-flux measurement is widespread technique that allows to retrieve data, at high temporal resolution, individual plants or trees. Unfortunately, due practical constraints spatial extent sap-flux data limited, and campaigns are most often limited one few vegetative seasons. Hydro-meteorological can be obtained much...
Abstract In this study, using a dendrological and isotopic approaches, we investigated the responses to climate of two pure Fagus sylvatica L. stands (Campobraca Falode) in southernmost part distribution range southern Italy. The δ 13 C data were used for calculating intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) as proxy balance between carbon cycles. results showed that iWUE both was sensitive amount precipitation during summer months (negative, significant effect) atmospheric CO 2 concentration....
The ongoing climate change, with altered precipitation regimes and evaporative demand due to the increase in temperature are affecting hydrological conditions most forest sites Europe. This change has strong consequences on distribution, composition ecological functioning of species . Fagus sylvatica is one important Europe, spanning from southern Scandinavia Mediterranean region. Species distribution models forecast a reduction area F. Italy under scenarios. hydraulic behaviour...