Prof. Dr. Paolo Cherubini
Funktion
Senior Scientist
Kontakt
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Standort
Birmensdorf Bi HL C 26
My mission statement
"To do good science, with friends." Paolo Cherubini
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Education
1989: Degree in Forestry. Università di Firenze, Italy
1996: Dr. Phil. Nat. (Ph.D). Institute of Botany, Universität Basel, Switzerland
Scientific activities
I am working as a Senior Scientist with the Swiss federal institute for forest, snow and landscape research WSL based at Birmensdorf, in the surroundings of Zurich, Switzerland.
Senior scientist at the research unit Forest dynamics in the group Dendroecology.
I am Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Vancouver BC, Canada
I am Adjunct Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of the Columbia University in the city of New York, U.S.A.
I am Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, U.S.A.
Guest Professor, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Xian, China.
I am lecturing at the Universität Zürich. I am teaching the class "Ecological Tree-Ring Research" within the Master course at the Department of Geography.
I am currently serving as Editor in Chief of the journal Dendrochronologia,
Associate Editor, Canadian Journal Forest Research,
Member Editorial Board of Geochronometria,
Member Editorial Board of Journal of Vegetation Science,
Associate Editor, Tree-Ring Research (2002-2011).
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Lyu, L.; Büntgen, U.; Treydte, K.; Yu, K.; Liang, H.; Reinig, F.; Nievergelt, D.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Tree rings reveal hydroclimatic fingerprints of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 53, 1-2: 1023-1037. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04629-z
Cocozza, C.; Perone, A.; Giordano, C.; Salvatici, M.C.; Pignattelli, S.; Raio, A.; Schaub, M.; Sever, K.; Innes, J.L.; Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Silver nanoparticles enter the tree stem faster through leaves than through roots. Tree Physiology, 39, 7: 1251-1261. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpz046
Leonelli, G.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Maugeri, M.; Stenni, B.; Fumagalli, M.L.; Pelfini, M.; Maggi, V., 2019: Tree-ring δ18O from an Alpine catchment reveals changes in glacier stream water inputs between 1980 and 2010. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 51, 1: 250-264. doi: 10.1080/15230430.2019.1623607
De Micco, V.; Carrer, M.; Rathgeber, C.B.K.; Camarero, J.J.; Voltas, J.; Cherubini, P.; Battipaglia, G., 2019: From xylogenesis to tree rings: wood traits to investigate tree response to environmental changes. IAWA Journal, 40, 2: 155-182. doi: 10.1163/22941932-40190246
Liu, Y.; Cai, W.; Sun, C.; Song, H.; Cobb, K.M.; Li, J.; Leavitt, S.W.; Wu, L.; Cai, Q.; Liu, R.; Ng, B.; Cherubini, P.; Büntgen, U.; Song, Y.; Wang, G.; Lei, Y.; Yan, L.; Li, Q.; Ma, Y.; ... Linderholm, H.W., 2019: Anthropogenic aerosols cause recent pronounced weakening of Asian summer monsoon relative to last four centuries. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 10: 5469-5479. doi: 10.1029/2019GL082497
Cheng, X.; Lyu, L.; Büntgen, U.; Cherubini, P.; Qiu, H.; Zhang, Q., 2019: Increased El Niño–Southern Oscillation sensitivity of tree growth on the southern Tibetan Plateau since the 1970s. International Journal of Climatology, 39: 3465-3475. doi: 10.1002/joc.6032
Bumann, E.; Awada, T.; Wardlow, B.; Hayes, M.; Okalebo, J.; Helzer, C.; Mazis, A.; Hiller, J.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Assessing responses of Betula papyrifera to climate variability in a remnant population along the Niobrara River Valley in Nebraska, U.S.A., through dendroecological and remote-sensing techniques. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 49: 423-433. doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2018-0206
Cerrato, R.; Cherubini, P.; Büntgen, U.; Coppola, A.; Salvatore, M.C.; Baroni, C., 2019: Tree-ring-based reconstruction of larch budmoth outbreaks in the Central Italian Alps since 1774 CE. iForest, 12: 289-296. doi: 10.3832/ifor2533-012
Zalloni, E.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; De Micco, V., 2019: Wood growth in pure and mixed Quercus ilex L. forests: drought influence depends on site conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 397 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00397
Awada, T.; Skolaut, K.; Battipaglia, G.; Saurer, M.; Riveros-Iregui, D.A.; Schapaugh, A.; Huddle, J.; Zhou, X.; Martin, D.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Tree-ring stable isotopes show different ecophysiological strategies in native and invasive woody species of a semiarid riparian ecosystem in the Great Plains of the United States. Ecohydrology, 12, 3: e2074 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1002/eco.2074
Vezzola, L.C.; Michelozzi, M.; Calamai, L.; Gonthier, P.; Giordano, L.; Cherubini, P.; Pelfini, M., 2019: Tree-ring volatile terpenes show potential to indicate fungal infection in asymptomatic mature Norway spruce trees in the Alps. Forestry, 92, 2: 149-156. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpy041
Lyu, L.; Zhang, Q.; Pellatt, M.G.; Büntgen, U.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Drought limitation on tree growth at the Northern Hemisphere's highest tree line. Dendrochronologia, 53: 40-47. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.11.006
Mendes, M.P.; Cherubini, P.; Plieninger, T.; Ribeiro, L.; Costa, A., 2019: Climate effects on stem radial growth of Quercus suber L.: does tree size matter?. Forestry, 92, 1: 73-84. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpy034
Cailleret, M.; Dakos, V.; Jansen, S.; Robert, E.M.R.; Aakala, T.; Amoroso, M.M.; Antos, J.A.; Bigler, C.; Bugmann, H.; Caccianaga, M.; Camarero, J.; Cherubini, P.; Coyea, M.R.; Čufar, K.; Das, A.J.; Davi, H.; Gea-Izquierdo, G.; Gillner, S.; Haavik, L.J.; ... Martínez-Vilalta, J., 2019: Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 1964 (14 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01964
Tiwari, A.; Cherubini, P., 2019: The unexplored potential of tree rings from Himalayan pristine forests to understand their history and provide answers to water and forest management in Bhutan. Dendrochronologia, 53: 37-39. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2018.11.005
Cardinale, M.; Luvisi, A.; Meyer, J.B.; Sabella, E.; De Bellis, L.; Cruz, A.C.; Ampatzidis, Y.; Cherubini, P., 2018: Specific fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) test to highlight colonization of xylem vessels by Xylella fastidiosa in naturally infected olive trees (Olea europaea L.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 431 (9 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00431
Rebenack, C.E.; Cherubini, P.; Anderson, W.T., 2018: Developing a carbon isotope chronology for a coastal subtropical tree species with variable subannual tree-ring growth. Journal of Coastal Research, 34, 4: 828-842. doi: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-16-00215.1
Zalloni, E.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; De Micco, V., 2018: Site conditions influence the climate signal of intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings of Q. ilex L.. Annals of Forest Science, 75, 3: 68 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1007/s13595-018-0748-0
Aus der Au, R.; Awada, T.; Hiller, J.; Battipaglia, G.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P., 2018: Tree rings of Pinus ponderosa and Juniperus virginiana show different responses to stand density and water availability in the Nebraska grasslands. The American Midland Naturalist, 180, 1: 18-36. doi: 10.1674/0003-0031-180.1.18
Cong, Y.; Wang, A.; He, H.S.; Yu, F.; Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P.; Wang, X.; Li, M., 2018: Evergreen Quercus aquifolioides remobilizes more soluble carbon components but less N and P from leaves to shoots than deciduous Betula ermanii at the end-season. iForest, 11, 4: 517-525. doi: 10.3832/ifor2633-011
Palombo, C.; Fonti, P.; Lasserre, B.; Cherubini, P.; Marchetti, M.; Tognetti, R., 2018: Xylogenesis of compression and opposite wood in mountain pine at a Mediterranean treeline. Annals of Forest Science, 75, 4: 93. doi: 10.1007/s13595-018-0773-z
Isaac-Renton, M.; Montwé, D.; Hamann, A.; Spiecker, H.; Cherubini, P.; Treydte, K., 2018: Northern forest tree populations are physiologically maladapted to drought. Nature Communications, 9, 1: 5254 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07701-0
Büntgen, U.; Wacker, L.; Galván, J.D.; Arnold, S.; Arseneault, D.; Baillie, M.; Beer, J.; Bernabei, M.; Bleicher, N.; Boswijk, G.; Bräuning, A.; Carrer, M.; Charpentier Ljungqvist, F.; Cherubini, P.; Christl, M.; Christie, D.A.; Clark, P.W.; Cook, E.R.; D'Arrigo, R.; ... Young, G.H.F., 2018: Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE. Nature Communications, 9, 1: 3605 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06036-0
Liu, Y.; Ta, W.; Cherubini, P.; Liu, R.; Wang, Y.W.; Sun, C., 2018: Elements content in tree rings from Xi'an, China and environmental variations in the past 30 years. Science of the Total Environment, 619-620: 120-126. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.075
