A selection of our recent scientific production.
2011
Chiesi, M., G. Chirici, A. Barbati, R. Salvati, and F. Maselli. 2011. Use of BIOME-BGG to simulate Mediterranean forest carbon stocks. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 4(1):121-127. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor0561-004
Chirici, G., D. Giuliarelli, D. Biscontini, D. Tonti, W. Mattioli, M. Marchetti, and P. Corona. 2011. Large-scale monitoring of coppice forest clearcuts by multitemporal very high resolution satellite imagery. A case study from central Italy. Remote Sensing of Environment 115:1025 - 1033. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2010.12.007
Chirici, G., S. Winter, and R.E. McRoberts (eds.). 2011. National Forest Inventories: contributions to forest biodiversity assessments. Springer, Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York. 224 p. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0482-4
Corona, P., G. Chirici, R.E. McRoberts, S. Winter, and A. Barbati. 2011. Contribution of large-scale forest inventories to biodiversity assessment and monitoring. Forest Ecology and Management 262(11):2061-2069. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.044
Lasserre, B., G. Chirici, U. Chiavetta, V. GarfÏ, R. Tognetti, R. Drigo, P. DiMartino, and M. Marchetti. 2011. Assessment of potential bioenergy from coppice forests trough the integration of remote sensing and field surveys. Biomass and Bioenergy 35(1):716-724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.10.013
2010
Chirici, G., and S. Nocentini. 2010. Old-growth forests in Italy: recent research developments and future perspectives. Italian Journal of Forest and Mountain Environments 65(5):475 - 480. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2010.5.01
Corona, P., C. Blasi, G. Chirici, L. Facioni, L. Fattorini, and B. Ferrari. 2010. Monitoring and assessing old-growth forest stands by plot sampling. Plant Biosystems 144(1):171-179. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263500903560710
Lombardi, F., G. Chirici, M. Marchetti, R. Tognetti, B. Lasserre, P. Corona, A. Barbati, B. Ferrari, S. Di Paolo, D. Giuliarelli, F. Mason, F. Iovino, A. Nicolaci, L. Bianchi, A. Maltoni, and D. Travaglini. 2010. Deadwood in forest stands close to old-growthness under Mediterranean conditions in the Italian Peninsula. Italian Journal of Forest and Mountain Environments 65(5):481 - 504. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2010.5.02
McRoberts, R.E., G. Stahl, C. Vidal, M. Lawrence, E. Tomppo, K. Schadauer, G. Chirici, and A. Bastrup-Birk. 2010. National Forest Inventories: prospects for harmonised international reporting. P. 33-43 in National Forest Inventories - pathways for common reporting, Tomppo, E., T. Gschwantner, M. Lawrence, and R.E. McRoberts (eds.). Springer. Read on-line.
Ravera, S., V. Genovesi, A. Falasca, M. Marchetti, and G. Chirici. 2010. Lichen diversity of old-growth forests in Molise (Central-Southern Italy). Italian Journal of Forest and Mountain Environments 65(5):505 - 517. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4129/ifm.2010.5.03
2009
Corona, P., L. Fattorini, and S. Franceschi. 2009. Estimating the volume of forest growing stock using auxiliary information derived from relascope or ocular assessments. Forest Ecology and Management 257(10):2108-2114. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.017
Fischer, R., O. Granke, G. Chirici, P. Meyer, W. Seidling, S. Stofer, P. Corona, M. Marchetti, and D. Travaglini. 2009. Background, main results and conclusions from a test phase for biodiversity assessments on intensive forest monitoring plots in Europe. iForest 2(1):67-74. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor0493-002
F., L. Fattorini, S. Franceschi, P. Corona. 2009. Design-based approach to k-nearest neighbours technique for coupling field and remotely sensed data in forest surveys. Remote Sensing of Environment 113:463–475. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.06.014
Maselli F., D. Papale, N. Puletti, G. Chirici, P. Corona. 2009. Combining remote sensing and ancillary data to monitor the gross productivity of water-limited forest ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 113:657 – 667. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.11.008
Corona P., L. Fattorini, S.Franceschi. 2009. Estimating the volume of forest growing stock using auxiliary information derived from relascope or ocular assessments. Forest Ecology and Management 257:2108–2114. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.017
Barbati A., G. Chirici, P. Corona, A. Montaghi, D. Travaglini. 2009. Area-based assessment of forest standing volume by field measurements and airborne laser scanner data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30:5177-5194. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160903023017.
2008
Chirici, G., A. Barbati, P. Corona, M. Marchetti, D. Travaglini, F. Maselli, and R. Bertini. 2008. Non-parametric and parametric methods using satellite images for estimating growing stock volume in alpine and mediterranean forest ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 112(5):2686-2700. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.002
Maselli, F., D. Papale, P. Puletti, G. Chirici, and P. Corona. 2009. Combining remote sensing and ancillary data to monitor the gross productivity of water-limited forest ecosystems Remote Sensing of Environment 113(3):657-667. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.11.008
Winter, S., G. Chirici, R.E. McRoberts, E. Hauk, and E. Tomppo. 2008. Possibilities for harmonizing national forest inventory data for use in forest biodiversity assessments. Forestry 81(1):33-44. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpm042
Mcroberts, R.E., S. Winter, G. Chirici, E. Hauk, D.R. Pelz, M.A. Moser, and W.K. Hatfield. 2008. Large-scale spatial patterns of forest structural diversity. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:429-438. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/X07-154
Lombardi, F., B. Lasserre, R. Tognetti, and M. Marchetti. 2008. Deadwood in Relation to Stand Management and Forest Type in Central Apennines (Molise, Italy). Ecosystems:1432-9840. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-008-9167-7
Corona P., A. Lamonaca, G. Chirici. 2008. Remote sensing support for post fire forest management. Forest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 1:6-12. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor0305-0010006
Lamonaca A., P. Corona, A. Barbati. 2008. Exploring forest structural complexity by multi-scale segmentation of VHR imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:2839–2849. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.017
Corona P., L. Fattorini. 2008. Area-based lidar-assisted estimation of forest standing volume. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:2911–2916. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/X08-122
Corona P., P. Calvani, G. Mugnozza Scarascia, E. Pompei. 2008. Modelling natural forest expansion on a landscape level by multinomial logistic regression. Plant Biosystems 142:509-517. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263500802410850