Data analysis and modeling

Università di Camerino – Scuola di Bioscienze e Medicina Veterinaria

  • Support and collaboration activities for research on plant biodiversity in relation to the project ‘NEC Directive Italy’. Sampling Network in accordance with the ICP Forests protocols (including field data collection on epiphytic lichens, and data processing). Years 2019-2021.
  • Collaboration agreement for research, technological development, training and innovation in the fields of biodiversity and biomonitoring, and data processing and modelling.

Unione Europea

  • Partner del Progetto LIFE LIFE20 GIE/IT/000091 MODERn(NEC) (2021-2025). ‘New monitoring system to detect the effects of reduced pollutants emissions resulting from NEC Directive adoption’. Azioni A.1, A.2, B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.5, B.6, C.1, D.1, D.2, E.1. Responsabile dell’Azione B3 ‘Implementation and testing of existing and newly proposed indicators at the already existing and the newly selected monitoring sites’.

Acciaierie d’Italia SpA, ex-ILVA SpA

  • Biomonitoring network to assess air quality in the surroundings of the ILVA steelworks in Taranto (2014 survey): Lichen Diversity Index (IBL), lichen bioaccumulation of trace elements, ozone biomonitoring by means of vascular plants (Nicotiana tabacum). Years 2014-2017 and 2023-2025.
  • Biomonitoring network to assess PCDD/F, PAH and PCB in the surroundings of the ILVA steelworks in Taranto (2015 survey). Anni 2015-2018. Years 2015-2018 and 2023.
  • Integrated elaboration of the data collected within bioindication and bioaccumulation networks (2014 and 2014 surveys). Prescrizione AIA N. 93. Years 2017-2018.

Arma dei Carabinieri – Comando Unità Forestali, Ambientali e Agroalimentari (CUFAA)

  • LIFE Project SMART4Action “Sustainable Monitoring And Reporting To Inform Forest- and Environmental Awareness and Protection” – Action B.4 “Synthesis of information and participative design of the new system”. Years 2015-2018.
  • LIFE Project SMART4Action “Sustainable Monitoring And Reporting To Inform Forest- and Environmental Awareness and Protection” – Action B.1 “Analysis, evaluation and testing of forest ecosystems biological response”. Years 205-2018.
  • Integrated evaluation of the data collected during the year 2013 also in relation to the data of the relative time series related to the CONECOFOR Program. Year 2013.
  • LIFE Project Futmon “Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System (FutMon)” – Management and integrated processing of data collected on Level II areas. Action FutMon IM – 15(IT). Years 2009-2010.

ENEL Green Power SpA

  • Floristic survey and mapping of the vegetation of the ZSC IT5170102 ‘B12 Campi di alterazione geotermica di Monterotondo Marittimo e Sasso Pisano’. Years 2009 and 2020.
  • Lichen biomonitoring (bioindication and bioaccumulation) in the surroundings of the geothermal power plants of Nuova Radicondoli e Chiusdino 1 (Tuscany, Italy). Year 2016.
  • Lichen biomonitoring (bioindication and bioaccumulation) in the surroundings of the geothermoelectric power plant of Bagnore 4 (Italy). Years 2018, 2021 and 2024.
  • Lichen biomonitoring (bioindication and bioaccumulation) in the surroundings of the geothermoelectric power plants of Nuova Radicondoli e Chiusdino 1. Year 2019.
  • Lichen biomonitoring (bioindication and bioaccumulation) in the surroundings of the geothermoelectric
    power plants of Lagoni Rossi and Sasso 2. Year 2019.
  • Lichen biomonitoring (bioindication and bioaccumulation) in the surroundings of the geothermoelectric power plant of Monterotondo 2 (Italy). Year 2020.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

  • Technical Monitoring of the LIFE+ project ManFor C.BD. (LIFE09ENV/IT/000078). Years 2013-2015.
  • Integrated and long-term analysis of monitoring data to study the functionality of forest ecosystems, feasability study on the integration among research and monitoring networks on italian forest ecosystems and optimization criteria of the current monitoring network. Years 2014-2015.
  • Integrated processing of CONECOFOR data regarding the relationship between tree growth and environmental factors. Year 2013.
  • Data processing of the European network ICP-Forests: assessment of the distribution of forest damages expected to be caused by nitrogen deposition and assessment of their causes. Year 2012.