Perone, A.; Cocozza, C.; Cherubini, P.; Bachmann, O.; Guillong, M.; Lasserre, B.; Marchetti, M.; Tognetti, R., 2018: Oak tree-rings record spatial-temporal pollution trends from different sources in Terni (Central Italy). Environmental Pollution, 233: 278-289. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.062
Fravolini, G.; Tognetti, R.; Lombardi, F.; Egli, M.; Ascher-Jenull, J.; Arfaioli, P.; Bardelli, T.; Cherubini, P.; Marchetti, M., 2018: Quantifying decay progression of deadwood in Mediterranean mountain forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 408: 228-237. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.031
Seiler, R.; Houlié, N.; Cherubini, P., 2017: Tree-ring width reveals the preparation of the 1974 Mt. Etna eruption. Scientific Reports, 7: 44019 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/srep44019
Seiler, R.; Kirchner, J.W.; Krusic, P.J.; Tognetti, R.; Houlié, N.; Andronico, D.; Cullotta, S.; Egli, M.; D'Arrigo, R.; Cherubini, P., 2017: Insensitivity of tree-ring growth to temperature and precipitation sharpens the puzzle of enhanced pre-eruption NDVI on Mt. Etna (Italy). PLoS One, 12, 1: e0169297 (21 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169297
Chiesi, M.; Fibbi, L.; Tognetti, R.; Lombardi, F.; Chirici, G.; Teobaldelli, M.; Cherubini, P.; Maselli, F., 2017: Assessment of inter-annual forest production variations in Italy by the use of remote-sensing and ancillary data. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 50, 1: 577-587. doi: 10.1080/22797254.2017.1374215
Leonelli, G.; Coppola, A.; Salvatore, M.C.; Baroni, C.; Battipaglia, G.; Gentilesca, T.; Ripullone, F.; Borghetti, M.; Conte, E.; Tognetti, R.; Marchetti, M.; Lombardi, F.; Brunetti, M.; Maugeri, M.; Pelfini, M.; Cherubini, P.; Provenzale, A.; Maggi, V., 2017: Climate signals in a multispecies tree-ring network from central and southern Italy and reconstruction of the late summer temperatures since the early 1700s. Climate of the Past, 13, 11: 1451-1471. doi: 10.5194/cp-13-1451-2017
Büntgen, U.; Krusic, P.J.; Verstege, A.; Sangüesa-Barreda, G.; Wagner, S.; Camarero, J.J.; Ljungqvist, F.C.; Zorita, E.; Oppenheimer, C.; Konter, O.; Tegel, W.; Gärtner, H.; Cherubini, P.; Reinig, F.; Esper, J., 2017: New tree-ring evidence from the Pyrenees reveals western mediterranean climate variability since medieval times. Journal of Climate, 30, 14: 5295-5318. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0526.1
Giammarchi, F.; Vacchiano, G.; Bertagnolli, A.; Ventura, M.; Panzacchi, P.; Cherubini, P.; Tonon, G., 2017: Effects of the lack of forest management on spatiotemporal dynamics of a subalpine Pinus cembra forest. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 32, 2: 142-153. doi: 10.1080/02827581.2016.1207802
Cailleret, M.; Jansen, S.; Robert, E.M.R.; Desoto, L.; Aakala, T.; Antos, J.A.; Beikircher, B.; Bigler, C.; Bugmann, H.; Caccianiga, M.; Čada, V.; Camarero, J.J.; Cherubini, P.; Cochard, H.; Coyea, M.R.; Čufar, K.; Das, A.J.; Davi, H.; Delzon, S.; ... Martínez-Vilalta, J., 2017: A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality. Global Change Biology, 23, 4: 1675-1690. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13535
Petrucco, L.; Nardini, A.; Von Arx, G.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P., 2017: Isotope signals and anatomical features in tree rings suggest a role for hydraulic strategies in diffuse drought-induced die-back of Pinus nigra. Tree Physiology, 37: 523-535. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpx031
Rieger, I.; Kowarik, I.; Cherubini, P.; Cierjacks, A., 2017: A novel dendrochronological approach reveals drivers of carbon sequestration in tree species of riparian forests across spatiotemporal scales. Science of the Total Environment, 574: 1261-1275. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.174
Leonelli, G.; Battipagila, G.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Maugeri, M.; Stenni, B.; Fusco, S.; Maggi, V.; Pelfini, M., 2017: Larix decidua δ18O tree-ring cellulose mainly reflects the isotopic signature of winter snow in a high-altitude glacial valley of the European Alps. Science of the Total Environment, 579: 230-237. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.129
Gómez-Brandón, M.; Ascher-Jenull, J.; Bardelli, T.; Fornasier, F.; Fravolini, G.; Arfaioli, P.; Ceccherini, M.T.; Pietramellara, G.; Lamorski, K.; Sławiński, C.; Bertoldi, D.; Egli, M.; Cherubini, P.; Insam, H., 2017: Physico-chemical and microbiological evidence of exposure effects on Picea abies – coarse woody debris at different stages of decay. Forest Ecology and Management, 391: 376-389. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.033
Giammarchi, F.; Cherubini, P.; Pretzsch, H.; Tonon, G., 2017: The increase of atmospheric CO2 affects growth potential and intrinsic water-use efficiency of Norway spruce forests: insights from a multi-stable isotope analysis in tree rings of two Alpine chronosequences. Trees: Structure and Function, 31, 2: 503-515. doi: 10.1007/s00468-016-1478-2
Bätz, N.; Colombini, P.; Cherubini, P.; Lane, S.N., 2016: Groundwater controls on biogeomorphic succession and river channel morphodynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface, 121, 10: 1763-1785. doi: 10.1002/2016JF004009
Battipaglia, G.; Campelo, F.; Vieira, J.; Grabner, M.; De Micco, V.; Nabais, C.; Cherubini, P.; Carrer, M.; Bräuning, A.; Čufar, K.; Di Filippo, A.; García-Gonzáles, I.; Koprowski, M.; Klisz, M.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Zafirov, N.; De Luis, M., 2016: Structure and function of Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations: mind the gaps. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 595 (8 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00595
Sass-Klaassen, U.; Fonti, P.; Cherubini, P.; Gričar, J.; Robert, E.M.R.; Steppe, K.; Bräuning, A., 2016: A tree-centered approach to assess impacts of extreme climatic events on forests. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1069 (6 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01069
Vitali, V.; Brang, P.; Cherubini, P.; Zingg, A.; Simeonova Nikolova, P., 2016: Radial growth changes in Norway spruce montane and subalpine forests after strip cutting in the Swiss Alps. Forest Ecology and Management, 364: 145-153. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.01.015
Cocozza, C.; Ravera, S.; Cherubini, P.; Lombardi, F.; Marchetti, M.; Tognetti, R., 2016: Integrated biomonitoring of airborne pollutants over space and time using tree rings, bark, leaves and epiphytic lichens. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 17: 177-191. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.04.008
Fravolini, G.; Egli, M.; Derungs, C.; Cherubini, P.; Ascher-Je, J.; Gómez-Brandón, M.; Bardelli, T.; Tognetti, R.; Lombardi, F.; Marchetti, M., 2016: Soil attributes and microclimate are important drivers of initial deadwood decay in sub-alpine Norway spruce forests. Science of the Total Environment, 569-570: 1064-1076. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.167
De Micco, V.; Campelo, F.; De Luis, M.; Bräuning, A.; Grabner, M.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P., 2016: Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings: how, when, where, and why?. IAWA Journal, 37, 2: 232-259. doi: 10.1163/22941932-20160132
De Micco, V.; Battipaglia, G.; Balzano, A.; Cherubini, P.; Aronne, G., 2016: Are wood fibres as sensitive to environmental conditions as vessels in tree rings with intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs) in Mediterranean species?. Trees: Structure and Function, 30, 3: 971-983. doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1338-5
Colombaroli, D.; Cherubini, P.; De Ridder, M.; Saurer, M.; Toirambe, B.; Zweifel, N.; Beeckman, H., 2016: Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings show physiological responses of Pericopsis elata to precipitation in the Congo Basin. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 32, 3: 213-225. doi: 10.1017/S0266467416000134
Amoroso, M.M.; Daniels, L.D.; Villalba, R.; Cherubini, P., 2015: Does drought incite tree decline and death in Austrocedrus chilensis forests?. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, 6: 1171-1183. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12320
Rita, A.; Cherubini, P.; Leonardi, S.; Todaro, S.; Borghetti, M., 2015: Functional adjustments of xylem anatomy to climatic variability: insights from long-term Ilex aquifolium tree-ring series. Tree Physiology, 35, 8: 817-828. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpv055
Gärtner, H.; Cherubini, P.; Fonti, P.; Von Arx, G.; Schneider, L.; Nievergelt, D.; Verstege, A.; Bast, A.; Schweingruber, F.H.; Büntgen, U., 2015: A technical perspective in modern tree-ring research - how to overcome dendroecological and wood anatomical challenges. Journal of Visualized Experiments, e52337 (10 pp.). doi: 10.3791/52337
Petrillo, M.; Cherubini, P.; Sartori, G.; Abiven, S.; Ascher, J.; Bertoldi, D.; Camin, F.; Barbero, A.; Larcher, R.; Egli, M., 2015: Decomposition of Norway spruce and European larch coarse woody debris (CWD) in relation to different elevation and exposure in an Alpine setting. iForest, 9: 154-164. doi: 10.3832/ifor1591-008
