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How does drought impact burned area in Mediterranean vegetation communities? by Cardil, A., Vega-García, C., Ascoli, D., Molina-Terrén, D.M., Silva, C.A., Rodrigues, M.

“…Drought and water stress are widely known to influence fuel moisture content and flammability, although differences do exist according to the response…”
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Post-fire restoration of beech stands in the Southern Alps by natural regeneration by Ascoli, D., Castagneri, D., Valsecchi, C., Conedera, M., Bovio, G.

“…► Increase in fire frequency and intensity threat European beech forests in Southern Alps. ► We assessed the combined effect of fire, masting and cutting on…”
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Prescribed burning and browsing to control tree encroachment in southern European heathlands by Ascoli, D., Lonati, M., Marzano, R., Bovio, G., Cavallero, A., Lombardi, G.

“…► We test prescribed fire and browsing to control aspen in southern European heaths. ► Treated units (n. 42) were monitored from 2004 to 2009 at Vauda heath,…”
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Prescribed burning in Italy: issues, advances and challenges by Ascoli, D, Bovio, G

“…Prescribed burning has been carried out since the late 1970s in several southern European countries. Italy hosted some pioneer experiences in the early ’80s,…”
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Harmonized dataset of surface fuels under Alpine, temperate and Mediterranean conditions in Italy. A synthesis supporting fire management by Ascoli, D, Vacchiano, G, Scarpa, C, Arca, B, Barbati, A, Battipaglia, G, Elia, M, Esposito, A, Garfì, V, Lovreglio, R, Mairota, P, Marchetti, M, Marchi, E, Meytre, S, Ottaviano, M, Pellizzaro, G, Rizzolo, R, Sallustio, L, Salis, M, Sirca, C, Valese, E, Ventura, A, Bacciu, V

“…Surface biomass characterization plays a key role in wildfire management. It allows classifying vegetation fuels flammability for fire risk analysis, to define…”
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Tree encroachment dynamics in heathlands of north-west Italy: the fire regime hypothesis by Ascoli, D, Bovio, G

“…Tree encroachment is one of the primary conservation issues in Calluna-heathlands, a priority habitat in Europe. Improving understanding of the ecological…”
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Forest harvesting in Europe: a healthy scientific debate by Ascoli, D, Chirici, G, Francini, S, Marchetti, M, Motta, R, Vacchiano, G

“…Is forest harvesting increasing in Europe? There is scientific debate about methodological approach and data regarding clearcut increment in Europe but,…”
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Forest fires in 2017: a useful lesson by Battipaglia, G, Tognetti, R, Valese, E, Ascoli, D, De Luca, PF, Basile, S, Ottaviano, M, Mazzoleni, S, Marchetti, M, Esposito, A

“…Forest fires in 2017: a useful lesson. Forest fires, together with the decline of silviculture practice, are one of the most important natural disturbances…”
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OC10.10: Virtual reality and the mid‐trimester scan: a new concept in education in ultrasound by Youssef, A., D'Ascoli, D., Sidoli, R., Pilu, G.

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Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape by Fernandes, Paulo M, Davies, G Matt, Ascoli, Davide, Fernández, Cristina, Moreira, Francisco, Rigolot, Eric, Stoof, Cathelijne R, Vega, José Antonio, Molina, Domingo

“…Mediterranean landscapes are in a state of flux due to the impacts of changing land-use patterns and climate. Fuel-weather interactions determine that large,…”
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Landscape, bioeconomy and wildfire management: a challenge to face very soon by Marchetti M, Ascoli D

“…Forest fires are increasing in all developed temperate countries and especially in Southern Europe. An unprecedented forest transition is more and more due to…”
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Fire, humans and landscape in the European Alpine region during the Holocene by Valese, E., Conedera, M., Held, A.C., Ascoli, D.

“…•First review on the connection between fire history, humans and landscape in the European Alpine region.•The frame given by fire epochs and generations of…”
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The 5-year results of a randomized trial of adjuvant radiation therapy after chemotherapy in breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy by Griem, K L, Henderson, I C, Gelman, R, Ascoli, D, Silver, B, Recht, A, Goodman, R L, Hellman, S, Harris, J R

“…The use of adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy has been controversial. In order to assess…”
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The National Forestry Strategy of Italy and the forest fire governance by Ascoli D, Ferlazzo S, Marchetti M, Motta R, Pompei E, Stefani A

“…Since February 2022, the National Forestry Strategy (NFS) for the forest sector and its supply chains is public. The NFS addresses in an innovative and…”
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Managing wildfires in Italy: overcoming the emergency, planning the prevention by La Mela Veca Donato S, Piroli E, Bacciu V, Barbera G, Brunori A, Calvani G, Delogu Giuseppe M, Elia M, La Mantia T, Laschi A, Lovreglio R, Masiero M, Salis M, Tonarelli L, Motta R, Ascoli D

“…Wildfires represent a critical environmental and social challenge, with long-term implications for human health, ecosystems, and infrastructure. This complex…”
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Silviculture and wind damages. The storm “Vaia” by Motta R, Ascoli D, Corona P, Marchetti M, Vacchiano G

“…On October 29th, 2018, storm Vaia hit forests in north-eastern Italy, causing the loss of 8 million cubic meters of standing trees and, more importantly, the…”
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Landscape, bioeconomy and wildfire management: a challenge to face very soon by Marchetti, M, Ascoli, D

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“Fire Ecology Across Boundaries”: the international congress focused on wildfires by De Agostini N, Calvani G, Cacciatore I, Ascoli D, Tonarelli L, Prat-Guitart N, Marchi E

“…The current operating model based only on the approach of fire suppression has generated what experts call the “fire-paradox”: the control of all wildfires in…”
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A global database on holdover time of lightning-ignited wildfires by Moris, Jose V, Álvarez-Álvarez, Pedro, Conedera, Marco, Dorph, Annalie, Hessilt, Thomas D, Hunt, Hugh G. P, Libonati, Renata, Menezes, Lucas S, Müller, Mortimer M, Pérez-Invernón, Francisco J, Pezzatti, Gianni B, Pineda, Nicolau, Scholten, Rebecca C, Veraverbeke, Sander, Wotton, B. Mike, Ascoli, Davide

“…Holdover fires are usually associated with lightning-ignited wildfires (LIWs), which can experience a smoldering phase or go undetected for several hours, days…”
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Association Between Number and Sites of New Bone Scan Abnormalities and Presence of Skeletal Metastases in Patients With Breast Cancer by Jacobson, Arnold F, Stomper, Paul C, Jochelson, Maxine S, Ascoli, Diane M, Henderson, I. Craig, Kaplan, William D

“…Review of 1,441 bone scans performed on 242 breast cancer patients without known skeletal metastases identified 239 scans with new abnormalities. Findings on…”
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