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  1. Ancient Mediterranean oaks reveal the hidden legacy of the Black Death

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jordan Palli, Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  2. Mediterranean strictly protected forests are cooler

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  3. Reconstruction of climatic and socio-economic impacts on the landscape of Northern Tuscany (Italy) over the last 2000 years based on palaeoecological and historical evidence

    Article • Anthropocene, December 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  4. Restore strict protection for wolves in Europe

    Article • Science, October 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  5. Reclaiming strict protection via the European Green Deal

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, October 2025, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  6. Are we zoning out? Biases in the assessment of protected area zoning and a blueprint for a way forward

    Article • One Earth, September 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  7. Large‐scale atmospheric variability entails differential modes of seasonal tree growth in the Mediterranean Basin

    Article • Journal of Ecology, July 2025, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  8. The human-driven ecological success of olive trees over the last 3700 years in the Central Mediterranean

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2025, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  9. Digital Canopies: Evaluating the Impact of Different LiDAR-Derived CHMs for Old-Growth Forest Mapping and Monitoring

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  10. The Paleo‐Serchio River: history of floods between Lucca and Pisa during the Roman period

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, November 2024, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  11. The return of tall forests: Reconstructing the canopy resilience of an extensively harvested primary forest in Mediterranean mountains

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  12. EU2030 biodiversity strategy: Unveiling gaps in the coverage of ecoregions and threatened species within the strictly protected areas of Italy

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, June 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  13. Carbon carrying capacity in primary forests shows potential for mitigation achieving the European Green Deal 2030 target

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  14. The recent evolution of the salt marsh ‘Pantano Grande’ (NE Sicily, Italy): interplay between natural and human activity over the last 3700 years

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, December 2023, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  15. Bell-shaped tree-ring responses to air temperature drive productivity trends in long-lived mountain Mediterranean pines

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  16. A Multidisciplinary Study of Wild Grapevines in the River Crati Natural Reserve, South Italy (Calabria): Implications in Conservation Biology and Palaeoecological Reconstructions

    Article • Quaternary, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  17. Correction to: Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  18. Analysing the distribution of strictly protected areas toward the EU2030 target

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  19. The Real “Treasure” of Montecristo Island: The Oldest Dated Holm Oaks in the Mediterranean

    Article • The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, June 2023, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  20. Rediscovering Montecristo's treasure: The island's holm oaks reveal exceptional longevity

    Article • Ecology, May 2023, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  21. Protect old-growth forests in Europe now

    Article • Science, May 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  22. Maximum tree lifespans derived from public-domain dendrochronological data

    Article • iScience, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  23. The Longevity of Fruit Trees in Basilicata (Southern Italy): Implications for Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation

    Article • Land, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  24. Rewilding is Restoring Mediterranean Mountain Forest Ecosystems

    Article • The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, January 2023, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  25. An Unpiloted Aerial System (UAV) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Based Approach to Detect Canopy Forest Structure Parameters in Old-Growth Beech Forests: Preliminary Results

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  26. Multi-Temporal Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Productivity Trend in Mediterranean Coastal Forest Ecosystems: The Study Case of the State Natural Reserve "Duna Feniglia" (Italy)

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  27. Historical ecology identifies long‐term rewilding strategy for conservingMediterranean mountain forests in southItaly

    Article • Ecological Applications, December 2022, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  28. Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, December 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  29. Modelling Fagus sylvatica stem growth along a wide thermal gradient in Italy by incorporating dendroclimatic classification and land surface phenology metrics

    Article • International Journal of Biometeorology, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  30. Reply to ‘Reduction in grain pollen indicates population decline, but not necessarily Black Death mortality’

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  31. Geolocation of mountain businesses: Identifying and characterizing clusters by altitude in the Central Apennines

    Article • Land Use Policy, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  32. Maximum tree lifespans derived from public-domain dendrochronological data

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  33. Investigating sacred natural sites and protected areas for forest area changes in Italy

    Article • Conservation Science and Practice, June 2022, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  34. The environmental dimension of ecotourism in Italian protected areas: a comparison of two bio-geographical regions based on the assessment of accredited hiking guides

    Article • Journal of Ecotourism, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  35. Unveiling the complex canopy spatial structure of a Mediterranean old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest from UAV observations

    Article • Ecological Indicators, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  36. Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Daniel Abel-Schaad, Magdalena Fiłoc, Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Aleks Pluskowski

  37. Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity

    Article • Nature Plants, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  38. Mediterranean old-growth forests exhibit resistance to climate warming

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  39. Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and act as evolutionary buffers against long-term environmental change

    Article • October 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  40. Characterizing historical transformation trajectories of the forest landscape in Rome's metropolitan area (Italy) for effective planning of sustainability goals

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, August 2021, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  41. Italy: Forest harvesting is the opposite of green growth