Dié, A.; De Ridder, M.; Cherubini, P.; Kouamé, F.N.; Verheyden, A.; Kitin, P.; Toirambe, B.B.; Van Den Bulcke, J.; Van Acker, J.; Beeckman, H., 2015: Tree rings show a different climatic response in a managed and a non-managed plantation of teak (Tectona grandis) in West Africa. IAWA Journal, 36, 4: 409-427. doi: 10.1163/22941932-20150111
Sidor, C.G.; Popa, I.; Vlad, R.; Cherubini, P., 2015: Different tree-ring responses of Norway spruce to air temperature across an altitudinal gradient in the Eastern Carpathians (Romania). Trees: Structure and Function, 29, 4: 985-997. doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1178-3
Petrillo, M.; Cherubini, P.; Fravolini, G.; Marchetti, M.; Ascher-Jenull, J.; Schärer, M.; Synal, H.; Bertoldi, D.; Camin, F.; Larcher, R.; Egli, M., 2015: Time since death and decay rate constants of Norway spruce and European larch deadwood in subalpine forests determined using dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. Biogeosciences, 13, 5: 1537-1552. doi: 10.5194/bg-13-1537-2016
Moreno-Gutiérrez, C.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Delgado Huertas, A.; Querejeta, J.I., 2015: Pine afforestation decreases the long-term performance of understorey shrubs in a semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystem: a stable isotope approach. Functional Ecology, 29, 1: 15-25. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12311
Campelo, F.; Vieira, J.; Battipaglia, G.; De Luis, M.; Nabais, C.; Freitas, H.; Cherubini, P., 2015: Which matters most for the formation of intra-annual density fluctuations in Pinus pinaster: age or size?. Trees: Structure and Function, 29, 1: 237-245. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1108-9
Altieri, S.; Mereu, S.; Cherubini, P.; Castaldi, S.; Sirignano, C.; Lubritto, C.; Battipaglia, G., 2015: Tree-ring carbon and oxygen isotopes indicate different water use strategies in three Mediterranean shrubs at Capo Caccia (Sardinia, Italy). Trees: Structure and Function, 29, 5: 1593-1603. doi: 10.1007/s00468-015-1242-z
Tognetti, R.; Lombardi, F.; Lasserre, B.; Cherubini, P.; Marchetti, M., 2014: Tree-ring stable isotopes reveal twentieth-century increases in water-use efficiency of Fagus sylvatica and Nothofagus spp. in Italian and Chilean Mountains. PLoS One, 9, 11: e113136 (16 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113136
Palombo, C.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Chirici, G.; Garfì, V.; Lasserre, B.; Lombardi, F.; Marchetti, M.; Tognetti, R., 2014: Warming-related growth responses at the southern limit distribution of mountain pine (Pinus mugo Turra subsp. mugo). Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, 2: 571-583. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12101
Anadon-Rosell, A.; Rixen, C.; Cherubini, P.; Wipf, S.; Hagedorn, F.; Dawes, M.A., 2014: Growth and phenology of three dwarf shrub species in a six-year soil warming experiment at the alpine treeline. PLoS One, 9, 6: e100577 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100577
Nabais, C.; Campelo, F.; Vieira, J.; Cherubini, P., 2014: Climatic signals of tree-ring width and intra-annual density fluctuations in Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea along a latitudinal gradient in Portugal. Forestry, 87, 4: 598-605. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpu021
Cherubini, P.; Humbel, T.; Beeckman, H.; Gärtner, H.; Mannes, D.; Pearson, C.; Schoch, W.; Tognetti, R.; Lev-Yadun, S., 2014: Bronze Age catastrophe and modern controversy: dating the Santorini eruption. Antiquity, 88, 339: 267-291. doi: 10.1017/S0003598X00050365
Maselli, F.; Cherubini, P.; Chiesi, M.; Amparo Gilabert, M.; Lombardi, F.; Moreno, A.; Teobaldelli, M.; Tognetti, R., 2014: Start of the dry season as a main determinant of inter-annual Mediterranean forest production variations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 194: 197-206. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.04.006
Leonelli, G.; Pelfini, M.; Battipaglia, G.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.; Cherubini, P., 2014: First detection of glacial meltwater signature in tree-ring δ18O: reconstructing past major glacier runoff events at Lago Verde (Miage Glacier, Italy). Boreas, 43, 3: 600-607. doi: 10.1111/bor.12055
De Micco, V.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Aronne, G., 2014: Comparing methods to analyse anatomical features of tree rings with and without intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs). Dendrochronologia, 32, 1: 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2013.06.001
Battipaglia, G.; De Micco, V.; Brand, W.A.; Saurer, M.; Aronne, G.; Linke, P.; Cherubini, P., 2014: Drought impact on water use efficiency and intra-annual density fluctuations in Erica arborea on Elba (Italy). Plant, Cell and Environment, 37, 2: 382-391. doi: 10.1111/pce.12160
Churakova (Sidorova), O.V.; Eugster, W.; Zielis, S.; Cherubini, P.; Etzold, S.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.; Buchmann, N., 2014: Increasing relevance of spring temperatures for Norway spruce trees in Davos, Switzerland, after the 1950s. Trees: Structure and Function, 28, 4: 183-191. doi: 10.1007/s00468-013-0941-6
Panayotov, M.P.; Zafirov, N.; Cherubini, P., 2013: Fingerprints of extreme climate events in Pinus sylvestris tree rings from Bulgaria. Trees: Structure and Function, 27, 1: 211-227. doi: 10.1007/s00468-012-0789-1
Cherubini, P.; Humbel, T.; Beeckman, H.; Gärtner, H.; Mannes, D.; Pearson, C.; Schoch, W.; Tognetti, R.; Lev-Yadun, S., 2013: Olive tree-ring problematic dating: a comparative analysis on Santorini (Greece). PLoS One, 8, 1: e54730 (5 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054730
Rossi, L.; Sebastiani, L.; Tognetti, R.; D'Andria, R.; Morelli, G.; Cherubini, P., 2013: Tree-ring wood anatomy and stable isotopes show structural and functional adjustments in olive trees under different water availability. Plant and Soil, 372, 1-2: 567-579. doi: 10.1007/s11104-013-1759-0
Lombardi, F.; Cherubini, P.; Tognetti, R.; Cocozza, C.; Lasserre, B.; Marchetti, M., 2013: Investigating biochemical processes to assess deadwood decay of beech and silver fir in Mediterranean mountain forests. Annals of Forest Science, 70, 1: 101-111. doi: 10.1007/s13595-012-0230-3
Li, M.-H.; Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M.; Arend, M.; Xiao, W.-F.; Rigling, A., 2013: Responses of leaf nitrogen and mobile carbohydrates in different Quercus species/provenances to moderate climate changes. Plant Biology, 15, Suppl. 1: 177-184. doi: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00579.x
Gori, Y.; Cherubini, P.; Camin, F.; La Porta, N., 2013: Fungal root pathogen (Heterobasidion parviporum) increases drought stress in Norway spruce stand at low elevation in the Alps. European Journal of Forest Research, 132, 4: 607-619. doi: 10.1007/s10342-013-0698-x
Donders, T.H.; Decuyper, M.; Beaubien, S.E.; Van Hoof, T.B.; Cherubini, P.; Sass-Klaassen, U., 2013: Tree rings as biosensor to detect leakage of subsurface fossil CO2. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 19: 387-395. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.09.017
Buchwal, A.; Rachlewicz, G.; Fonti, P.; Cherubini, P.; Gärtner, H., 2013: Temperature modulates intra-plant growth of Salix polaris from a high Arctic site (Svalbard). Polar Biology, 36, 9: 1305-1318. doi: 10.1007/s00300-013-1349-x
Battipaglia, G.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Calfapietra, C.; McCarthy, H.R.; Norby, R.J.; Cotrufo, M.F., 2013: Elevated CO2 increases tree-level intrinsic water use efficiency: insights from carbon and oxygen isotope analyses in tree rings across three forest FACE sites. New Phytologist, 197, 2: 544-554. doi: 10.1111/nph.12044
Gea-Izquierdo, G.; Battipaglia, G.; Gärtner, H.; Cherubini, P., 2013: Xylem adjustment in Erica arborea to temperature and moisture availability in contrasting climates. IAWA Journal, 34, 2: 109-126. doi: 10.1163/22941932-00000010
Fonti, P.; Heller, O.; Cherubini, P.; Rigling, A.; Arend, M., 2013: Wood anatomical responses of oak saplings exposed to air warming and soil drought. Plant Biology, 15, Suppl. 1: 210-219. doi: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00599.x
Leonelli, G.; Battipaglia, G.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Saurer, M.; Morra di Cella, U.; Cherubini, P.; Pelfini, M., 2012: Climatic isotope signals in tree rings masked by air pollution: a case study conducted along the Mont Blanc Tunnel access road (Western Alps, Italy). Atmospheric Environment, 61: 169-179. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.023
Egli, M.; Mastrolonardo, G.; Seiler, R.; Raimondi, S.; Favilli, F.; Crimi, V.; Krebs, R.; Cherubini, P.; Certini, G., 2012: Charcoal and stable soil organic matter as indicators of fire frequency, climate and past vegetation in volcanic soils of Mt. Etna, Sicily. Catena, 88, 1: 14-26. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.08.006
Tognetti, R.; Lombardi, F.; Lasserre, B.; Battigpaglia, G.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Marchetti, M., 2012: Tree-ring responses in Araucaria araucana to two major eruptions of Lonquimay Volcano (Chile). Trees: Structure and Function, 26, 6: 1805-1819. doi: 10.1007/s00468-012-0749-9
