Dr. Marco Ferretti
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capo dell'unità di ricerca
Contatto
Istituto federale di Ricerca per la Foresta, la neve e il Paesaggio (WSL)
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Sito
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=A06AY0sAAAAJ&hl=de
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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
Massey, A.; Lanz, A.; Ferretti, M., 2021: A design-based assessment of an expanded set of auxiliary information for forest growth estimation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0529
Cutini, A.; Ferretti, M.; Bertini, G.; Brunialti, G.; Bagella, S.; Chianucci, F.; Fabbio, G.; Fratini, R.; Riccioli, F.; Caddeo, C.; Calderisi, M.; Ciucchi, B.; Corradini, S.; Cristofolini, F.; Cristofori, A.; Di Salvatore, U.; Ferrara, C.; Frati, L.; Landi, S.; ... Gottardini, E., 2021: Testing an expanded set of sustainable forest management indicators in Mediterranean coppice area. Ecological Indicators, 130: 108040 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108040
Ferretti, M.; Bacaro, G.; Brunialti, G.; Calderisi, M.; Croisé, L.; Frati, L.; Nicolas, M., 2021: Tree canopy defoliation can reveal growth decline in mid-latitude temperate forests. Ecological Indicators, 127: 107749 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107749
Rohner, B.; Kumar, S.; Liechti, K.; Gessler, A.; Ferretti, M., 2021: Tree vitality indicators revealed a rapid response of beech forests to the 2018 drought. Ecological Indicators, 120: 106903 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106903
Ferretti, M.; Waldner, P.; Verstraeten, A.; Schmitz, A.; Michel, A.; Žlindra, D.; Marchetto, A.; Hansen, K.; Pitar, D.; Gottardini, E.; Calatayud, V.; Haeni, M.; Schaub, M.; Kirchner, T.; Hiederer, R.; Potočić, N.; Timmermann, V.; Ognjenović, M.; Schuck, A.; ... Kirchner, T.; Linser, S., 2020: Criterion 2: maintenance of forest ecosystem health and vitality. In: 2020: State of Europe's Forests 2020. Bratislava, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. 52-86.
Erni, M.; Burg, V.; Bont, L.; Thees, O.; Ferretti, M.; Stadelmann, G.; Schweier, J., 2020: Current (2020) and long-term (2035 and 2050) sustainable potentials of wood fuel in Switzerland. Sustainability, 12, 22: 9749 (30 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su12229749
Gottardini, E.; Cristofolini, F.; Cristofori, A.; Pollastrini, M.; Camin, F.; Ferretti, M., 2020: A multi-proxy approach reveals common and species-specific features associated with tree defoliation in broadleaved species. Forest Ecology and Management, 467: 118151 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118151
Trotsiuk, V.; Hartig, F.; Cailleret, M.; Babst, F.; Forrester, D.I.; Baltensweiler, A.; Buchmann, N.; Bugmann, H.; Gessler, A.; Gharun, M.; Minunno, F.; Rigling, A.; Rohner, B.; Stillhard, J.; Thürig, E.; Waldner, P.; Ferretti, M.; Eugster, W.; Schaub, M., 2020: Assessing the response of forest productivity to climate extremes in Switzerland using model-data fusion. Global Change Biology, 26, 4: 2463-2476. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15011
Etzold, S.; Ferretti, M.; Reinds, G.J.; Solberg, S.; Gessler, A.; Waldner, P.; Schaub, M.; Simpson, D.; Benham, S.; Hansen, K.; Ingerslev, M.; Jonard, M.; Karlsson, P.E.; Lindroos, A.; Marchetto, A.; Manninger, M.; Meesenburg, H.; Merilä, P.; Nöjd, P.; ... De Vries, W., 2020: Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of pure, even-aged and managed European forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 458: 117762 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117762
Yu, K.; Smith, W.K.; Trugman, A.T.; Condit, R.; Hubbell, S.P.; Sardans, J.; Peng, C.; Zhu, K.; Peñuelas, J.; Cailleret, M.; Levanic, T.; Gessler, A.; Schaub, M.; Ferretti, M.; Anderegg, W.R.L., 2019: Pervasive decreases in living vegetation carbon turnover time across forest climate zones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 116, 49: 24662-24667. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821387116
Rigling, A.; Etzold, S.; Bebi, P.; Brang, P.; Ferretti, M.; Forrester, D.; Gärtner, H.; Gessler, A.; Ginzler, C.; Moser, B.; Schaub, M.; Stroheker, S.; Trotsiuk, V.; Walthert, L.; Zweifel, R.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2019: Wie viel Trockenheit ertragen unsere Wälder? Lehren aus extremen Trockenjahren. In: Bründl, M.; Schweizer, J. (eds), 2019: Lernen aus Extremereignissen. Forum für Wissen 2019: Lernen aus Extremereignissen, Davos, Switzerland. 39-51.
