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Publications

ISI Paper

DeSoto, L., De la Cruz, M., Fonti, P. (submitted). Intra-annual pattern of tracheid size in the Mediterranean Juniperus thurifera as indicator for seasonal water stress. Trees
Galle, A., Esper, J., Feller, U., Ribas-Carbo, M., Fonti, P. (in print). Responses of wood anatomy and carbon isotope composition of Quercus pubescens saplings subjected to two consecutive years of summer drought. Annals of Forest Sciences
Boda, S., Treydte, K., Fonti, P., Gessler, A., Graf-Pannatier, E., Saurer, M., Siegwolf, R., Werner, W. (in review). Intra-seasonal pathway of oxygen isotopes from soil to wood in the Loetschental (Swiss Alps). Plant, Cell and Environment
Moser, L., Fonti, P., Büntgen, U., Franzen, J., Esper, J., Luterbacher, J., Frank, D. (2010). Timing and duration of European larch growing season along altitudinal gradients in the Swiss Alps. Tree Physiology, 30, 225-233. (pdf)
Fonti, P., von Arx, G., García-González, I., Eilmann, B., Sass-Klaassen, U., Gärtner, H., Eckstein, D. (2010). Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings. New Phytologist, 185, 42-53. (pdf)
Eilmann, B., Zweifel, R., Buchmann, N., Fonti, P., Rigling, A. (2009). Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pubescens. Tree Physiology 29, 1011-1020. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Treydte, K., Osenstetter, S., Frank, DC., Esper, J. (2009). Frequency-dependent signals in multi-centennial oak vessel data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275, 92-99. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Eilmann, B., García-González, I., von Arx, G. (2009). Expeditious building of ring-porous earlywood vessel chronologies without loosing signal information. Trees 23, 665-671. (pdf)
Fonti, P., García-González I. (2008). Earlywood vessel size of oak as a potential proxy for spring precipitation in mesic sites. Journal of Biogeography 35, 2249-2257. (pdf)
García-González, I., Fonti, P. (2008). Ensuring a representative sample of earlywood vessels for dendroecological studies: an example from two ring-porous species. Trees 22, 237-244. (pdf)
Weber, P., Bugmann, H., Fonti, P., Rigling, A. (2008). Using a retrospective dynamic competition index to reconstruct forest succession. Forest Ecology and Management 54, 96-106. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Solomonoff, N.; García-González, I. (2007). Earlywood vessels size of Castanea sativa records temperature before their formation. New Phytologist 173: 562-570. (pdf)
Vogt, J., Fonti, P., Conedera, M., Schröder, B. (2006). Temporal and spatial dynamic of stool uprooting in abandoned chestnut coppice forests. Forest Ecology and Management 235(1-3): 88-95. (pdf)
García-González, I., Fonti, P. (2006). Selecting earlywood vessels to maximize their environmental signal. Tree Physiology 26(9): 1289-1296. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Cherubini, P., Rigling, A., Weber, P., Biging, G. (2006). Tree rings show competition dynamics in abandoned Castanea sativa coppices after land-use changes. Journal of Vegetation Science 17(1): 103-112. (pdf)
Fonti, P., García-González, I. (2004). Suitability of chestnut earlywood vessel chronologies for ecological studies. New Phytologist 163(1): 67-86. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Macchioni, N. (2003). Ring shake in chestnut: Anatomical description, extent and frequency of failures. Annals of forest sciences. 60(5):403-408. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Sell, J. (2003). Radial split resistance of chestnut earlywood and its relation to the ring width. Wood and Fiber science, 35(2): 201-208. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Bräker O-U., Giudici, F. (2002): Relationship between ring shake incidence and earlywood vessel characteristics in chestnut wood. IAWA, 23(3): 287-298. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Frey, B. (2002). Is the ray volume a possible factor influencing ring shake occurrence in chestnut wood? Trees – Structure and function, 16(8): 519-522. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Macchioni, N., and Thibaut, B. (2002). Ring shake in chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.): state of the art. Annals of forest sciences, 59(2): 129-140. (pdf)