Moreno-Gutiérrez, C.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; Nicolás, E.; Contreras, S.; Querejeta, J.I., 2012: Stand structure modulates the long-term vulnerability of Pinus halepensis to climatic drought in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem. Plant, Cell and Environment, 35, 6: 1026-1039. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02469.x
Krause, K.; Cherubini, P.; Bugmann, H.; Schleppi, P., 2012: Growth enhancement of Picea abies trees under long-term, low-dose N addition is due to morphological more than to physiological changes. Tree Physiology, 32, 12: 1471-1481. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tps109
De Micco, V.; Battipaglia, G.; Brand, W.A.; Linke, P.; Saurer, M.; Aronne, G.; Cherubini, P., 2012: Discrete versus continuous analysis of anatomical and δ13C variability in tree rings with intra-annual density fluctuations. Trees: Structure and Function, 26, 2: 513-524. doi: 10.1007/s00468-011-0612-4
Chiesi, M.; Cherubini, P.; Maselli, F., 2012: Adaptation of a modelling strategy to predict the NPP of even-aged forest stands. European Journal of Forest Research, 131, 4: 1175-1184. doi: 10.1007/s10342-011-0588-z
Castagneri, D.; Nola, P.; Cherubini, P.; Motta, R., 2012: Temporal variability of size-growth relationships in a Norway spruce forest: the influences of stand structure, logging, and climate. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42, 3: 550-560. doi: 10.1139/X2012-007
Büntgen, U.; Egli, S.; Tegel, W.; Stobbe, U.; Sproll, L.; Elburg, R.; Peter, M.; Nievergelt, D.; Cherubini, P.; Stenseth, N.C., 2012: Illuminating the mysterious world of truffles. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10, 9: 462-463. doi: 10.1890/12.Wb.021
Gea-Izquierdo, G.; Fonti, P.; Cherubini, P.; Martín-Benito, D.; Chaar, H.; Cañellas, I., 2012: Xylem hydraulic adjustment and growth response of Quercus canariensis Willd. to climatic variability. Tree Physiology, 32, 4: 401-413. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tps026
Beghin, R.; Cherubini, P.; Battipaglia, G.; Siegwolf, R.; Saurer, M.; Bovio, G., 2011: Tree-ring growth and stable isotopes (13C and 15N) detect effects of wildfires on tree physiological processes in Pinus sylvestris L.. Trees: Structure and Function, 25, 4: 627-636. doi: 10.1007/s00468-011-0539-9
Cocozza, C.; Giovannelli, A.; Traversi, M.L.; Castro, G.; Cherubini, P.; Tognetti, R., 2011: Do tree-ring traits reflect different water deficit responses in young poplar clones (Populus x canadensis Mönch 'I-214' and P. deltoides 'Dvina')?. Trees: Structure and Function, 25, 6: 975-985. doi: 10.1007/s00468-011-0572-8
Leonelli, G.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Morra Di Cella, U.; Pelfini, M., 2011: Chemical elements and heavy metals in European larch tree rings from remote and polluted sites in the European Alps. Geografia fisica e dinamica quaternaria, 34, 2: 195-206. doi: 10.4461/Gfdq.2011.34.18
Leonelli, G.; Pelfini, M.; D'Arrigo, R.; Haeberli, W.; Cherubini, P., 2011: Non-stationary responses of tree-ring chronologies and glacier mass balance to climate in the European Alps. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43, 1: 56-65. doi: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.1.56
Gea-Izquierdo, G.; Cherubini, P.; Cañellas, I., 2011: Tree-rings reflect the impact of climate change on Quercus ilex L. along a temperature gradient in Spain over the last 100 years. Forest Ecology and Management, 262, 9: 1807-1816. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.025
Battipaglia, G.; Marzaioli, F.; Lubritto, C.; Altieri, S.; Strumia, S.; Cherubini, P.; Cotrufo, M.F., 2010: Traffic pollution affects tree-ring width and isotopic composition of Pinus pinea. Science of the Total Environment, 408, 3: 586-593. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.036
Nicolini, G.; Tarchiani, V.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P., 2010: Wood-growth zones in Acacia seyal Delile in the Keita Valley, Niger: is there any climatic signal?. Journal of Arid Environments, 74, 3: 355-359. doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.08.017
Grissino-Mayer, H.D.; Sheppard, P.R.; Cleaveland, M.K.; Cherubini, P.; Ratcliff, P.; Topham, J., 2010: Adverse implications of misdating in dendrochronology: addressing the re-dating of the "Messiah" violin. Dendrochronologia, 28, 3: 149-159. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.09.003
Copenheaver, C.A.; Goldbeck, K.; Cherubini, P., 2010: Lack of gender bias in citation rates of publications by dendrochronologists: what is unique about this discipline?. Tree-Ring Research, 66, 2: 127-133. doi: 10.3959/2009-10.1
Di Matteo, G.; De Angelis, P.; Brugnoli, E.; Cherubini, P.; Scarascia-Mugnozza, G., 2010: Tree-ring Δ13C reveals the impact of past forest management on water-use efficiency in a Mediterranean oak coppice in Tuscany (Italy). Annals of Forest Science, 67, 5: 510 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1051/forest/2010012
Favilli, F.; Cherubini, P.; Collenberg, M.; Egli, M.; Sartori, G.; Schoch, W.; Haeberli, W., 2010: Charcoal fragments pf Alpine soils as an indicator of landscape evolution during the Holocene in Val di Sole (Trentino, Italy). Holocene, 20, 1: 67-79. doi: 10.1177/0959683609348850
Pollastrini, M.; Desotgiu, R.; Cascio, C.; Bussotti, F.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; Gerosa, G.; Marzuoli, R., 2010: Growth and physiological responses to ozone and mild drought stress of tree species with different ecological requirements. Trees: Structure and Function, 24, 4: 695-704. doi: 10.1007/s00468-010-0439-4
Copenheaver, C.A.; Gärtner, H.; Schäfer, I.; Vaccari, F.P.; Cherubini, P., 2010: Drought-triggered false ring formation in a Mediterranean shrub. Botany, 88, 6: 545-555. doi: 10.1139/B10-029
Cocozza, C.; Cherubini, P.; Regier, N.; Saurer, M.; Frey, B.; Tognetti, R., 2010: Early effects of water deficit on two parental clones of Populus nigra grown under different environmental conditions. Functional Plant Biology, 37, 3: 244-254. doi: 10.1071/Fp09156
Battipaglia, G.; De Micco, V.; Brand, W.A.; Linke, P.; Aronne, G.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P., 2010: Variations of vessel diameter and δ13C in false rings of Arbutus unedo L. reflect different environmental conditions. New Phytologist, 188, 4: 1099-1112. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03443.x
Eilmann, B.; Buchmann, N.; Siegwolf, R.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Rigling, A., 2010: Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree-ring width and δ13C. Plant, Cell and Environment, 33, 8: 1351-1360. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02153.x
Winter, M.; Wolff, B.; Gottschling, H.; Cherubini, P., 2009: The impact of climate on radial growth and nut production of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Southern Kyrgyzstan. European Journal of Forest Research, 128, 6: 531-542. doi: 10.1007/s10342-009-0295-1
Regier, N.; Streb, S.; Cocozza, C.; Schaub, M.; Cherubini, P.; Zeeman, S.C.; Frey, B., 2009: Drought tolerance of two black poplar (Populus nigra L.) clones: contribution of carbohydrates and oxidative stress defence. Plant, Cell and Environment, 32, 12: 1724-1736. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02030.x
Raddi, S.; Cherubini, P.; Lauteri, M.; Magnani, F., 2009: The impact of sea erosion on coastal Pinus pinea stands: A diachronic analysis combining tree-rings and ecological markers. Forest Ecology and Management, 257: 773-781. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.025
Leonelli, G.; Pelfini, M.; Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P., 2009: Site-aspect influence on climate sensitivity over time of a high-altitude Pinus cembra tree-ring network. Climatic Change, 96, 12: 185-201. doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9574-6
Guerrieri, M.R.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Saurer, M.; Jäggi, M.; Cherubini, P.; Ripullone, F.; Borghetti, M., 2009: Impact of different nitrogen emission sources on tree physiology as assessed by a triple stable isotope approach. Atmospheric Environment, 43: 410-418. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.08.042
Favilli, F.; Egli, M.; Brandova, P.; Ivy-Ochs, S.; Kubik, P.; Cherubini, P.; Mirabella, A.; Sartori, G.; Giaccai, D.; Haeberli, W., 2009: Combined use of relative and absolute dating techniques for detecting signals of Alpine landscape evolution during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Geomorphology, 112: 48-66. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.003
Favilli, F.; Egli, M.; Brandova, P.; Ivy-Ochs, S.; Kubik, P.; Maisch, M.; Cherubini, P.; Haeberli, W., 2009: Combination of numerical dating techniques using 10Be in rock boulders and 14C of resilient soil organic matter for reconstructing the chronology of glacial and periglacial processes in a high Alpine catchment during the late Pleistocene and early Holocen. Radiocarbon, 51, 2: 537-552. doi: 10.1017/S0033822200055910
Favilli, F.; Egli, M.; Sartori, G.; Cherubini, P.; Brandova, P.; Haeberli, W., 2009: Application of relative and absolute dating techniques in the Alpine environment. Studi trentini di scienze naturali, 85: 91-106.
