Dr. Marco Ferretti
Funktion
Leiter Forschungseinheit
Kontakt
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Standort
Birmensdorf Bi HP D 69
Mission statement: “Connect - integrate - go further.”
I am a forest scientist and ecologist. I consider inventorying and monitoring of forests and natural resource as an essential tool for sustainable forest and environmental management. My research focus is on detecting changes in forest ecosystems, with emphasis on the influence of environmental drivers on forest health, productivity, and diversity. My primary interest is to ensure high quality data and information, connect different fields of the monitoring science, and promote integration across disciplines. This will help advancing our understanding of forest resources, their management and dynamics, and to better answer societal needs.
Researcher ID N-9057-2017
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=W4U_K_UAAAAJ&hl=de
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Ferretti
FURTHER INFORMATION
Biosketch
I have got my degree in Forest Sciences at the University of Firenze (1986) and obtained my PhD from the University of Siena (2006). I obtained the Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN process) as Chair professor in Ecology (Sector 05/C1) and Chair professor in Science and Technology of Forest and Arboricultural Systems (Sector 07/B2) (2013).
Since 2017 I am the Head of Unit Forest Resources and Management at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. Since 2017 I also serve as Chairman of the ICP Forests, a program established in 1985 under the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (www.icp-forests.org).
Formerly, I served as co-ordinator of the IUFRO Working Group 7.04.01 “Detection, Monitoring and Evaluation) (2000-2006). I was Technical Director at TerraData environmetrics, Siena, Italy (2006-2016), Contract Professor at the University of Siena (2002-2010), Contract Researcher at the University of Firenze (1988-2007) and Project Manager at Linnaea ambiente, Firenze, Italy (1990-2005).
Most of my past work has been based on terrestrial measurements and data analysis of forest health, growth, diversity, and atmospheric chemistry on local (Italy, several regional programs, 1987-ongoing), national (Switzerland, 2017, ongoing; Italy, 1997-ongoing; France: 2009-2012), European (1988-ongoing) forest monitoring networks, with co-operation and contacts with North-America (Canada, USA: 2003 - ongoing) and east Asia (2009 - ongoing).
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Gessler, A.; Ferretti, M.; Schaub, M., 2022: Editorial: forest monitoring to assess forest functioning under air pollution and climate change. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.952232
Faralli, M.; Cristofolini, F.; Cristofori, A.; Ferretti, M.; Gottardini, E., 2022: Leaf trait plasticity and site-specific environmental variability modulate the severity of visible foliar ozone symptoms in Viburnum lantana. PLoS One, 17, 7: e0270520 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270520
Weldon, J.; Merder, J.; Ferretti, M.; Grandin, U., 2022: Nitrogen deposition causes eutrophication in bryophyte communities in central and northern European forests. Annals of Forest Science, 79: 24 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s13595-022-01148-6
Anthony, M.A.; Crowther, T.W.; Van der Linde, S.; Suz, L.M.; Bidartondo, M.I.; Cox, F.; Schaub, M.; Rautio, P.; Ferretti, M.; Vesterdal, L.; De Vos, B.; Dettwiler, M.; Eickenscheidt, N.; Schmitz, A.; Meesenburg, H.; Andreae, H.; Jacob, F.; Dietrich, H.; Waldner, P.; ... Averill, C., 2022: Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe. ISME Journal, 16: 1327-1336. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01159-7
Jaime, L.; Batllori, E.; Ferretti, M.; Lloret, F., 2022: Climatic and stand drivers of forest resistance to recent bark beetle disturbance in European coniferous forests. Global Change Biology, 28, 8: 2830-2841. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16106
Further scientific publications
Schaub, M.; Vesterdal, L.; De Vos, B.; Ferretti, M.; Fleck, S.; Merilä, P.; Prescher, A.; Schwärzel, K.; Ukonmaanaho, L., 2022: FORECOMON 2021 - review of the 9th ICP Forests scientific conference on forest ecosystem monitoring. In: Michel, A.; Kirchner, T.; Prescher, A.; Schwärzel, K. (eds), 2022: Forest condition in Europe. The 2022 assessment. ICP forests technical report under the UNECE convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (air convention). Eberswalde, Thünen Institute. 25-28. doi: 10.3220/ICPTR1656330928000
Dreyer, E.; Leban, J.M.; Liu, S.L.; Bolte, A.; Lhotka, J.; Ferretti, M.; Lesage, V., 2022: Annals of Forest Science promotes multidisciplinary research on forests and wood in a changing world and is now a full Open Access journal. Annals of Forest Science, 79: 1 (2 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s13595-022-01119-x
Schaub, M.; Vesterdal, L.; De Vos, B.; Ukonmaanaho, L.; Fleck, S.; Schwärzel, K.; Ferretti, M. (eds), 2021: Forest monitoring to assess forest functioning under air pollution and climate change. Proceedings. FORECOMON 2021 - the 9th forest ecosystem monitoring conference, Birmensdorf. 108 p. doi: 10.16904/envidat.225
Conedera, M.; Risch, A.; Grossiord, C.; Bebi, P., 2021: Research Unit Community Ecology. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A. (eds), 2021: Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest. Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest, Birmensdorf. 43-44.
Ferretti, M.; Cools, N.; De Vos, B.; Fleck, S.; Gottardini, E.; Levanič, T.; Nieminen, T.M.; Pitar, D.; Potočić, N.; Rautio, P.; Sanders, T.; Schaub, M.; Timmermann, V.; Ukonmaanaho, L.; Verstraeten, A.; Waldner, P.; ... Žlindra, D., 2021: Forest condition and environmental drivers in Europe - recent findings and perspectives. In: Michel, A.; Kirchner, T.; Schwärzel, K. (eds), 2021: Forest condition in Europe. The 2021 assessment. ICP forests technical report under the UNECE convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (air convention). Eberswalde, Thünen Institute. 12-15.
Magazine article and brochures
Potočić, N.; Timmermann, V.; Ognjenović, M.; Kirchner, T.; Prescher, A.; Ferretti, M., 2021: Tree health is deteriorating in the European forests. ICP forests brief, 5. 6 p. doi: 10.3220/ICP1638780772000
Schaub, M.; Haeni, M.; Calatayud, V.; Ferretti, M.; Gottardini, E., 2018: Ozone concentrations are decreasing but exposure remains high in European forests. ICP forests brief, 3. 6 p. doi: 10.3220/ICP1525258743000
Michel, A.K.; Prescher, A.; Seidling, W.; Ferretti, M., 2018: A policy-relevant infrastructure for long-term, large-scale assessment and monitoring of forest ecosystems. ICP forests brief, 1. 6 p. doi: 10.3220/ICP1520841254000
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.
Editorial Activity
Editor for Scientific journals
Annals of Forest Science (two special issues); Elsevier Development in Environmental Sciences (one book); Environmental Pollution (one special section); Forest Ecology and Management (one special issue).
Editorial boards
Annals of Forest Science; iForests; Annals of Silvicultural Research.
Referee for scientific journals
Annals of Forest Science; Canadian Journal of Forest Research; Dendrochronologia; Ecosystem Management & Restoration; Environmental and Experimental Botany; Environmental Modelling and Software; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Environmental Pollution; Forest Ecology and Management; Global Change Biology; Journal of Vegetation Science; Methods in Ecology and Evolution; The Journal of Engineering Research; Tree Physiology; Water Air and Soil Pollution.