Ferretti, M.; Bacaro, G.; Brunialti, G.; Confalonieri, M.; Cristofolini, F.; Cristofori, A.; Frati, L.; Finco, A.; Gerosa, G.; Maccherini, S.; Gottardini, E., 2018: Scarce evidence of ozone effect on recent health and productivity of alpine forests—a case study in Trentino, N. Italy. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25: 8217-8232. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-1195-z
Cailleret, M.; Ferretti, M.; Gessler, A.; Rigling, A.; Schaub, M., 2018: Ozone effects on European forest growth - towards an integrative approach. Journal of Ecology, 106, 4: 1377-1389. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12941
Rohner, B.; Waldner, P.; Lischke, H.; Ferretti, M.; Thürig, E., 2018: Predicting individual-tree growth of central European tree species as a function of site, stand, management, nutrient, and climate effects. European Journal of Forest Research, 137: 29-44. doi: 10.1007/s10342-017-1087-7
Gottardini, E.; Cristofolini, F.; Cristofori, A.; Ferretti, M., 2018: In search for evidence: combining ad hoc survey, monitoring, and modeling to estimate the potential and actual impact of ground level ozone on forests in Trentino (Northern Italy). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25: 8206-8216. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-9998-x
Gottardini, E.; Cristofolini, F.; Ferretti, M., 2017: Foliar symptoms on Viburnum lantana reflect annual changes in summer ozone concentration in Trentino (northern Italy). Ecological Indicators, 78: 26-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.043
Bussotti, F.; Schaub, M.; Cozzi, A.; Kräuchi, N.; Ferretti, M.; Novak, K.; Skelly, J.M., 2003: Assessment of ozone visible symptoms in the field: perspectives of quality control. Environmental Pollution, 125, 1: 81-89. doi: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00095-2
Paoletti, E.; Augustaitis, A.; Bytnerowicz, A.; Bucher, J.B.; Ferretti, M.; Johnson, D.; Karnosky, D.F.; Mankovska, B.; Müller-Starck, G.; Percy, K.E., 2003: 2002 State of science and knowledge gaps with respect to air pollution impacts on forests: reports from IUFRO RG7.04.00 meeting. Ekologia Bratislava, 22, Suppl. 1/2003: 8-17.
Percy, K.; Bucher, J.; Cape, J.; Feretti, M.; Heath, R.; Jones, H.E.; Karnovsky, D.; Müller-Starck, G.; Paoletti, E.; Rosengren-Brinck, U.; Sheppard, L.; Skelly, J.; Weetman, G., 1999: State of science and knowledge gaps with respect to air pollution impacts on forests: Report from concurrent IUFRO 7.04.00 Working party sessions. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 116: 443-448. doi: 10.1023/A:1005235932153
Ferretti, M.; Cherubini, P., 1998: Il monitoraggio di lungo periodo per conoscere e gestire gli ecosistemi forestali. Sherwood, 23-28.
Further scientific publications
Hägeli, M.; Fischer, C.; Abegg, M.; Traub, B.; Thürig, E., 2021: Swiss National Forest Inventory Programme. 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. 31-32.
Hegetschweiler, T.; Schulz, T., 2021: Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences. 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. 45-46.
Ginzler, C., 2021: Research Unit Land Change Science. 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. 39-40.
