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Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity by Cannon, Charles H., Piovesan, Gianluca, Munné-Bosch, Sergi

“…Trees can live for many centuries with sustained fecundity and death is largely stochastic. We use a neutral stochastic model to examine tree demographic…”
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Unveiling the complex canopy spatial structure of a Mediterranean old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest from UAV observations by Solano, Francesco, Modica, Giuseppe, Praticò, Salvatore, Box, Olivia F., Piovesan, Gianluca

“…•A UAV-based framework to monitor forest canopy structure in a primary beech forest.•Canopy structure patterns were used as indicator of forest natural process…”
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Drought-driven growth reduction in old beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of the central Apennines, Italy by PIOVESAN, GIANLUCA, BIONDI, FRANCO, FILIPPO, ALFREDO DI, ALESSANDRINI, ALFREDO, MAUGERI, MAURIZIO

“…Productivity of old-growth beech forests in the Mediterranean Basin was measured by average stem basal area increment (BAI) of dominant trees at two mountain…”
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Plasticity in dendroclimatic response across the distribution range of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) by de Luis, Martin, Čufar, Katarina, Di Filippo, Alfredo, Novak, Klemen, Papadopoulos, Andreas, Piovesan, Gianluca, Rathgeber, Cyrille B K, Raventós, José, Saz, Miguel Angel, Smith, Kevin T

“…We investigated the variability of the climate-growth relationship of Aleppo pine across its distribution range in the Mediterranean Basin. We constructed a…”
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Maximum tree lifespans derived from public-domain dendrochronological data by Biondi, Franco, Meko, David M., Piovesan, Gianluca

“…The public-domain International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) is an under-utilized dataset to improve existing estimates of global tree longevity. We used the…”
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The recent evolution of the salt marsh ‘Pantano Grande’ (NE Sicily, Italy): interplay between natural and human activity over the last 3700 years by Palli, Jordan, Monaco, Lorenzo, Bini, Monica, Cosma, Emanuela, Giaccio, Biagio, Izdebski, Adam, Masi, Alessia, Mensing, Scott, Piovesan, Gianluca, Rossi, Veronica, Sadori, Laura, Wagner, Bernd, Zanchetta, Giovanni

“…Combined natural processes and human activities shaped the late Holocene landscape history in many Mediterranean regions. This is especially true with areas…”
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Toward the development of sustainable ecotourism in Italian national parks of the Apennines: insights from hiking guides by Poponi, Stefano, Palli, Jordan, Ferrari, Sonia, Filibeck, Goffredo, Forte, T'ai G. W., Franceschini, Cinzia, Ruggieri, Alessandro, Piovesan, Gianluca

“…National parks in mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots in which implementing the sustainability goals of Agenda 2030 is particularly urgent. Ecotourism…”
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Bioclimatology of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Eastern Alps: spatial and altitudinal climatic signals identified through a tree-ring network by Di Filippo, Alfredo, Biondi, Franco, Čufar, Katarina, de Luis, Martín, Grabner, Michael, Maugeri, Maurizio, Presutti Saba, Emanuele, Schirone, Bartolomeo, Piovesan, Gianluca

“…To identify the dominant spatial patterns of Fagus sylvatica radial growth in the Eastern Alps, and to understand their relationships to climate variation and…”
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The Longevity of Fruit Trees in Basilicata (Southern Italy): Implications for Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation by Palli, Jordan, Baliva, Michele, Biondi, Franco, Calcagnile, Lucio, Cerbino, Domenico, D’Elia, Marisa, Muleo, Rosario, Schettino, Aldo, Quarta, Gianluca, Sassone, Nicola, Solano, Francesco, Zienna, Pietro, Piovesan, Gianluca

“…In the Mediterranean basin, agriculture and other forms of human land use have shaped the environment since ancient times. Intensive and extensive agricultural…”
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Investigating sacred natural sites and protected areas for forest area changes in Italy by Zannini, Piero, Frascaroli, Fabrizio, Nascimbene, Juri, Halley, John Maxwell, Stara, Kalliopi, Cervellini, Marco, Di Musciano, Michele, De Vigili, Filippo, Rocchini, Duccio, Piovesan, Gianluca, Alessi, Nicola, Chiarucci, Alessandro

