Search Results - "Previtali, Franco"
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Improved plant resistance to drought is promoted by the root-associated microbiome as a water stress-dependent trait
Published in Environmental microbiology (01-02-2015)“…Summary Although drought is an increasing problem in agriculture, the contribution of the root‐associated bacterial microbiome to plant adaptation to water…”
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Edaphic influences of ophiolitic substrates on vegetation in the Western Italian Alps
Published in Plant and soil (01-02-2012)“…Background and aims Soils derived from serpentinite (serpentine soils) often have low macronutrient concentrations, exceedingly low Ca:Mg molar ratios and high…”
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New dates of a Northern Italian loess deposit (Monte Orfano, Southern pre-Alps, Brescia)
Published in Journal of soils and sediments (01-02-2021)“…Purpose Loess in Northern Italy has been usually considered deposited during the MIS 4-2 period, which corresponds to the last Pleistocene glacial cycle. In…”
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Aeolian inputs and dolostone dissolution involved in soil formation in Alpine karst landscapes (Corna Bianca, Italian Alps)
Published in Catena (Giessen) (01-09-2023)“…•High pedodiversity can characterize non-glaciated karst landscapes in the Alps.•Podzols can be found on quartz-rich dolostone.•Mass balance shows that aeolian…”
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Pedogenic evidence sheds light on the post-Roman pedo-sedimentological and human history of Tarsus, the Roman capital of CE 60, Cilicia, Mersin, Türkiye
Published in Catena (Giessen) (01-01-2025)“…•Hydroxyapatite (hap) minerals forming in p accumulation horizon −chains of hap precipitating on weathered bone surface,•Is the p-rich horizon a phosphatic…”
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Late Pleistocene paleoenvironments and megafauna from the Sierra Madre del Sur flanks and the Central Depression of Chiapas (Southern México)
Published in Quaternary science reviews (01-11-2023)“…Pleistocene fluvial sequences have been recognised in some regions of México as an important source of information on past environmental change using a wide…”
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Microstructure and palygorskite neoformation in pedogenic calcretes of central Morocco
Published in Catena (Giessen) (01-09-2018)“…The aim of this research was the micromorphological and mineralogical characterization of calcrete outcrops located in central Morocco, with particular focus…”
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Geo-pedological contribution to the reconstruction of Holocene activity of Chaitén volcano (Patagonia, Chile)
Published in Journal of South American earth sciences (01-10-2019)“…On May 2, 2008, the Chaitén volcano, located in Chilean Patagonia, thought to be inactive for almost 10,000 years, erupted, emitting pyroclastic materials (ash…”
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Soil degradation by land use change in an agropastoral area in Sardinia (Italy)
Published in Catena (Giessen) (15-10-2010)“…In recent decades the clearing of Mediterranean maquis along with the creation of new pastures has been a major factor of land degradation in Sardinia (Italy)…”
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Land restoration by fodder shrubs in a semi-arid agro-pastoral area of Morocco. Effects on soils
Published in Catena (Giessen) (01-12-2011)“…The present study assesses the effects of Atriplex nummularia Lindl. growth on soil chemical properties in a semi-arid area. The area is located in the…”
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Buried palaeosols of NW Sardinia (Italy) as archives of the Late Quaternary climatic fluctuations
Published in Catena (Giessen) (01-11-2014)“…A multi-disciplinary approach was performed to investigate two compound geosols included between wind-blown deposits at the top, and interglacial (MIS 5) beach…”
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Shape and intraporosity of topsoil aggregates under maquis and pasture in the Mediteranean region
Published in Journal of plant nutrition and soil science (01-08-2013)“…The clearing of Mediterranean maquis along with the creation of new pasture land has been an important factor of soil and land degradation in the Mediterranean…”
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Podzolization over ophiolitic materials in the western Alps (Natural Park of Mont Avic, Aosta Valley, Italy)
Published in Geoderma (31-07-2008)“…Soil surveys carried out on ophiolitic rocks and till under subalpine forest in the Natural Park of Mont Avic (Aosta Valley, West Italian Alps) revealed the…”
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The geomorphologic and pedo-morphologic maps of Skhirat (Feriana, Tunisia) at the 1:50,000 scale
Published in Journal of maps (02-01-2014)“…Land planning and land restoration in drylands affected by desertification require a good understanding of the active geomorphic processes, their intensities…”
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Heavy Metals and Biological Properties of Subalpine Soils on Ophiolites in the Italian Western Alps
Published in Northeastern naturalist (01-06-2009)“…Soils on ultramafic rocks are usually colonized by plant species and communities adapted to high heavy-metal content and low Ca/Mg ratio. However, the effects…”
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