Gessler, A., 2021: Research Programme LWF. 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. 47-48.
Brunner, I.; Hagedorn, F.; Luster, J.; Meusburger, K.; Waldner, P., 2021: Research Unit Forest Soil and Biogeochemistry. 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. 37-38.
Brockerhoff, E.; Queloz, V., 2021: Research Unit Forest Health and Biotic Interactions. 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. 35-36.
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.
Holderegger, R.; Bergamini, A., 2021: Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology. 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. 41-42.
Ferretti, M.; Brang, P.; Fischer, C.; Forrester, D.; Hägeli, M.; Schweier, J.; Thürig, E., 2021: Research Unit Forest Resources and Management. 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. 29-30.
Zimmermann, N., 2021: Research Programme Extremes. 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. 49-50.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Gessler, A.; Schaub, M.; Von Arx, G.; Rigling, A., 2021: Research Unit Forest Dynamics. 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. 33-34.
Graham, C.; Wüest Karpati, R., 2021: WSL Biodiversity Center. 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. 51-52.
Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A., 2021: Swiss AIM: conclusions from the workshop and next steps. 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. 23-27.
Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A., 2021: Swiss AIM in the perspective of WSL research units, programmes and centres. 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. 16-22.
Ferretti, M., 2021: Origin, features, vision and objectives of the Swiss AIM initiative. 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. 7-15.
In this volume, we present the main inputs and outputs of the internal WSL Workshop "Towards an Advanced Inventorying and Monitoring System for the Swiss forest", held virtually on 12 November 2020. Participants at the Swiss AIM Workshop were asked to express their view on the Swiss AIM initiative from several perspectives. They presented scientific questions for a variety of temporal, spatial, environmental and ecological scales: from single sites to the entire country, and from cells to ecosystems.
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Rohner, B.; Lanz, A.; Cioldi, F.; Meile, R.; Thürig, E.; Ferretti, M., 2020: Kronenzustand und Zuwachs in Schweizer Buchenwäldern während der Trockenheit 2018. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 171, 5: 306-309.
Gottardini, E.; Calatayud, V.; Corradini, S.; Pitar, D.; Vollenweider, P.; Ferretti, M.; Schaub, M., 2019: Activities to improve data quality in ozone symptom assessment within the expert panel on ambient air quality. In: Michel, A.; Prescher, A.; Schwärzel, K. (eds), 2019: Forest condition in Europe 2019 technical report of ICP Forests. Report under the UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). Vienna, BFW Austrian Research Centre for Forests. 36-40.
Ferretti, M.; Bertini, G.; Bussotti, F.; Canini, L.; Cammarano, M.; Canullo, R.; Carnicelli, S.; Cecchini, G.; Fabbio, G.; Farina, A.; Giorgini, D.; Feducci, M.; Marchetto, A.; Marchi, M.; Matteucci, G.; Zouglami, K., 2017: Actual and potential impact of air pollution on Italian forests: results from the long-term national forest monitoring networks under the ICP Forests. In: D'Elia, I.; De Marco, A.; Vialetto, G. (eds), 2017: Effect-based activities on air pollution: what is the state of the natural and anthropogenic italian ecosystems?. 21-38.
Schaub, M.; Haeni, M.; Ferretti, M.; Gottardini, E.; Calatyud, V., 2016: Ground level ozone and its impact on European forests. In: 2016: 30 years of monitoring the effects of long-range transboundary air pollution on forests in Europe and beyond. Eberswalde, Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems. 52-56.
Schaub, M.; Bičárová, S.; Calatayud, V.; Ferretti, M.; Gottardini, E.; Haeni, M.; Sicard, P., 2016: Ozone in forests - concentrations, effects, and fluxes. In: Seidling, W. (eds), 2016: Forest conditions. ICP Forests 2016 executive report. 15-17.
