All Stories

  1. Linking Acoustic Indices to Vegetation and Microclimate in a Historical Urban Garden: Setting the Stage for a Restorative Soundscape

    Article • Land, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  2. Sustainable forest planning: Assessing biodiversity effects of Triad zoning based on empirical data and virtual landscapes

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Peter Schall, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  3. CrowNet: a trail-camera canopy monitoring system

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  4. Towards an effective in-situ biodiversity assessment in European forests

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  5. Managed forests are a stronghold of non‐native beetles in Europe

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  6. One to rule them all? Assessing the performance of sustainable forest management indicators against multitaxonomic data for biodiversity conservation

    Article • Biological Conservation, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  7. Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  8. Reliability of canopy photography for forest ecology and biodiversity studies

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  9. Estimating canopy and stand structure in hybrid poplar plantations from multispectral UAV imagery

    Article • Annals of Forest Research, July 2024, Forest Research and Management Institute

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  10. Widespread breakdown in masting in European beech due to rising summer temperatures

    Article • Global Change Biology, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  11. One to rule them all? Assessing the performance of sustainable forest management indicators against multitaxonomic data for biodiversity conservation

    Article • February 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  12. Relating forest structural characteristics to bat and bird diversity in the Italian Alps

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  13. Influence of Root Reinforcement on Shallow Landslide Distribution: A Case Study in Garfagnana (Northern Tuscany, Italy)

    Article • Geosciences, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  14. Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to?

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  15. Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients

    Article • Nature Plants, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  16. hemispheR: an R package for fisheye canopy image analysis

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  17. treespat:an R package for spatial tree diversity analysis

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  18. Review of ground and aerial methods for vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities estimation: definitions, advances, challenges, and future perspectives

    Article • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  19. On the temporal mismatch between in-situ and satellite-derived spring phenology of European beech forests

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  20. Words apart: Standardizing forestry terms and definitions across European biodiversity studies

    Article • Forest Ecosystems, January 2023, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  21. LAD: an R package to estimate leaf angle distribution from measured leaf inclination angles

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  22. bRaw: an R package for digital raw canopy imagery

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  23. coveR: an R package for processing digital cover photography images to retrieve forest canopy attributes

    Article • Trees, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  24. Estimating canopy and stand structure in hybrid poplar plantations from multispectral UAV imagery

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  25. Investigating the relationships among vegetation characters, saturated hydraulic conductivity and surface morphology at catchment scale by integrating new field data and morphometric analysis

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  26. MASTREE+: Time‐series of plant reproductive effort from six continents

    Article • Global Change Biology, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  27. Ultrahigh-resolution boreal forest canopy mapping: Combining UAV imagery and photogrammetric point clouds in a deep-learning-based approach

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  28. coveR: An R package for processing Digital Cover Photography images to retrieve forest canopy attributes

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  29. Handbook of field sampling for multi-taxon biodiversity studies in European forests

    Article • Ecological Indicators, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  30. Testing an expanded set of sustainable forest management indicators in Mediterranean coppice area

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  31. Artificial intelligence for mapping forest plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery

    Article • GIScience & Remote Sensing, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  32. Continuous observations of forest canopy structure using low-cost digital camera traps

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  33. Evaluating sampling schemes for quantifying seed production in beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests using ground quadrats

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  34. With great power comes great responsibility: an analysis of sustainable forest management quantitative indicators in the DPSIR framework

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  35. Characterizing the climatic niche of mast seeding in beech: Evidences of trade-offs between vegetation growth and seed production

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  36. A comparison of ground-based count methods for quantifying seed production in temperate broadleaved tree species

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  37. Testing Removal of Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, and Atmospheric Particles by Urban Parks in Italy

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  38. Lidar-based estimates of aboveground biomass through ground, aerial, and satellite observation: a case study in a Mediterranean forest

    Article • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, October 2020, SPIE

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  39. Nondestructive Tree Stem and Crown Volume Allometry in Hybrid Poplar Plantations Derived from Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Article • Forest Science, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  40. Epiphytic lichen diversity and sustainable forest management criteria and indicators: A multivariate and modelling approach in coppice forests of Italy

    Article • Ecological Indicators, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  41. Probabilistic sampling and estimation for large-scale assessment of poplar plantations in Northern Italy

    Article • European Journal of Forest Research, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  42. An overview of in situ digital canopy photography in forestry