Reviewed Paper (not ISI)

Seim, A., Treydte, K., Büntgen, U., Esper, J., Fonti, P., Haska, A., Tegel, W., Faust, A. (in press). Exploring the potential of Pinus heldreichii Christ for long-term climate reconstruction in Albania. TRACE (pdf)
Frank, D., Bouriaud, O., Wilson, R., Battipaglia, G., Büntgen, U., Fonti, P., Treydte, K., Trouet, V., Esper, J. (2008) A challenge for spatially explicit reconstructions: the climate response of trees is a function of climate. In: Elferts D et al. (Eds.) Tree rings in archaeology, climatology and ecology. TRACE 6, 31-36. (pdf)
Brugger, S., Fonti, P., Kaiser, F., Conedera, M. (2007). "Effetto di un incendio di superficie sulla crescita di castagni e ontani neri sul versante sudalpino Svizzero. Bollettino della Società ticinese di Scienze naturali 95, 15-22. (pdf)
Fonti, P. (2003). "Growth strain and ring shake in chestnut coppices trees". Forêt méditerranéenne 24(2): 141-147.
Fonti, P., Giudici, F., Conedera, M. (2002). “La cipollatura nel legno di castagno: un problema centrale per il rilancio della castanicoltura da legno”. Schweiz. Z. Forstwes., 153(11): 430-436. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Giudici, F. (2002). “Produzione di parquet a partire da legname di castagno proveniente da boschi cedui del Sud delle Alpi”. Schweiz. Z. Forstwes. 153 (1): 10-16. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Giudici, F. (2001). "Quantità e qualità della massa legnosa ottenibile da un ceduo di castagno invecchiato". Schweiz. Z. Forstwes. 152 (10): 417-424. (pdf)

Not Reviewed Paper

Conedera, M., Fonti, P., Nicoloso, A., Meloni, F., Pividori, M. (2009). Ribaltamento delle ceppaie di castagno: individuazione delle zone a rischio e proposte selvicolturali. Sherwood 154: 15-18. (pdf)
Conedera, M., Fonti, P., Krebs, P., Rigling, A. (2004). “Jahrringe und Landschaftsentwicklung auf der Alpensudseite”. Schweiz. Z. Forstwes, 155(6): 191-197. (pdf)
Krebs, P.; Fonti, P. (2004). “Ma quanto sono vecchi …” Agricoltore Ticinese 32: 18-19. (pdf)
Arnaboldi, F., Conedera, M., Fonti, P. (2003). “Caratteristiche anatomiche e auxometriche di Ailanthus altissima: una specie arborea a carattere invasivo”, Sherwood 91(7-8): 19-25. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Giudici, F., Conedera, M. (2003). "Produrre legname di castagno senza cipollatura: Utopia o realta'?". Agricoltore Ticinese 30: 12-13.

Conference Paper

Fonti, P., Giudici, F. (2006). Reducing the risk of ring shake. III International chestnut congress, Chaves (P) October 20th – October 23rd 2005. Acta Horticulturae 693:733-741. (pdf)
Krebs, P.; Conedera, M.; Fonti, P. (2006): The inventory of the giant chestnut trees in southern Switzerland. - III International chestnut congress, Chaves (P) October 20th – October 23rd.2005 , Acta Horticulturae 693:171-177.
Fonti, P., Giudici, F., Kucera, L. J., Ott, E.; Pöhler, E., (1998) “Studio sulla cipollatura in un ceduo castanile”, in: Comunità montana delle Prealpi Trevigiane (ed), Atti del Convegno nazionale sul castagno, Cison di Valmarino (I), 23-25 ottobre 1997, pp. 293-302. (pdf)
Giudici, F., Fonti, P., Pöhler, E. Sandoz, J. L., (1998). “Qualità del legname di castagno: diagnosi della cipollatura per mezzo di ultrasuoni”, in: Comunità montana delle Prealpi Trevigiane (ed), Atti del Convegno nazionale sul castagno, Cison di Valmarino (I), 23-25 ottobre 1997, pp. 259-267. (pdf)