Ferretti, M.; Beuker, E.; Calatayud, V.; Canullo, R.; Dobbertin, M.; Eichhorn, J.; Neumann, M.; Roskams, P.; Schaub, M., 2013: Data quality in field surveys: methods and results for tree condition, phenology, growth, plant diversity and foliar injury due to ozone. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, R. (eds), 2013: Forest monitoring: methods for terrestrial investigations in Europe with an overview of North America and Asia. Amsterdam, Elsevier. 397-414. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098222-9.00021-2
Schaub, M.; Calatayud, V., 2013: Assessment of visible foliar injury induced by ozone. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, R. (eds), 2013: Forest monitoring: methods for terrestrial investigations in Europe with an overview of North America and Asia. Amsterdam, Elsevier. 205-221. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-098222-9.00011-X
Paoletti, E.; Andersen, C.; Bastrup-Birk, A.; Bytnerowicz, A.; Ferretti, M.; Günthardt-Goerg, M.S.; Johnson, D.; Müller-Starck, G.; Huttunen, S., 2005: Air Pollution Impacts on Forest Ecosystems: Key-Results from the 2004 IUFRO RG 7.04.00 Meeting. In: Kinnunen, H.; Huttunen, S. (eds), 2005: Proceedings of the Meeting "Forest und changing climate, enhanced UV and air pollution". Meeting "Forest und changing climate, enhanced UV and air pollution", Oulu. 196-210.
Fischer, R. (Ed.); Barbosa, P. (Ed.); Bastrup-Birk, A. (Ed.); Becher, G. (Ed.); Dobbertin, M. (Ed.); Ferretti, M. (Ed.); Goldammer, J.G. (Ed.); Haussmann, T. (Ed.); Lorenz, M. (Ed.); Mayer, P. (Ed.); Mues, V. (Ed.); Petriccione, B. (Ed.); Raspe, S. (Ed.); Roskams, P. (Ed.); Sase, H. (Ed.); Stofer, S. (Ed.); Wulff, S. (Ed.); Dobbertin, M.; Ferretti, M.; Fischer, R.; Mayer, P.; Lorenz, M.; Becher, G.; Mues, V.; Bastrup-Birk, A.; Barbosa, P.; Goldammer, J.G.; Haussmann, T.; Petriccione, P.; Stofer, S.; Roskams, P.; Raspe, S.; Sase, H.; Wulff, S., 2004: The condition of forests in Europe. 2004 Executive report. 51 p.
Ferretti, M.; Bussotti, F.; Calatayud, V.; Sanz, M.-J.; Schaub, M.; Kräuchi, N.; Petriccione, B.; Sanchez-Pena, G.; Ulrich, E., 2004: Ozone and the forests of South-Western Europe: a summary. In: Ferretti, M.; Schaub, M.; Sanz, M.-J. (eds), 2004: O3SWE - Ozone and the Forests of South-Western Europe. Final Report. 141-154.
Ferretti, M.; Bussotti, F.; Calatayud, V.; Sanz, M.-J.; Schaub, M.; Kräuchi, N.; Petriccione, B.; Sanchez-Pena, G.; Ulrich, E., 2004: O3SWE - Ozone and the forests of South-Western Europe: an international co-operative initiative. In: Ferretti, M.; Schaub, M.; Sanz, M.-J. (eds), 2004: O3SWE - Ozone and the Forests of South-Western Europe. Final Report. 13-51.
Ferretti, M.; Sanz, M.-J.; Schaub, M., 2004: O3SWE - Ozone and the forests of South-Western Europe. Final report. 149 p.
Asta, J.; Erhardt, W.; Ferretti, M.; Fornasier, F.; Kirschbaum, U.; Nimis, P.L.; Purvis, O.W.; Pirintsos, S.; Scheidegger, C.; Van Haluwyn, C.; Wirth, V., 2002: Mapping lichen diversity as an indicator of environmental quality. In: Nimis, P.L.; Scheidegger, C.; Wolseley, P.A. (eds), 2002: Monitoring with lichens – monitoring lichens. Dordrecht, Springer. 273-279. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-0423-7_19
Magazine article and brochures
Schaub, M.; Haeni, M.; Calatayud, V.; Ferretti, M.; Gottardini, E., 2018: ICP Forests. 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: ICP Forests. 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.