Cherubini, P., 2009: A breakthrough in the history of Dendrochronologia. Dendrochronologia, 27: 1. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.03.002
Campelo, F.; Nabais, C.; García-Gonzalez, I.; Cherubini, P.; Gutiérrez, E.; Freitas, H., 2009: Dendrochronology of Quercus ilex L. and its potential use for climate reconstruction in the Mediterranean region. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 39, 12: 2486-2493. doi: 10.1139/X09-163
Battipaglia, G.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Cotrufo, M.F., 2009: Tree rings indicate different drought resistance of a native (Abies alba Mill.) and a nonnative (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) species co-occurring at a dry site in Southern Italy. Forest Ecology and Management, 257: 820-828. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.015
Gea-Izquierdo, G.; Martín-Benito, D.; Cherubini, P.; Cañellas, I., 2009: Climate-growth variability in Quercus ilex L. west Iberian open woodlands of different stand density. Annals of Forest Science, 66, 8: 802 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1051/forest/2009080
Lingua, E.; Cherubini, P.; Motta, R.; Nola, P., 2008: Spatial structure along an altitudinal gradient in the Italian central Alps suggests competition and facilitation among coniferous species. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19, 3: 425-436. doi: 10.3170/2008-8-18391
Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Reynolds-Henne, C.E.; Treydte, K.S.; Anderson, W.T.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2008: An investigation of the common signal in tree ring stable isotope chronologies at temperate sites. Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences, 113, G04035: 11 pp.. doi: 10.1029/2008JG000689
Bolli, J.C.; Wagner, H.H.; Kalwij, J.M.; Werth, S.; Cherubini, P.; Scheidegger, C.; Rigling, A., 2008: Growth dynamics after historic disturbance in a montane forest and its implications for an endangered epiphytic lichen. Botanica Helvetica, 118, 2: 111-127. doi: 10.1007/s00035-008-0834-2
Martín-Benito, D.; Cherubini, P.; Del Río, M.; Cañellas, I., 2008: Growth response to climate and drought in Pinus nigra Arn. trees of different crown classes. Trees: Structure and Function, 22, 3: 363-373. doi: 10.1007/s00468-007-0191-6
Simard, S.; Elhani, S.; Morin, H.; Krause, C.; Cherubini, P., 2008: Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes from tree-rings to identify spruce budworm outbreaks in the boreal forest of Québec. Chemical Geology, 252: 80-87. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.018
Lombardi, F.; Cherubini, P.; Lasserre, B.; Tognetti, R.; Marchetti, M., 2008: Tree rings used to assess time since death of deadwood of different decay classes in beech and silver fir forests in the central Apennines (Molise, Italy). Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38, 4: 821-833. doi: 10.1139/X07-195
Li, M.; Xiao, W.; Wang, S.; Cheng, G.; Cherubini, P.; Cai, X.; Liu, X.; Wang, X.; Zhu, W., 2008: Mobile carbohydrates in Himalayan treeline trees I. Evidence for carbon gain limitation but not for growth limitation. Tree Physiology, 28: 1287-1296. doi: 10.1093/treephys/28.8.1287
Li, P.; Sun, Y.; Wang, S.; Wang, X.; Cai, X.; Zhu, W.; Cherubini, P.; Li, M., 2008: Altitudinal changes in leaf mass per unit area and tissue non-structural carbohydrates content of Abies fabri on Gongga Mountain of Southwest China. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 19, 1: 8-12.
Baltensweiler, W.; Weber, U.M.; Cherubini, P., 2008: Tracing the influence of larch-bud-moth insect outbreaks and weather conditions on larch tree-ring growth in Engadine (Switzerland). Oikos, 117: 161-172. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16117.x
Leonelli, G.; Pelfini, M.; Cherubini, P., 2008: Exploring the potential of tree-ring chronologies from the Trafoi Valley (Central Italian Alps) to reconstruct glacier mass balance. Boreas, 37, 1: 169-178. doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00010.x
Leal, S.; Eamus, D.; Grabner, M.; Wimmer, R.; Cherubini, P., 2008: Tree rings of Pinus nigra from the Vienna basin region (Austria) show evidence of change in climatic sensitivity in the late 20th century. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38, 4: 744-759. doi: 10.1139/X07-189
Favilli, F.; Egli, M.; Cherubini, P.; Sartori, G.; Haeberli, W.; Delbos, E., 2008: Comparison of different methods of obtaining a resilient organic matter fraction in Alpine soils. Geoderma, 145: 355-369. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.04.002
D'Arrigo, R.; Wilson, R.; Liepert, B.; Cherubini, P., 2008: On the "divergence problem" in northern forests: a review of tree-ring evidence and possible causes. Global and Planetary Change, 60: 289-305. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.03.004
Akkemik, Ü.; D'Arrigo, R.; Cherubini, P.; Köse, N.; Jacoby, G.C., 2008: Tree-ring reconstructions of precipitation and streamflow for north-western Turkey. International Journal of Climatology, 28, 2: 173-183. doi: 10.1002/joc.1522
Mannes, D.; Lehmann, E.; Cherubini, P.; Niemz, P., 2007: Neutron imaging versus standard X-ray densitometry as method to measure tree-ring wood density. Trees: Structure and Function, 21, 6: 605-612. doi: 10.1007/s00468-007-0149-8
De Micco, V.; Saurer, M.; Aronne, G.; Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P., 2007: Variations of wood anatomy and d13C within-tree rings of costal Pinus pinaster showing intra-annual density fluctuations. IAWA Journal, 28, 1: 61-74. doi: 10.1163/22941932-90001619
Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P.; Marchi, S.; Raschi, A., 2007: Leaf traits and tree rings suggest different water-use and carbon assimilation strategies by two co-occurring Quercus species in a Mediterranean mixed-forest stand in Tuscany, Italy. Tree Physiology, 27: 1741-1751. doi: 10.1093/treephys/27.12.1741
Todaro, L.; Andreu, L.; D'Alessandro, C.M.; Gutiérrez, E.; Cherubini, P.; Saracino, A., 2007: Response of Pinus leucodermis to climate and anthropogenic activity in the National Park of Pollino (Basilicata, Southern Italy). Biological Conservation, 137: 507-519. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.010
Battipaglia, G.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Strumia, S.; Cotrufo, F., 2007: Volcanic explosive eruptions of the Vesuvio decrease tree-ring growth but not photosynthetic rates in the surrounding forests. Global Change Biology, 13: 1122-1137. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01350.x
Rodolfi, A.; Chiesi, M.; Tagliaferri, G.; Cherubini, P.; Maselli, F., 2007: Assessment of forest GPP variations in central Italy. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 37, 10: 1944-1953. doi: 10.1139/X07-010
Novak, K.; Cherubini, P.; Saurer, M.; Fuhrer, J.; Skelly, J.M.; Kräuchi, N.; Schaub, M., 2007: Ozone air pollution effects on tree-ring growth, δ13C, visible foliar injury and leaf gas exchange in three ozone-sensitive woody plant species. Tree Physiology, 27, 7: 941-949. doi: 10.1093/treephys/27.7.941
Hajdas, I.; Schlumpf, N.; Minikus-Stary, N.; Hagedorn, F.; Eckmeier, E.; Schoch, W.; Burga, C.; Bonani, G.; Schmidt, M.W.I.; Cherubini, P., 2007: Radiocarbon ages of soil charcoals from the southern Alps, Ticino, Switzerland. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 259, 1: 398-402. doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.02.075
Fonti, P.; Cherubini, P.; Rigling, A.; Weber, P.; Biging, G., 2006: Tree rings show competition dynamics of abandoned Castanea sativa coppices after land-use changes. Journal of Vegetation Science, 17, 1: 103-112. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2006.tb02428.x
Cai, X.; Li, M.; Cherubini, P.; Pu, C., 2006: Radial Growth Responses of Cryptomeria japonica to the climate. Journal of Sichuan Forestry Science and Technology, 27, 3: 1-4.
Grabner, M.; Cherubini, P.; Rozenberg, P.; Hannrup, B., 2006: Summer drought and low earlywood density induce intra-annual radial cracks in conifers. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 21: 151-157. doi: 10.1080/02827580600642100
Chiesi, M.; Maselli, F.; Bindi, M.; Fibbi, L.; Cherubini, P.; Arlotta, E.; Tirone, G.; Matteucci, G.; Seufert, G., 2005: Modelling carbon budget of Mediterranean forests using ground and remote sensing measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 135: 22-34. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.09.011
D'Arrigo, R.D.; Kaufmann, R.K.; Davi, N.; Jacoby, G.C.; Laskowski, C.; Myneni, R.B.; Cherubini, P., 2004: Thresholds for warming-induced growth decline at elevational tree line in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, 3: GB3021 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2004gb002249
Rigling, A.; Weber, P.; Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M., 2004: Bestandesdynamik zentralalpiner Waldföhrenwälder aufgezeigt anhand dendroökologischer Fallstudien aus dem Wallis, Schweiz. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 178-190. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0178
Cherubini, P.; Gärtner, H.; Esper, J.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Kaiser, K.F.; Rigling, A.; Treydte, K.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bräker, O.U., 2004: Jahrringe als Archiv für interdisziplinäre Umweltforschung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 162-168. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0162
Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Ammann, M.; De Cinti, B.; Siegwolf, R., 2004: First detection of nitrogen from NOx in tree rings: a 15N/14N study near a motorway. Atmospheric Environment, 38: 2779-2787. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.037
Bascietto, M.; Cherubini, P.; Scarascia-Mugnozza, G., 2004: Tree rings from European beech forest chronosequences are useful for detecting growth trends and carbon sequestration. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34: 481-492.
