Research area: Botany - Mycology - Agriculture
Coordinators: Paola Nola, Osvaldo Pericolo, Giulia Tarzariol, Valeria Grechi
ERC sectors: LS8_5 Biological aspects of environmental change, including climate change; LS8_1 Ecosystem and community ecology, macroecology; LS9_8 Applied plant sciences, plant breeding, agroecology and soil biology
1. Dendroecology and Forest Ecology
Tree rings are used to study forest dynamics, the history of natural and anthropogenic disturbances, plant-animal relationships, intra- and interspecific competition, and forest management and decline.
2. Dendroclimatology and Climate Change
Through the analysis of tree rings from various forest species, we study the responses of tree growth to major climatic factors, both in terms of long-term variations and extreme events, with particular attention to their alterations due to climate change.
3. Dendroanatomy and Ecophysiological Characteristics
The anatomical characterization of tree rings (dendronatomy) is used to study the ecophysiological response of trees to the main climatic factors that influence growth.
4. Dendrochronology, Dating, and Climate Reconstructions
Centuries-old chronologies of various forest species are used to reconstruct past climates, and some are used to date wooden works of art and historical musical instruments.
Forest Ecosystems and Ecological Risks, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research - WSL (Birsmendorf Svizzera), Laboratoire de Botanique Historique et Palynologie – CNRS (Univ. Marsiglia, Francia), Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement - CEREGE (Aix-en-Provence, Francia), Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems - Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain), Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (Zaragoza, Spain), , Dep. de Dendrocronología e Historia Ambiental- IANIGLA-CRICYT (Mendoza, Argentina), CNR di Firenze - Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse (Laboratorio di Ecologia Molecolare), Università degli Studi della Basilicata - Scuola di Scienze Agrarie Forestali Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano – Dip. DISAA (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università degli studi di Torino - Dip. DISAFA (Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari), Università degli studi di Padova – Dip. TESAF (Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali), Università Politecnica delle Marche - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali e Produzioni Vegetali, Parco Lombardo della valle del Ticino, Parco delle Groane, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche per la Conservazione del Patrimonio Culturale (CISRiC), Museo del violino di Cremona
1. ResQ – Oak Decline in Lowland Forests: A Multidisciplinary Study for the Selection of Resistant Genetic Resources (website)
2. Collaboration within the LIFE GESTIRE 2020 Nature Integrated Management to 2020 project. Action C14 – Production of Plants and Repopulations of Wood of EU Interest (website)
3. Analysis of Climate Change Resilience in the Forests of the Ticino Park
4. Dendrochronological Study of the Violin Collection at the Correr Museum in Venice
Nola, P., Bracco, F., Assini, S., von Arx, G., Castagneri, D. (2020). Xylem anatomy of Robinia pseudoacacia L. and Quercus robur L. is differently affected by climate in a temperate alluvial forest. ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE, 77, 1-16
Bosela, M., Lukac, M., Castagneri, D., Sedmak, R., Biber, P., Carrer, M., Konopka, B., Nola, P., Nagel, T. A., Popa, I. ...(2018). Contrasting effects of environmental change on the radial growth of co-occurring beech and fir trees across Europe. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 615, 1460-1469
Sanchez-Salguero, R., Camarero, J.J., Carrer, M., Gutiérrez, E., Alla, A.Q., Andreu-Hayles, L., Hevia, A., Koutavas, A., Martinez-Sancho, E., Nola, P. ...(2017). Climate extremes and predicted warming threaten Mediterranean Holocene firs forests refugia. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 114, E10142-E10150
Gazol, A., Camarero, J.J., Gutiérrez, E., Popa ,I., Andreu-Hayles, L., Motta, R., Nola, P., Ribas, M., Sangüesa-Barreda, G., Urbinati, C., Carrer, M. (2015). Distinct effects of climate warming on populations of silver fir (Abies alba) across Europe. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 42, 1150-1162
Corona, C., Guiot, J., Edouard, J.L., Chaliè, F., Buntgen, U., Nola, P., Urbinati, C. (2010). Millennium-long summer temperature variations in the European Alps as reconstructed from tree rings. CLIMATE THE PAST, 6, 379-400