“…Forests will be critical to mitigate the effects of climate and global changes. Therefore, knowledge on the drivers of forest area changes are important…”
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A Multidisciplinary Study of Wild Grapevines in the River Crati Natural Reserve, South Italy (Calabria): Implications in Conservation Biology and Palaeoecological Reconstructions by Clò, Eleonora, Torri, Paola, Baliva, Michele, Brusco, Agostino, Marchianò, Roberto, Sgarbi, Elisabetta, Palli, Jordan, Mercuri, Anna Maria, Piovesan, Gianluca, Florenzano, Assunta

“…Nowadays, wild grapevine populations are quite limited and sporadic mainly due to habitat destruction, land-use change, and the spread of pathogens that have…”
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On tree longevity by Piovesan, Gianluca, Biondi, Franco

“…Summary Large, majestic trees are iconic symbols of great age among living organisms. Published evidence suggests that trees do not die because of genetically…”
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The longevity of broadleaf deciduous trees in Northern Hemisphere temperate forests: insights from tree-ring series by Di Filippo, Alfredo, Pederson, Neil, Baliva, Michele, Brunetti, Michele, Dinella, Anna, Kitamura, Keiko, Knapp, Hanns D., Schirone, Bartolomeo, Piovesan, Gianluca

“…Understanding the factors controlling the expression of longevity in trees is still an outstanding challenge for tree biologists and forest ecologists. We…”
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Carbon carrying capacity in primary forests shows potential for mitigation achieving the European Green Deal 2030 target by Keith, Heather, Kun, Zoltàn, Hugh, Sonia, Svoboda, Miroslav, Mikoláš, Martin, Adam, Dusan, Bernatski, Dmitry, Blujdea, Viorel, Bohn, Friedrich, Camarero, Jesús Julio, Demeter, László, Di Filippo, Alfredo, Dutcă, Ioan, Garbarino, Matteo, Horváth, Ferenc, Ivkovich, Valery, Jansons, Āris, Ķēņina, Laura, Kral, Kamil, Martin-Benito, Dario, Molina-Valero, Juan Alberto, Motta, Renzo, Nagel, Thomas A., Panayotov, Momchil, Pérez-Cruzado, César, Piovesan, Gianluca, Roibu, Cătălin-Constantin, Šamonil, Pavel, Vostarek, Ondřej, Yermokhin, Maxim, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Mackey, Brendan

“…Abstract Carbon accounting in the land sector requires a reference level from which to calculate past losses of carbon and potential for gains using a…”
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Dating old hollow trees by applying a multistep tree-ring and radiocarbon procedure to trunk and exposed roots by Piovesan, Gianluca, Biondi, Franco, Baliva, Michele, Calcagnile, Lucio, Quarta, Gianluca, Di Filippo, Alfredo

“…[Display omitted] In the process of dating the oldest trees, which are often hollow, we developed a new method that combines tree-ring cross dating and wiggle…”
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Need for a global map of forest naturalness for a sustainable future by Chiarucci, Alessandro, Piovesan, Gianluca

“…There is a growing need to assess and monitor forest cover and its conservation status over global scales to determine human impact on ecosystems and to…”
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A light‐demanding pine spreads into a closed forest by Piovesan, Gianluca

“…Mountain ecosystems are natural laboratories for monitoring the impact of global change. In the Pollino (a massif of mountains in southern Italy), the…”
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Challenging X-ray Fluorescence Applications for Environmental Studies at XLab Frascati by Cappuccio, Giorgio, Cibin, Giannantonio, Dabagov, Sultan, Di Filippo, Alfredo, Piovesan, Gianluca, Hampai, Dariush, Maggi, Valter, Marcelli, Augusto

“…In this work, we will report applications of the total external X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) station, a prototype assembled at the XLab Frascati laboratory…”
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Hydrochemical determination of source water contributions to Lake Lungo and Lake Ripasottile (central Italy) by Archer, Claire, Noble, Paula, Kreamer, David, Piscopo, Vincenzo, Petitta, Marco, Rosen, Michael R., Poulson, Simon R., Piovesan, Gianluca, Mensing, Scott

“…Lake Lungo and Lake Ripasottile are two shallow (4-5 m) lakes located in the Rieti Basin, central Italy, that have been described previously as surface…”
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FrontiersEcoPics: A light-demanding pine spreads into a closed forest by Piovesan, Gianluca

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