Rebetez, M.; Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P., 2003: To what extent can oxygen isotopes in tree rings and precipitation be used to reconstruct past atmospheric temperature? A case study. Climatic Change, 61, 1-2: 237-248. doi: 10.1023/A:1026369000246
Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Bonani, G.; Siegwolf, R., 2003: Tracing carbon uptake from a natural CO2 spring into tree rings: an isotope approach. Tree Physiology, 23: 997-1004.
Cherubini, P.; Gartner, B.L.; Tognetti, R.; Bräker, O.U.; Schoch, W.; Innes, J.L., 2003: Identification, measurement and interpretation of tree rings in woody species from mediterranean climates. Biological Reviews, 78: 119-148. doi: 10.1017/S1464793102006000
Cherubini, P.; Fontana, G.; Rigling, D.; Dobbertin, M.; Brang, P.; Innes, J.L., 2002: Tree-life history prior to death: two fungal root pathogens affect tree-ring growth differently. Journal of Ecology, 90: 839-850. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00715.x
Solomina, O.; Cherubini, P., 2002: "Tree rings and people", an international conference on the future of dendrochronology: an overview. Dendrochronologia, 20, 1-2: 13-19. doi: 10.1078/1125-7865-00004
Broggi, M.F.; Landolt, R.; Cherubini, P., 2001: L'Istituto federale di ricerca WSL di Birmensdorf in Svizzera: punti di contatto con il mondo forestale italiano. Sherwood, 7, 67: 37-39.
Cherubini, P., 2001: Applicazioni e prospettive per la ricerca forestale italiana. Buchbesprechung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 152, 3: 102-103.
Saurer, M.; Cherubini, P.; Siegwolf, R., 2000: Oxygen isotopes in tree rings of Abies alba: the climatic significance of interdecadal variations. Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 105, D10: 12461-12470. doi: 10.1029/2000jd900160
Cherubini, P., 2000: Tree-ring research beyond the climate change: "Quo vadis?". Dendrochronologia, 18: 91-93.
Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P.; Innes, J.L., 2000: Comparative stem-growth rates of Mediterranean trees under background and naturally enhanced ambient CO2 concentrations. New Phytologist, 146: 59-74. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00620.x
Rigling, A.; Cherubini, P., 1999: Wieso sterben die Waldföhren im «Telwald» bei Visp? Eine Zusammenfassung bisheriger Studien und eine dendroökologische Untersuchung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 150, 4: 113-131. doi: 10.3188/szf.1999.0113
Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M.; Innes, J.L., 1999: Erratum to \Potential sampling bias in long-term forest growth trends reconstructed from tree rings: A case study from the Italian Alps\ [For. Ecol. Manage. 109 (1998) 103–118]. Forest Ecology and Management, 114: 165-167.
Ferretti, M.; Cherubini, P., 1998: Il monitoraggio di lungo periodo per conoscere e gestire gli ecosistemi forestali. Sherwood, 23-28.
Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M.; Innes, J.L., 1998: Potential sampling bias in long-term forest growth trends reconstructed from tree rings: A case study from the Italian Alps. Forest Ecology and Management, 109: 103-118. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00242-4
Cherubini, P.; Schweingruber, F.H.; Forster, T., 1997: Morphology and ecological significance of intra-annual radial cracks in living conifers. Trees: Structure and Function, 11, 4: 216-222. doi: 10.1007/s004680050078
Strumia, G.; Cherubini, P., 1997: Il segnale climatico di due cronologie plurisecolari di larice (Larix decidua Mill.) delle Alpi italiane. Dendrochronologia, 15: 171-179.
Cherubini, P.; Piussi, P.; Schweingruber, F.H., 1996: Spatiotemporal growth dynamics and disturbances in a subalpine spruce forest in the Alps: a dendroecological reconstruction. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 26, 6: 991-1001. doi: 10.1139/x26-109
Cherubini, P.; Schweingruber, F.H., 1996: Scars as evidence of past forest cuts in a subalpine spruce forest in the Alps. Radiocarbon, 1996: 371-378.
Cherubini, P.; Berli, S.; Schoch, W., 1995: Analisi antracologiche per la ricostruzione della storia della vegetazione e degli incendi boschivi negli ultimi 7000 anni nelle Centovalli (Ticino, Svizzera). Bollettino della Società Ticinese di Scienze Naturali, 83, 1–2: 113-120.
Berli, S.; Cherubini, P.; Schoch, W., 1994: Rekonstruktion von Bestandesfluktuationen, Bodenmächtigkeit und Feuergeschichte über 7000 Jahre BP mittels Holzkohle-Analysen. Botanica Helvetica, 104, 1: 17-30.
Cherubini, P., 1994: Studio dendroecologico su Pinus pinea L. in due differenti stazioni sulla costa mediterranea in Toscana (Italia). Dendrochronologia, 11: 87-99.
Further scientific publications
Cherubini, P., 2019: Dendrochronologia in the scholarly publishing world: how can a small fish survive in a pool of sharks?. Dendrochronologia, 58: 125647 (3 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125647
Bernabei, M.; Martinelli, N.; Cherubini, P., 2019: Tree-ring analysis on wooden artifacts: what can it tell us?. In: Lazzara, G.; Fakhrullin, R. (eds), 2019: Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for diagnostic, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage. Amsterdam, Elsevier. 111-125. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813910-3.00006-9
Cherubini, P., 2016: In memoriam of Elio Corona (1930–2015). Dendrochronologia, 37: 128. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2016.02.001
Nikolova, P.; Vitali, V.; Cherubini, P.; Zingg, A.; Brang, P., 2016: Radialzuwachs von Fichten im Randbereich großer Verjüngungsöffnungen: ein Beispiel aus den Schweizerischen Alpen. In: Kohnle, U.; Klädtke, J. (eds), 2016: Deutscher Verband Forstlicher Forschungsanstalten. Sektion Ertragskunde. Jahrestagung Deutscher Verband Forstlicher Versuchsanstalten Sektion Ertragskunde, Lyss. 150-157.
Cherubini, P., 2015: Enigmatic High-Asian tree rings: a postcard from the roof of the world (Kathmandu, Nepal). Dendrochronologia, 34: 31-32. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2015.05.001
Cherubini, P.; Lev-Yadun, S., 2014: The olive tree-ring problematic dating. Antiquity, 88, 339: 290-291. doi: 10.1017/S0003598X00050420
Rossi, L.; Sebastiani, L.; Tognetti, R.; D'Andria, R.; Morelli, G.; Cherubini, P., 2014: Different irrigation regimes induce changes in vessel size in olive trees (Olea europaea L.) from Southern Italy. In: Braun, P.; Stoll, M.; Zinkernagel, J. (eds), 2014: Proceedings of the VIIth international symposium on irrigation of horticultural crops: Geisenheim, Germany, July 16-20, 2012. VII International symposium on irrigation of horticultural crops, Geisenheim, Germany, July 16-20, 2012. 455-462. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1038.56
Battipaglia, G.; De Micco, V.; Sass-Klaassen, U.; Cherubini, P., 2014: Editorial. Wood structure in plant biology and ecology. Dendrochronologia, 32, 3: 282-283. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2014.07.004
Eckstein, D.; Cherubini, P., 2012: Editorial. The "dendrochronological community" at Rovaniemi, Finland, 2010: lessons learned from the past and perspectives for the future. Dendrochronologia, 30, 2: 195-197. doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.02.001
Tognetti, R.; Cherubini, P., 2009: Change is in the air: future challenges for applied forest research. iForest, 2: 56-58. doi: 10.3832/ifor0492-002
Lev-Yadun, S.; Cherubini, P., 2008: [Review of the book Atlas of woody plant stems. Evolution, structure, and environmental modifications, by F.H. Schweingruber, A. Börner & E.-D. Schulze]. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19, 6: 893-894. doi: 10.3170/2008-8-18577
Cherubini, P., 2008: Impact factor fever. Science, 322, 5899: 191. doi: 10.1126/science.322.5899.191b
Cherubini, P., 2007: Identificazione, monitoraggio e valutazione degli effetti dell'ozono sulla fisiologia e produttività della vegetazione agraria e forestale: il contributo della ricerca italiana. In: Nali, C.; Ferretti, M. (eds), 2007: Ozono e vegetazione: il contributo della ricerca italiana. I quaderni del Centro Enrico Avanzi dell'Università di Pisa. Vol. 4. 29-32.
Guerrieri, M.R.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Waldner, P.; Cherubini, P., 2006: Impatto del traffico veicolare su d15N, d13C e d18O di aghi ed anelli annuali di abete rosso (Picea abies L.) presso un'autostrada in Svizzera. Forest@, 3, 3: 437-445.
Cherubini, P., 2006: Ricerca e formazione forestale: status quo. Forest@, 3, 3: 300-301.
Ferrari, C.; Cherubini, P.; Magnani, S.; Pezzi, G., 2005: Ecologia del limite altitudinale del bosco nell'Appennino settentrionale. Informatore botanico italiano, 37: 210-211.
Chiesi, M.; Maselli, F.; Bindi, M.; Fibbi, L.; Cherubini, P.; Arlotta, E.; Tirone, G.; Matteucci, G.; Seufert, G., 2004: Integration of ground-based and remote sensing data to simulate forest carbon fluxes in a Mediterranean area. In: Hasenauer, H.; Mäkelä, A. (eds), 2004: Modeling forest production. scientific tools - data needs and sources validation and application. Proceedings of the international conference held in Vienna, Austria, 19.-21. April 2004. 80-88.