    Article • Nature, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  42. Big Data Palaeoecology reveals significant variation in Black Death mortality in Europe

    Article • July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Aleks Pluskowski

  43. Warmer springs have increased the frequency and extension of late-frost defoliations in southern European beech forests

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  44. Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 11

    Article • Italian Botanist, May 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  45. On tree longevity

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2021, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  46. In the Mediterranean Mountains, Some Sessile Oaks Can Live for a Millennium

    Article • The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, January 2021, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  47. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Derived Canopy Gaps in the Old-Growth Beech Forest of Mount Pollinello (Italy): Preliminary Results

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  48. Long‐term changes in Italian mountain forests detected by resurvey of historical vegetation data

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, October 2020, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  49. Radiocarbon dating of Aspromonte sessile oaks reveals the oldest dated temperate flowering tree in the world

    Article • Ecology, September 2020, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  50. Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Ricardo Villalba

  51. A consilience-driven approach to land use history in relation to reconstructing forest land use legacies

    Article • Landscape Ecology, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  52. Climate–human interactions contributed to historical forest recruitment dynamics in Mediterranean subalpine ecosystems

    Article • Global Change Biology, July 2020, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  53. Toward the development of sustainable ecotourism in Italian national parks of the Apennines: insights from hiking guides

    Article • Ecology and Society, January 2020, Resilience Alliance, Inc.

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  54. A light‐demanding pine spreads into a closed forest

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, October 2019, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  55. Need for a global map of forest naturalness for a sustainable future

    Article • Conservation Biology, September 2019, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  56. Slow Growth Leads to Longevity in Temperate Hardwoods

    Article • The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, July 2019, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  57. Lessons from the wild: slow but increasing long‐term growth allows for maximum longevity in European beech

    Article • Ecology, May 2019, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  58. IDENTIFYING THE 993–994 CE MIYAKE EVENT IN THE OLDEST DATED LIVING TREE IN EUROPE

    Article • Radiocarbon, May 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  59. Lakes as paleoseismic records in a seismically-active, low-relief area (Rieti Basin, central Italy)

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  60. Tree growth patterns associated with extreme longevity: implications for the ecology and conservation of primeval trees in Mediterranean mountains

    Article • Anthropocene, March 2019, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  61. Geographical adaptation prevails over species‐specific determinism in trees’ vulnerability to climate change at Mediterranean rear‐edge forests

    Article • Global Change Biology, February 2019, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  62. Land Use and the Human Impact on the Environment in Medieval Italy

    Article • Journal of Interdisciplinary History, November 2018, The MIT Press

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  63. Challenging X-ray Fluorescence Applications for Environmental Studies at XLab Frascati

    Article • Condensed Matter, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  64. The oldest dated tree of Europe lives in the wild Pollino massif: Italus , a strip-bark Heldreich's pine

    Article • Ecology, May 2018, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  65. The potential of paleoecology for functional forest restoration planning: lessons from Late Holocene Italian pollen records

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Anna Maria Mercuri, Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  66. Historical ecology reveals landscape transformation coincident with cultural development in central Italy since the Roman Period

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  67. Tree growth dynamics during early ontogenetic stages in closed forests

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

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  68. Dating old hollow trees by applying a multistep tree-ring and radiocarbon procedure to trunk and exposed roots

    Article • MethodsX, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  69. From the Late Medieval to Early Modern in the Rieti Basin (AD 1325–1601): Paleoecological and Historical Approaches to a Landscape in Transition

    Article • Historical Geography, January 2018, Project Muse

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Edward Schoolman

  70. Large-scale atmospheric circulation enhances the Mediterranean East-West tree growth contrast at rear-edge deciduous forests

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, May 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  71. Hydrochemical determination of source water contributions to Lake Lungo and Lake Ripasottile (central Italy)

    Article • Journal of Limnology, December 2016, PAGEPress Publications

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  72. Tree ring-based metrics for assessing old-growth forest naturalness

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, October 2016, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  73. From Landsat to leafhoppers: A multidisciplinary approach for sustainable stocking assessment and ecological monitoring in mountain grasslands

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, October 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  74. Human and climatically induced environmental change in the Mediterranean during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age: A case from central Italy

    Article • Anthropocene, September 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  75. Silvicultural and logging impact on soil characteristics in Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Mediterranean coppice

    Article • Ecological Engineering, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  76. Missing Rings in Pinus halepensis – The Missing Link to Relate the Tree-Ring Record to Extreme Climatic Events

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2016, Frontiers

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Katarina Cufar

  77. Erratum to: Dendrochemical investigation on hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) in poplars by an integrated study of micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography

    Article • Trees, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  78. Dendrochemical investigation on hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs) in poplars by an integrated study of micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography

    Article • Trees, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  79. Tree ring ecological signal is consistent with floristic composition and plant indicator values in MediterraneanFagus sylvaticaforests

    Article • Journal of Ecology, October 2015, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  80. Vegetation patterns in the Southern Apennines (Italy) during MIS 13: Deciphering pollen variability along a NW-SE transect

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  81. The longevity of broadleaf deciduous trees in Northern Hemisphere temperate forests: insights from tree-ring series

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, May 2015, Frontiers

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  82. 2700 years of Mediterranean environmental change in central Italy: a synthesis of sedimentary and cultural records to interpret past impacts of climate on society

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, May 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  83. Natural regeneration and gender-specific spatial pattern of Taxus baccata in an old-growth population in Foresta Umbra (Italy)

    Article • Dendrobiology, March 2015, Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  84. Phenorhythms and Forest Refugia

    Article • May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  85. Correction: Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the Distribution Range of Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis)

    Article • PLOS One, January 2014, PLOS

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Katarina Cufar

  86. Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the Distribution Range of Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis)

    Article • PLOS One, December 2013, PLOS

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Katarina Cufar

  87. Ecological behavior of Quercus suber and Quercus ilex inferred by topographic wetness index (TWI)

    Article • Trees, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  88. A dendrochronological analysis of Pinus pinea L. on the Italian mid-Tyrrhenian coast

    Article • Geochronometria, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  89. Biogeoclimatic influences on tree growth releases identified by the boundary line method in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) populations of southern Europe

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  90. Soil microarthropod communities from Mediterranean forest ecosystems in Central Italy under different disturbances

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  91. Old-growth attributes in a network of Apennines (Italy) beech forests: Disentangling the role of past human interferences and biogeoclimate

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  92. Bioclimate and growth history affect beech lifespan in the Italian Alps and Apennines

    Article • Global Change Biology, January 2012, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  93. Tree size distribution at increasing spatial scales converges to the rotated sigmoid curve in two old-growth beech stands of the Italian Apennines

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  94. Communicating old-growth forest through an educational trail

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  95. Combined dendroecological and normalized difference vegetation index analysis to detect regions of provenance in forest species

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  96. Irrigation regime as a key factor to improve growth performance ofQuercus suberL.

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  97. Climate change and oak growth decline: Dendroecology and stand productivity of a Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.) old stored coppice in Central Italy

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  98. Population ecology of yew (Taxus baccata L.) in the Central Apennines: spatial patterns and their relevance for conservation strategies

    Article • Plant Ecology, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  99. Drought-driven growth reduction in old beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of the central Apennines, Italy

    Article • Global Change Biology, June 2008, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  100. Bioclimatology of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Eastern Alps: spatial and altitudinal climatic signals identified through a tree-ring network

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, November 2007, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan, Katarina Cufar

  101. La hêtraie pluri-séculaire de la vallée Cervara (Parc national des Abruzzes, Italie)

    Article • Acta Botanica Gallica, December 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro Bernabei, Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  102. The evolutionary ecology of masting: does the environmental prediction hypothesis also have a role in mesic temperate forests?

    Article • Ecological Research, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  103. Long series relationships between global interannual CO2 increment and climate: Evidence for stability and change in role of the tropical and boreal-temperate zones

    Article • Chemosphere, June 2005, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  104. Spatial and altitudinal bioclimatic zones of the Italian peninsula identified from a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) tree-ring network

    Article • Acta Oecologica, May 2005, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  105. Structure, dynamics and dendroecology of an old-growth Fagus forest in the Apennines

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, January 2005, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  106. A long-term tree ring beech chronology from a high-elevation old-growth forest of Central Italy

    Article • Dendrochronologia, January 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  107. Uncertainties in the role of land vegetation in the carbon cycle

    Article • Chemosphere, December 2002, Elsevier

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  108. The Case for Genetic Engineering of Native and Landscape Trees against Introduced Pests and Diseases

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2002, Wiley

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  109. Climatic factors controlling reproduction and growth of Norway spruce in southern Norway

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, February 2002, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  110. Masting behaviour in beech: linking reproduction and climatic variation

    Article • Canadian Journal of Botany, January 2001, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  111. Winter North Atlantic oscillation effects on the tree rings of the Italian beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.)

    Article • International Journal of Biometeorology, September 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  112. Biosistematica Vegetale

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  113. Taxonomic evaluations of the genusPinus (Pinaceae) based on electrophoretic data of salt soluble and insoluble seed storage proteins

    Article • Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  114. Biologia Riproduttiva

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  115. A taxonomic analysis of seed proteins inPinus spp.(Pinaceae)

    Article • Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift, January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan

  116. Sistematica, Filogenesi E Citotassonomia

    Article • Giornale botanico italiano, January 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Gianluca Piovesan