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, March 2020, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  43. Estimation of wood production by poplar plantations exploiting Sentinel-2 data

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2020, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  44. An intensity, image-based method to estimate gap fraction, canopy openness and effective leaf area index from phase-shift terrestrial laser scanning

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  45. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2019, Wiley

    Tereza Mašková, Piermaria Corona, Matteo Dainese, Dr. Frederic Lens, Dr Julia C Sfair, Dr David YP Tng, Dr Fabio Carvalho, Katarina Cufar, Péter Török, Dr Jaime E Villacís, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  46. THz Water Transmittance and Leaf Surface Area: An Effective Nondestructive Method for Determining Leaf Water Content

    Article • Sensors, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  47. Development of digital photographic approaches to assess leaf traits in broadleaf tree species

    Article • Ecological Indicators, November 2019, Elsevier

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  48. Spatio-temporal variability in structure and diversity in forests

    Article • Ecological Indicators, September 2019, Elsevier

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  49. Multi-temporal stand and canopy structural data in temperate and Mediterranean coppice forests

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Piermaria Corona, Dr Francesco Chianucci

  50. A new method to estimate clumping index integrating gap fraction averaging with the analysis of gap size distribution

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, May 2019, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  51. Generalized biomass equations for Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) across the Mediterranean basin

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  52. Sustainable Land-Use, Wildfires, and Evolving Local Contexts in a Mediterranean Country, 2000–2015

    Article • Sustainability, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  53. Comparison of Seven Inversion Models for Estimating Plant and Woody Area Indices of Leaf-on and Leaf-off Forest Canopy Using Explicit 3D Forest Scenes

    Article • Remote Sensing, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  54. Estimation of ground canopy cover in agricultural crops using downward-looking photography

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  55. A dataset of leaf inclination angles for temperate and boreal broadleaf woody species

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  56. Climate, tree masting and spatial behaviour in wild boar (Sus scrofa L.): insight from a long-term study

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  57. An objective image analysis method for estimation of canopy attributes from digital cover photography

    Article • Trees, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  58. A spatio-temporal dataset of forest mensuration for the analysis of tree species structure and diversity in semi-natural mixed floodplain forests

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  59. Relationships between overstory and understory structure and diversity in semi-natural mixed floodplain forests at Bosco Fontana (Italy)

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, December 2016, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  60. Estimation of canopy attributes in forests using digital images from fixed-wing UAV

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  61. Long-term response to thinning in a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) coppice stand under conversion to high forest in Central Italy

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2016, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Ugo Chiavetta, Piermaria Corona

  62. A note on estimating canopy cover from digital cover and hemispherical photography

    Article • Silva Fennica, January 2016, Finnish Society of Forest Science

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  63. A multidimensional statistical framework to explore seasonal profile, severity and land-use preferences of wildfires in a Mediterranean country

    Article • International Forestry Review, December 2015, Commonwealth Forestry Association

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  64. Is anticipated seed cutting an effective option to accelerate transition to high forest in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) coppice stands?

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  65. Estimation of leaf area index in isolated trees with digital photography and its application to urban forestry

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  66. Wild ungulates and forests in Europe: insights from long term studies in Central Italy

    Article • January 2015, Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  67. Photographic assessment of overstory and understory leaf area index in beech forests under different management regimes in Central Italy

    Article • Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused, December 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Ugo Chiavetta

  68. Estimation of leaf area index in understory deciduous trees using digital photography

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Piermaria Corona

  69. Estimation of foliage clumping from the LAI-2000 Plant Canopy Analyzer: effect of view caps

    Article • Trees, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  70. The estimation of canopy attributes from digital cover photography by two different image analysis methods

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, August 2014, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Dr Francesco Chianucci, Ugo Chiavetta

  71. Allometric relationships for volume and biomass for stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) in Italian coastal stands

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, August 2013, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  72. Mast seeding in deciduous forests of the northern Apennines (Italy) and its influence on wild boar population dynamics

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  73. Estimation of canopy properties in deciduous forests with digital hemispherical and cover photography

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  74. Digital hemispherical photography for estimating forest canopy properties: current controversies and opportunities

    Article • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, December 2012, Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)

    Dr Francesco Chianucci

  75. Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) browsing effects and use of chestnut and Turkey oak coppiced areas

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stefano Grignolio, Dr Francesco Chianucci