Publications
This page lists peer-reviewed scientific articles published by ForestLab members during the last three years (2024–2026). In papers with large author teams, ForestLab members are explicitly identified so that their contribution remains immediately visible. For complete and up-to-date publication lists, see the individual Google Scholar profiles of Giorgio Vacchiano, Matteo Vizzarri and Lorenzo Rossi.
2026
Brocco S., Morresi D., Berretti R., Garbarino M., Motta R., Vacchiano G. (2026) Decarbonization through wood-based building material substitution in mountain territories. Trees, Forests and People, 23:101140.
Brocco S. et al. (2026) Modeling and optimizing alpine forest management to maximize carbon sequestration. European Journal of Forest Research, 145:21.
Bui T.U., Vacchiano G. (2026) Assessing forest resilience after windthrow: linking deadwood, regeneration, and landscape-scale susceptibility – A case study in a Pre-Alpine forest in Italy. iForest, 19:102-113.
Cislaghi A., Morando P., Vercellino I., Mascetti G., Vizzarri M., Vacchiano G., Bischetti G.B. (2026) Delineating protection forests at the regional scale: a decision-support framework for forest planning and management. Forest Ecology and Management, 621:124192.
Clark J.S. et al. (2026) Continental Contrasts in Climate Extremes That Control Tree Fecundity. Global Change Biology, 32:e70738.
Dolivet-Maréchal M. et al. (2026) The Dual Climate Role of Seagrass Meadows in Arcachon Bay. Earth Systems and Environment.
Erdozain M. et al. (2026) The role of social, policy and economic forces in shaping forest restoration practices in Europe. Land Use Policy, 161:107876.
Gibertini C. et al. (2026) Afforestation priority for multiple objectives at national scale: Italy as a case study. Restoration Ecology, e70400.
Hoang T.T., Vilà-Vilardell L., Müller M.M., Vacchiano G., Pezzatti G.B., Dupire S., Schunk C., Vacik H. (2026) Stakeholders’ perception about forest fires in the Alpine region. Forest Policy and Economics, 189:103830.
Lauro S., Dalmazzone S., Vacchiano G., Bagliani M.M. (2026) Eating nature: Revealing the ecological cost of food trade through a global biodiversity-risk footprint. Ecological Economics, 250:109142.
Oggioni S.D., Rossi L.M.W., Terzago S., Bohn F.J., Vacchiano G. (2026) Simulating silver fir provenance responses to climate change: A forest modelling approach in the Northern Apennines. Forest Ecosystems, 15:100389.
Romanato F., Oggioni S.D., Vizzarri M., Vacchiano G. (2026) Functional Trade-Offs in Productive and Structurally Heterogeneous Forests: Insights from the Italian Alps. Forests, 17:436.
Vacchiano G. (2026) Coherence without cause? On the quantum coherence hypothesis in tree electrophysiology during solar eclipses. A Comment on: ‘Bioelectrical synchronization of Picea abies during a solar eclipse’ (2025), by Chiolerio et al.. Royal Society Open Science, 13(3):251239.
2025
Malanchini L., Perello N., Trucchia A., Rossi L.M.W., Fiorucci P., Vacchiano G. (2025) Modeling wildfires in the Alpine context: Lessons learnt from real case studies. Environmental Challenges, 21:101357.
Rossi L.M.W., Oggioni S.D., Brocco S., Djacenko S., Vacchiano G. (2025) Interplay of species mixture, climate change, and management regimes on carbon stocks and sinks in a Mediterranean beech forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 578:122472.
Saini M., Ovando G., Colla L., Vacchiano G. (2025) Mitigating urban heat: Spatial reach of cooling effect in nine urban forests of Milan. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 114:129158.
Ceriani R. et al. (2025) Hyperspectral and LiDAR space-borne data for assessing mountain forest volume and biomass. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 141:104614.
Erdozain M. et al. (2025) The Evolution of Forest Restoration in Europe: A Synthesis for a Step Forward Based on National Expert Knowledge. Current Forestry Reports, 11:4.
Vizzarri M. et al. (2025) Hearing nature’s heartbeat: towards large-scale real-time forest monitoring network in Italy. iForest, 18:202–211.
Piazza N., Bottero A., Gaume J., Vacchiano G., Marcer M., Bebi P. (2025) Growing trees decrease the frequency of avalanche release in an alpine afforestation in the Swiss Alps. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 239:104612.
Senf C. et al. (2025) Towards a global understanding of tree mortality. New Phytologist, 245:2377–2392.
Vineis P., Orsini N., Vacchiano G. (2025) The 10th anniversary of the Paris agreement on climate: unmet goals and unanswered questions. Frontiers in Public Health, 13:1657860.
Sarkki S. et al. (2025) Polytraps in European rural mountainous regions: an expert view. European Planning Studies.
2024
Paillet Y. et al. (2024) One to rule them all? Assessing the performance of sustainable forest management indicators against multitaxonomic data for biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation, 300:110874.
Nagel T.A. et al. (2024) Can triad forestry reconcile Europe’s biodiversity and forestry strategies? A critical evaluation of forest zoning. Ambio, online 2024.
Piazza N., Malanchini L., Nevola E., Vacchiano G. (2024) Where to start with climate-smart forest management? Climatic risk for forest-based mitigation. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24:3579–3595.
Hof A.R. et al. (2024) A perspective on the need for integrated frameworks linking species distribution and dynamic forest landscape models across spatial scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12:1112712.
Piazza N., Bebi P., Vacchiano G., Rigling A., Wohlgemuth T., Bottero A. (2024) Post-windthrow forest development in spruce-dominated mountain forests in Central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management, 561:121884.
Journé V. et al. (2024) The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates. Ecology Letters, 27:e14500.
Oggioni S.D., Rossi L.M.W., Avanzi C., Marchetti M., Piotti A., Vacchiano G. (2024) Drought responses of Italian silver fir provenances in a climate change perspective. Dendrochronologia, 85:126184.
Barredo J.I., Vizzarri M., Kuželová K. (2024) Archetypal typology of European forest ecosystems integrating management intensity and naturalness. Ambio, 53:1587–1598.
Vizzarri M. (2024) Managing Global Forests in View of Multiple Goals: An Evidence-Based Perspective. Land, 13:2169.