Talks

Treydte, K., Boda, S., Battipaglia, G., Fonti, P., Gessler, A., Graf-Pannatier, E., Saurer, M., Siegwolf, R., Werner W. (2009).Intra-seasonal pathway of oxygen isotopes from soil to wood in the Loetschental (Swiss Alps). Eurodendro 2009, Cala Millor, Mallorca (E) October 26th – 30th 2009.
Fonti, P., Franzen, J., Frank, D., Esper, J. (2009). Intra-annual growth of Larix decidua and Picea abies along an altitudinal gradient in the Lötschental, Switzerland. TRACE meeting, Otocek (SLO) April 24th - April 26th 2009. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Eilmann, B., Garcia Gonzalez, I., von Arx, G. (2008) Precision vs. efficiency: how much information do we lose in an automated measurement of earlywood vessels? Eurodendro 2008, Hallstatt (A) May 28th – May31st 2008. (pdf)
Garcia Gonzalez, I., Souto-Herrero, M., Fonti, P., Gonzalez-Gonzalez, B. (2008) Comparing several growth variables obtained from the earlywood vessels of oak: climatic responses and ecophysiological meaning. Eurodendro 2008, Hallstatt (A) May 28th – May31th 2008.
Fonti, P., Garcia Gonzalez, I., Eckstein, D. (2007). Tree-rings have not disclosed all their secrets yet: a novel application of wood anatomy reveals additional environmental information. IAWA meeting, San Luis Potosi (Mex) 16-20 July 2007. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Garcia Gonzalez, I. (2006). Are cell anatomical features valuable environmental proxies? Indications from studies on Castanea sativa earlywood vessels. 7 International Conference on Dendrochronology, Beijing (China) June 11th – June 17th. (pdf)
Garcia Gonzalez, I., Fonti, P. (2006). Dendroecological analysis of earlywood vessel features of ring-porous trees: are some trends related to anatomy. 7 International Conference on Dendrochronology, Beijing (China) June 11th – June 17th.
Fonti, P., Solomonoff, N., Garcia Gonzalez, I. (2005). Temperature signal in chestnut earlywood vessel size: is there an ecophysiological explaination? Eurodendro 2005, Viterbo (I) Septemper 28th – October 2nd. (pdf)
Brugger, S., Kaiser, F., Fonti, P., Conedera, M. (2005). Plant-responses to fire: a tree-ring based analysis 6 years after an experimental forest fire. Trace 2005, Fribourg (CH) April 21^st – April 23^th.
Fonti, P., Garcia Gonzalez, I. (2005). Earlywood vessels selection influences the ecological signal. Trace 2005, Fribourg (CH) April 21st – April 23th. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Rigling, A., Cherubini, P., Biging, G. (2004). Competition dynamic in a 60 years abandoned chestnut coppice stand. III International chestnut congress, Chaves (P) October 20th – October 23rd.
Pividori, M., Armando, M., Conedera, M., Fonti, P. (2004). Post-cultural dynamics in a mixed chestnut coppices at its ecological border. III International chestnut congress, Chaves (P) October 20th – October 23rd.
Macchioni, N., Fonti, P. (2001). “La cipollatura del legno di castagno: le diverse tipologie dal punto di vista anatomico”. Convegno nazionale sul castagno, Marradi (I), 25-27 ottobre 2001.
Fonti, P. (2001). “Raggi midollari e cipollatura del legno di castagno: vi sono delle relazioni?”. Convegno nazionale sul castagno, Marradi (I), 25-27 ottobre 2001.
Fonti, P. (2001). “Do ring shaken chestnut trees display lager earlywood vessels and/or less radial rays than unshaken ones?”. COST G4 Multidisciplinary Chestnut research, Final meeting 2001, Ascona (CH), 23-27 May 2001.
Fonti, P.; Giudici, F.; Benagli, G.; Giudicetti, N. (1998). “Sustainable management through a better use of chestnut wood? First results of a study made in the Southern part of the Swiss Alps. International symposium of the sustainability of chestnut forest in the Mediterranean region, Catania (I), 18-23 September 1998.