Bezzi, M.; Cantiani, M.G.; Ciolli, M.; Comunello, G.; Cherubini, P., 2003: Leggere gli anelli degli alberi per ricostruire la frequenza e l'estensione delle vlanghe nel passato. In: De Angelis, P.; Macuz, A.; Bucci, G.; Mugnozza, G.S. (eds), 2003: Atti del III Congresso Nazionale: Alberi e foreste per il nuovo millennio. 147-152.
Cherubini, P.; Innes, J.L.; Skelly, J.M.; Hug, C.; Schaub, M.; Kräuchi, N., 2002: La divulgazione dei risultati di dieci anni di ricerca sui danni da ozono troposferico nei boschi in Svizzera. Informatore Fitopatologico, 52, 3: 48-51.
Thimonier, A.; Schmitt, M.; Cherubini, P.; Kräuchi, N., 2001: Monitoring the Swiss forest: building a research platform. In: Anfodillo, T.; Carraro, V. (eds), 2001: Monitoraggio ambientale: metodologie ed applicazioni. XXXVIII Corso di Cultura in Ecologia, San Vito di Cadore. 121-134.
Cherubini, P.; Ciolli, M.; Comunello, G.; Zatelli, P., 2000: Impiego di tecniche GIS e di dendrocronologia applicata per lo studio delle zone potenzialmente esposte al rischio di valanghe. In: 2000: Informazione Geografica: Innovazione e Formazione. ATTI 4a Conferenza Nazionale ASITA. 4a Conferenza Nazionale delle Associazioni Scientifiche per le Informazioni Territoriali ed Ambientali, Genova, October 3-6, 2000. 581-586.
Cherubini, P.; Innes, J.L., 2000: Switzerland: the swiss long-term forest ecosystem research programme. In: Gosz, J.R.; French, C.; Sprott, P.; White, M. (eds), 2000: The International Long Term Ecological Research Network 2000. Albuquerque New Mexico, US LTER Network Office. 56-59.
Rigling, A.; Cherubini, P.; Pouttu, A., 1999: Forest decline in Scots pine stands in Visp (Valais, Switzerland) - A dendroecological study. In: Forster, B.; Knizek, M.; Grodzki, W. (eds), 1999: Methodology of Forest Insect and Disease Survey in Central Europe. Proceedings. Second Workshop of the IUFRO Working Party 7.03.10, Sion-Châteauneuf, Switzerland, April 20-23, 1999. 60-66.
Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M., 1998: The Swiss long-term forest ecosystem research: methods for reconstructing forest history. In: Borghetti, M. (eds), 1998: Società Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (SISEF), Atti I. 19-22.
Peruzzi, A.; Cherubini, P.; Gorreri, L.; Cavalli, S., 1998: Le pinete e la produzione dei pinoli dal passato ai giorni nostri, nel territorio del Parco di Migliarino, S. Rossore e Massaciuccoli. Pisa, Ento Parco Regionale Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli. 134 p.
Cherubini, P., 1997: La dendroecologia nella riconstruzione della storia di due popolamenti subalpini di Abete rosso nella foresta di Paneveggio (Trentino). In: Urbinati, C.; Carrer, M. (eds), 1997: Dendroecologia: una scienza per l'ambiente tra passato e presente. Atti. XXXIV Corso di Cultura in Ecologia, San Vito di Cadore. 145-153.
Innes, J.L.; Hug, C.; Cherubini, P., 1997: Danni da ozono su piante forestali in Ticino. In: 1997: Inquinamento dell'aria e salute degli alberi. Convegno di studio al Centro scolastico e Vivaio forestale cantonale, Lattecaldo - Morbio Superiore. 3-17.
Costantini, E.A.C.; Arcara, P.G.; Cherubini, P.; Campostrini, F.; Storchi, P.; Pierucci, M., 1996: Soil and climate functional characters for grape ripening and wine quality of "Vino Nobile di Montepulciano". In: 1996: Strategies to Optimize Wine Grape Quality. 45-55. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.427.6
Arcara, P.G.; Cherubini, P., 1996: L'attività biologica nel profilo di cinque suoli tipici dell'area del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. In: Campostrini, F.; Costantini, E.A.C. (eds), 1996: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano: zonazione e valorizzazione del territorio. Firenze, Edizioni Regione Toscana. 75-84.
Magazine article and brochures
Dobbertin, M.; Giuggiola, A.; Li, M.-H.; Cherubini, P., 2007: Klimawandel und die Lärchen im Engadin. Bündnerwald, 60, 3: 17-21.
Wilford, D.; Cherubini, P.; Sakals, M., 2005: Dendroecology. A guide for using trees to date geomorphic and hydrologic events. Land management handbook, 58. 20 p.
Schaub, M.; Cherubini, P.; Kräuchi, N., 2004: Ozon - Auswirkungen auf den Wald. 2. Aufl. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL. 11 p.
Fontana, G.; Cherubini, P.; Rigling, D.; Dobbertin, M.; Brang, P.; Innes, J.L., 2003: Ricostruzione della storia di un popolamento di pino montano (Pinus mugo Turra) nel Parco Nationale Svizzero: gli anelli annuali testimoni di azioni di disturbo antropiche e naturali. Monti e boschi, 54, 6: 34-39.
Solomina, O.; Cherubini, P., 2002: Tree-rings and People - A "Pointer Year" for the Tree-ring Community. PAGES News: Past Global Changes, 10, 1: 23.
Cherubini, P., 2002: Tree rings and people: Gli anelli annuali degli alberi al servizio della società. Monti e boschi, 53, 1: 48.
Ortloff, W.; Cherubini, P., 2002: Valutare lo stato del bosco nel suo complesso. La ricerca sui danni nei boschi. Agricoltore ticinese, 16-19.
Schaub, M.; Cherubini, P.; Kräuchi, N., 2001: Ozon - Auswirkungen auf den Wald. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL. 11 p.
Ferretti, M.; Cherubini, P.; Dobbertin, M.; Nimis, P.L.; Parr, T.W., 2001: La questione del campionamento nelle reti di monitoraggio degli effetti dell'inquinamento ambientale e dei cambiamenti climatici sulle risorse naturali in Europa – tra vecchi problemi e nuove necessità. Comunicazioni di ricerca dell'Istituto Sperimentale per l'Assestamento Forestale e per l'Alpicoltura, 51-72.
Cherubini, P., 2001: Tree Rings and People: una conferenza sul futuro della dendrocronologia (Davos 22-26 settembre 2001). Agricoltore ticinese, 22-23.
Cherubini, P.; Tognetti, R., 2001: Piante e CO2. Scienze: Edizione Italiana di Scientific American, 62, 392: 8.
Cherubini, P.; Moretti, G.; Schaub, M.; Schnyder, D., 2000: Wie Ozon auf Mensch und Umwelt wirkt. Wanderausstellung PUBLOZON 2000 - mit neuesten Forschungsergebnissen zu Auswirkungen von Ozon auf den Tessiner Wald. Birmensdorf, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt WSL. 16 p.
Rigling, A.; Forster, B.; Wermelinger, B.; Cherubini, P., 2000: Vaste changement dans le paysage valaisan. Les pinèdes sont en voie de mutation. Forêt, 53, 6: 13-17.
Kräuchi, N.; Cherubini, P., 2000: Sulle tracce dei cambiamenti ambientali: Le ricerche a lungo termine su ecosistemi forestali. Agricoltore ticinese, 11, 24: 16-20.
Cherubini, P.; Moretti, G., 1999: L'ozono nel bosco ticinese. Birmensdorf; Bellinzona, Istituto federale di ricerca per la foreste la neve e il paesaggio (WSL); Sezione forestale, Dipartimento del territorio, Cantone Ticino. 20 p.
Rigling, A.; Forster, B.; Wermelinger, B.; Cherubini, P., 1999: Grossflächige Veränderung des Landschaftsbildes im Kanton Wallis. Waldföhrenbestände im Umbruch. Wald und Holz, 80, 13: 8-12.
Cherubini, P.; Forster, T., 1997: Radiale Risse innerhalb der Jahrringe von lebenden Fichten. Bündnerwald, 50, 3: 69-74.
Cherubini, P., 1997: Storia di due popolamenti di Abete rosso della Foresta di Paneveggio (Trentino) ricostruita con metodi dendroecologici. Dendronatura, 18, 1: 7-14.
Cherubini, P., 1997: L'ozono in Ticino: provoca danni nel bosco?. Forestaviva, 7-12.
Cherubini, P., 1997: Come l'ozono danneggia le piante. Scienze: Edizione Italiana di Scientific American, 58, 349: 20-21.
Cherubini, P., 1996: Lo stato di salute delle foreste europee. Scienze: Edizione Italiana di Scientific American, 57, 339: 16-17.
Cherubini, P., 1996: Osservazioni sullo stato e sull'evoluzione dei boschi. Forestaviva, 4-9.
Cherubini, P.; Zierhofer, W., 1996: Bäume als Zeugen der Klimageschichte. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 11/1996: 122-124.
Arcara, P.G.; Bidini, D.; Cherubini, P., 1995: Effeti delle deposizioni acide su alcuni suoli di faggete toscane. Effects of acid depositions in soils of Tuscan beech-woods. Atti, 16: 491-493.
Cherubini, P., 1995: Ricerche a lungo termine su ecosistemi forestali in Svizzera. Monti e boschi, 46, 6: 58.
Cherubini, P., 1993: Selvicoltura subalpina in svizzera. Monti e boschi, 44, 6: 57.
Cherubini, P., 1993: Gli alberi testimoni della storia del clima. Scienze: Edizione Italiana di Scientific American, 9-11.