CREA – Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria

  • LIFE Project FutureForCoppiceS “Shaping future forestry for sustainable coppices in Southern Europe: the legacy of past management trials”. Action B.8 – Modeling and spatialization of data of the European project LIFE14ENV/IT/000514 ‘FutureForCoppiceS’. Years 2016-2019.
  • LIFE Project FutureForCoppiceS “Shaping future forestry for sustainable coppices in Southern Europe: the legacy of past management trials”. Action B.9 – Synthesis and evaluation of the data of the European Project LIFE14 ENV/IT/000514 ‘FutureForCoppiceS’. Years 2016-2019.

University of South Africa – Dept. of Environmental Sciences

  • Spatial analysis and mapping of lichen diversity of the town of Pretoria, South Africa. Anno 2019.
  • Lichen data analysis and feasability study on the applicability of European method to the local situation of Pretoria, South Africa. Anno 2018.

Fondazione Edmund Mach – IASMA, Trento

  • LIFE Project FutureForCoppiceS “Shaping future forestry for sustainable coppices in Southern Europe: the legacy of past management trials”. Action B.2 – Forest Ecosystem Health and Vitality. Years 2016-2018.
  • Statistical analysis of the relationship between radial growth and defoliation of the plants of the 1st and 2nd level in order to highlight the presence and the significance of the relationship. Year 2015.
  • Analysis and decomposition of time series of 20 different pollen taxa in the seasonal, cyclical, trend and residual components (deterministic models and stationary analysis). Use of serial self-correlation diagnostics. Exploration of stochastic self-regressive, Arma or Arima models. Years 2013-2014.
  • Development of self-regressive stochastic models for pollen data analysis. Year 2013.
  • Evaluation of sources of variability of chlorophyll a fluorescence data in Norway spruce trees. Year 2013.
  • Implementation of models for explanatory purposes on the day of start of flowering for 3-5 taxa pollens to be developed using linear and non-linear mulivariate statistical techniques. Year 2013.
  • Ozone and population in Trentino (N Italy): exposure extimates. Finalizing ozone EFFORT project and data improvement. Year 2012.
  • Design and data processing for the 2010 survey on ozone pollution. Years 2009-2011.
  • Calculation of the parameters of ozone exposure (AOT40) and processing potential risk maps from data collected in the study sites of Viburnum. Years 2008-2010.
  • Monitoring and biomonitoring of ozone effects in Trento Province. Years 2007-2011.

CESI SpA

  • Indagine lichenologica (bioindicazione e bioaccumulo) nel territorio circostante la centrale ENEL di S. Barbara (AR). Anni 2012 e 2015.
  • Elaboration of a map of habitat by means of phytosociological surveys. Year 2012-2014.
  • Survey of phytocoenoses, vegetation cutting and environmental recovery for the construction of a power line. Year 2014.
  • Lichen biomonitoring in the surroundings of the town of Civitavecchia. (5 surveys). Years 2008-2014.
  • Lichen biomonitoring of air quality in the surroundings of a geothermal power plant located in the municipality of Santa Fiora (GR). Year 2013.
  • Vegetation surveys: post operam monitoring of the power line Villanova – Gissi. Year 2017.

Università degli Studi di Sassari

  • LIFE Project FutureForCoppiceS “Shaping future forestry for sustainable coppices in Southern Europe: the legacy of past management trials”. Action B.4 – Biological Diversity in Forest Ecosystems”. External assistance for lichen diversity assessment in the project sites. Years 2016.

Comune di Porcari

  • Lichen biomonitoring in the municipality of Porcari (LU). Years 2010 e 2015.

Office National des Forêts, RENECOFOR, France

  • Etude des relations entre croissance et santé des arbres (Relationship between forest health
    and growth at the RENECOFOR plots). Anno 2012-2013.
  • Analyse des données d’état sanitaire du réseau RENECOFOR. 3 – Analyse corrélative. Anno 2011.
  • Change and trend and correlative study of defoliation data from the RENECOFOR plots. Anno 2010.
  • Identification of changes of the condition of the RENECOFOR plots due to environmental stressors – A proposal for a feasibility study. Anno 2009.

Università di Torino

  • Lichen biomonitoring in the surroundings of the termoelectric power plant of Turbigo (MI). Years 2006-2007.