Posters

Seim, A., Treydte, K., Fonti, P., Herzig, F., Tegel, W., Haska, H., Esper, J., Faust, D. (2009). Potential of Pinus Heldraichii Christ for long-term climate reconstruction in Albania. Eurodendro 2009, Cala Millor, Mallorca (E) October 26th – 30th 2009. (pdf)
Copini, P., Fonti, P., Sass-Klaassen, U., den Ouden, J., Mohren, F., Gerkema, E., van As, H. (2009). Sap flow resumption in oaks saplings during spring. Eurodendro 2009, Cala Millor, Mallorca (E) October 26th – 30th 2009. (pdf)
Vogt, J., Fonti, P., Schroeder, B. (2006). Temporal and spatial dynamics of stool uprooting in abandoned chestnut coppice forests. 36th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GfÖ), 11-15 September 2006, Bremen, Germany. (pdf)

Fonti, P. (2006). Wood can tell us much more: extracting new environmental proxies from wood anatomical features. 7^th Swiss Global Change Day, Bern (CH), April 20^th. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Rigling, A., Cherubini, P., Biging, G. (2004). Stand dynamics and competition processes in abandoned chestnut coppices in Southern Switzerland. Eurodendro 2004, Rendsburg (D) September 15^th – September 19^th. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Krebs, P., Conedera, M. (2004). Potentialities, difficulties and limits in reconstructing giant chestnut ring width chronologies. Trace 2004, Birmensdorf (CH) April 22^nd – April 24^th. (pdf)
Garcia Gonzalez, I., Fonti, P. (2003). “Dendroecological analysis of earlywood vessel chronologies of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) from the Southern slope of the Swiss Alps”. Eurodendro 2003, Conference of the European Working Group for Dendrochronology, Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria, September 10-14, 2003. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Macchioni, N., Thibaut, B., Sell, J. (2003). “Biomechanical adaptation of the wood structure of European chestnut to growth stresses”. 4th International Plant Biomechanics Conference, East Lansing, 20-25 July 2003. (pdf)
Fonti, P., Bräker, OU., Zingg, A. (2002). “Dynamic reconstructions of an uneven-aged beech-spruce stand using dendrochronological and inventory data. 6^th International Conference on Dendrochronology: Dendrochronology, Environmental change and human history, Québec City, Canada, 22-27 August 2002. (pdf)
Fonti, P. (2001). “Influence of large earlywood vessels on the development of ring shake”. Tree rings and people. International conference on the future of dendrochronology, Davos, 22-26 September 2001. (pdf)

Book Chapter

Krebs, P.; Fonti, P.; Conedera, M. (2007): Nel Moesano alcuni fra i lariceti più vecchi d’Europa. In: Santi, C. (ed). Alle Pendici del Piz Pombi, Tipografia Menghini SA. (pdf)

Other

Gamboni, T. (Schweizer Fernsehen, TSI, Eta Beta, 13 novembre), 2005: Gli alberi secolari: il loro legno racconta la nostra storia. - Breve documentario sulle ricerche dendrocronologiche del WSL al Sud delle Alpi sui castagni monumentali e sui larici del limite superiore del bosco (Fonti, P.; Krebs, P.), 11 min.
Krebs, P.; Conedera, M.; Fonti, P.; 2004-2005: Inventar der Riesenkastanien im Tessin / Inventaire des châtaigniers géants au Tessin / Inventario dei castagni monumentali ticinesi. Sito internet (http://www.wsl.ch/kastanien/welcome-it.ehtml) dedicato ai castagni monumentali, con ducumento pdf scaricabile di 17 pp.
Fonti, P. (2002). "Investigations into ring shake of chestnut". Dissertation n° 14732 at the Swiss federal institute of technology Zürich, pp. 103. (pdf)
Fonti, P., (1997). “Studio delle correlazioni tra alcune caratteristiche del soprassuolo e dei polloni di castagno (Castanea sativa Mill.) con l'incidenza e la distribuzione della cipollatura in un ceduo a Novaggio, Ticino”. Lavoro di diploma, Politecnico federale di Zurigo, pp. 88.