Research interests
My main research interest is looking beyond the tree rings, linking dendrochronology with ecophysiology to achieve a deeper knowledge of cambial activity. How does a tree grow? Only answering this intriguing question will be possible to develop new tools to assess tree health. I love browsing in these fields:
- dendroecology, stand dynamics, disturbances, extreme climatic events, forest history, wood anatomy, palaeoclimate, proxy-data (charcoals), the use of stable isotopes in ecology
- In particular, during the past five years I have been involved in reconstructing the stand history (anthropogenic and climatic influences) of the Swiss Long Term Forest Ecosystem Research, on German the Langfristige Waldökosystem-Forschung (LWF) plots
Little projects
I like little projects
Currently, I work with students on several different topics, for example:
Stable isotopes, wood anatomy and tree-ring growth analyses to identify drought-adaptation traits in Pinus sylvestris trees after a severe drought in Südtirol (Bozen, Italy) (Nicole Stary and Magdalena Nötzli, undergraduate students Universität Zürich)
 | Tresholds for warming-induced growth decline at elevational tree line in the Yukon Territory, Canada (with Rosanne D'Arrigo, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades NY) |
Volcanic explosive eruptions of the Vesuvio decrease tree-ring growth but not photosynthesis rates in the surrounding forests (with Giovanna Battipaglia, Francesca Cotrufo, Sandro Strumia, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, and Matthias Saurer, Rolf Siegwolf, WSL, formerly Paul Scherrer Institute)
| | Using trees to date geomorphic and hydrologic events (with Dave Wilford, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Smithers B.C.) |
Reconstructing stand history using tree rings at Level II plots in Italy (with Giada Bertini and Gianfranco Fabbio, Istituto Sperimentale per la Selvicoltura ISSA, Arezzo) Are increasing CO2 concentrations affecting drought resistance of Pinus nigra in the Vienna basin, Eastern Alps (Austria) (with Sofia Leal, Michael Grabner, Rupert Wimmer, BOKU Vienna)
Detecting tree rings and cambial seasonal activity to assess carbon sequestration rates in Acacia seyal at Keyta, Niger (Western Africa) (with Federico De Nardo, Antonio Raschi,Vieri Tarchiani, and Giancarlo Pini, IBIMET/CNR, Firenze)
Reconstructions (A.D.1801-2000) of precipitation and temperature for northwestern Turkey (with Ünal Akkemik, Nebise Köse, Istanbul University, and Rosanne D'Arrigo, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades NY)
Tree-ring response of Pinus eldreichii to climate and anthropogenic activity in the National Park of Pollino (Basilicata, Southern Italy). (with Gino Todaro, Antonio Saracino, Carmen D'Alessandro, Università della Basilicata, Potenza)
d15N natural abundance in tree rings and needles nearby a motorway in Switzerland as an indicator of the impact of air pollution on forests (with Rossella Guerrieri), Università della Basilicata, Potenza, and Matthias Saurer and Rolf Siegwolf, WSL, formerly Paul Scherrer Institute)
Tree-ring growth under elevated CO2 concentrations at natural springs in Toscana (with Roberto Tognetti, Università del Molise, Campobasso, and Matthias Saurer, WSL (formerly Paul Scherrer Institute)
| | Tognetti et al. 2000 New Phytologist 146, 59-74 |
| | Cherubini et al. 2003 Biological Reviews 78, 119-148 |
| | Saurer et al 2003 Tree Physiology 23, 997-1004 |
Comparing eddy-covariance measurements, forest biogeochemical modeling, and remote sensing techniques with tree-ring stable isotopes to assess past stomatal activities and carbon uptake in Pinus pinaster coastal ecosystems in Toscana (Enrica Arlotta, undergraduate student Università di Firenze, with Marco Bindi, DISAT, Università di Firenze, and Fabio Maselli and Marta Chiesi, IBIMET/CNR, Firenze, Matthias Saurer, WSL, Giorgio Matteucci, JRC, Ispra, Rosanne D'Arrigo, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades NY)
| | Chiesi et al 2005 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 135 (2005) 22–34 |
Wood-anatomical identification and 14C dating of soil charcoals for reconstructing the role of fire on soil development and carbon sequestration in Southern Switzerland (Nadia Schlumpf and Nicole Stary, undergraduate students Universität Zürich, with Frank Hagedorn and Werner Schoch, both WSL, Irka Hajdas, Georges Bonani, both ETH Zurich, and Michael Schmidt, Universität Zürich)
Ecophysiological significance of intra-annual density fluctuations in Pinus pinaster tree rings from coastal forests in Tuscany (Italy) (with Veronica De Micco and Giovanna Aronne, Università di Napoli "Federico II")
Detecting the effect of elevated tropospheric ozone exposure on tree-ring growth and wood structure in broadleaf species grown in Open-Top Chambers in Canton Ticino (Kristopher Novak, PhD student Universität Bern and WSL, with Marcus Schaub, WSL)
Sap-flow rates and wood anatomical characteristics of oaks in central Toscana (Silvia Baronti, with Antonio Raschi, IBIMET/CNR, Firenze, Jan Cermak, Mendel University, Brno, and Roberto Tognetti, Università del Molise, Campobasso)
Mediterranean tree rings (with Barbara Lachenbruch, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, Roberto Tognetti, Università del Molise, Campobasso, Otto Ueli Bräker and Werner Schoch, both WSL, and John Innes, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC)
| | Cherubini et al. 2003 Biological Reviews 78, 119-148 |
Tree-ring patterns induced by larch bud moth (Zeiraphera diniana Gn) outbreaks in Celerina, Engadina (with Werner Baltensweiler† and Matthias Dobbertin†, WSL)
Studies of the effect of different fungal pathogens on tree-ring growth at the Swiss National Park in Engadina (Giovanni Fontana, Università di Padova, Daniel Rigling, Matthias Dobbertin†, Peter Brang, all WSL, and John Innes, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC)
| | Cherubini et al. 2002 Journal of Ecology 90, 839-850 ; |
| | Fontana et al. 2003 Monti & Boschi 54, 6, 34-39 |
Tree-ring growth prior to death of Pinus mugo trees infected by Armillaria sp. and Heterobasidion annosum (Muriel Bendel, PhD student, ETH Zürich, with Daniel Rigling, Felix Kienast, both WSL, and Harald Bugmann, ETH Zürich)
Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) reduction as a test to assess cambial activity and tree vitality (with Ivano Brunner and Andreas Rigling, WSL) Using tree rings as indicators of whole tree biomass in studies of the effect of soil and air pollution on trees in controlled environment (with Madeleine Günthardt-Goerg, WSL)
Climatological significance of tree-ring stable isotopes (with Martine Rebetez, WSL, Lausanne, and Matthias Saurer, WSL)
| | Rebetez et al. 2003 Climatic Change 61, 237-248 |
Post-fire regeneration and stand development in Mediterranean macchia ecosystems (Emilia Allevato, Università di Napoli "Federico II", with Stefano Mazzoleni, Sandro Strumia, and Gaetano Di Pasquale) Detecting past snow avalanche dynamics using tree rings (Marco Bezzi, Università di Trento, with Maria Giulia Cantiani and Marco Ciolli, and with Rosanne D'Arrigo, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades NY)
Tree rings from a European beech forest chronosequence for detecting growth trends and carbon sequestration (Marco Bascietto, PhD student Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, with Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza)
| | Bascietto et al. 2004 Canadian Journal Forest Research 34, 481-492 |
Reading tree rings to assess the life history of trees in urban environment: a case study from Prato, Italy (Daniele Leporatti, Università di Firenze, with Fabio Salbitano) Impact of coastal erosion on pine forests in Toscana reconstructed by tree rings (with Sabrina Raddi, Università di Firenze, and Federico Magnani, Università di Bologna)
Stand dynamics and competition processes in abandoned chestnut coppices in Southern Switzerland (Patrick Fonti, Post-Doc, with Gregory Biging, University of California, Berkeley, and Marco Conedera, Matthias Dobbertin†, and Andreas Rigling, WSL)
| | 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: 103-112. |
Nitrogen stable isotopes in tree rings as tools for understanding the impact of NOx on forest ecosystems (Bruno De Cinti, PhD student Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, with Matthias Saurer, WSL, and Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Università della Tuscia)
| | Saurer et al. 2004 Atmospheric Environmet 38, 2779-2787 |
Using stable isotopes in assessing the effect of silvicultural treatments of coppice oak stands in Southern Toscana (Giovanni Di Matteo, PhD student Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, with Paolo De Angelis)
Talks-Menu
- Tree rings as records of past environmental history
- Isotopic ratio (O18/16 and C13/12) in tree rings
- Mediterranean tree rings
- Tree-ring growth under elevated CO2 concentrations at natural CO2 springs in Tuscany
- Ozone damages on natural forest vegetation in Ticino
- Pinus pinea and pine seed production in Pisa
- Stand dynamics in the Swiss Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research
- Tree mortality and the use of tree rings as indicators of disease history prior to death
- Lecture on dendrochronology: history, methods, aims
- Long Term Forest Ecosystem Research in Switzerland
Paolo?
here is Paolo right now?
Paolo is either working hard in his office in Birmensdorf, Switzerland....
....cooking Italian
pastasciutta for
friends during the cold foggy evenings in Zurich........
........or enjoying solar family life during the weekends in Pisa, Italy...
...... or most likely .....
...in the train between Zurich and Pisa, working on papers and listening to his favourite music!
