Peer-reviewed papers
Lombardi, D., Micalizzi, K., Vitale, M. (2023). Assessing carbon and water fluxes in a mixed Mediterranean protected forest under climate change: an integrated bottom–up and top–down approaches. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102318
Bardino, G., Di Fonzo, G., Hall, J.S., Walker, K., Vitale, M. (2023). Landscape context for forest transition success in Central Panama. Landscape Ecology 38: 2307–2321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01694-y
Infantino, A., Belocchi, A., Quaranta, F., Reverberi, M., Beccaccioli, M., Lombardi, D., Vitale, M. (2023). Effects of climate change on the distribution of Fusarium spp. in Italy. Science of the Total Environment, 882: 163640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163640
Serena D’Ambrogi, Maria Adamo, Francesca Assennato, Costanza Calzolari, Vito Emanuele Cambria, Chiara Giuliani, Rocco Labadessa, Anna Luise, Paolo Mazzetti, Martina Perez, Astrid Raudner, Nicola Riitano, Daniela Smiraglia, Cristina Tarantino, Laura Tomassetti, Saverio Vicario, Marcello Vitale, Francesca Ugolini, Fabrizio Ungaro (2022). Nature Based Solutions e telerilevamento nelle attività̀ di ripristino di aree degradate: l’approccio del progetto NewLife4Drylands. Reticula, 30: 33-47. ISSN 2283-9232.
Ranucci, M.; Perez, M.; Lombardi, D.; Vitale, M. (2022) Is the current modelling of litter decomposition rates reliable under limiting environmental conditions induced by ongoing climate change? Soil Systems, 6: 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6040081
De Marco A., Garcia-Gomez H., Collalti A., Khaniabadi Y.O., Feng Z., Proietti C., Sicard P., Vitale M., Anav A., Paoletti E. (2022). Ozone modelling and mapping for risk assessment: An overview of different approaches for human and ecosystems health. Environmental Research, 211: 113048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113048
De Marco A., Fornasier M.F., Screpanti A., Lombardi D., Vitale M. (2022). Nitrogen budget and Statistical Entropy Analysis of the Tiber river catchment, a highly anthropized environment. Soil Systems, 6(1): 17.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6010017
Anav A., De Marco A., Collalti A., Emberson L., Feng Z. Lombardozzi D., Sicard P., Verbeke T., Viovy N., Vitale M. & Paoletti E. 2022. Legislative and functional aspects of different metrics used for risk assessment to forests. Environmental Pollution, 295,118690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118690
Anand S.J., Anav A., Vitale M., Peano D., Unger N., Yue X., Parker R.J. & Boesch H. 2021. Ozone-induced gross primary productivity reductions observed over European forests from space. Biogeoscience Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-125, in review, 2021.
Jakovljević T., Lovreškov L., Jelić G., Anav A., Popa I., Fornasier M.F., Proietti C., Limić I., Butorac L., Vitale M., De Marco A. 2021. Impact of ground-level ozone on Mediterranean forest ecosystems health. Science of the Total Environment, 783: 147063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147063
Agathokleous E., Feng Z., Oksanen E., Sicard P., Wang Q., Saitanis C.J., Araminiene V., Blande J.D, Hayes F., Calatayud V., Domingos M., Veresoglou S.D., Peñuelas J., Wardle D.A., De Marco A., Li Z., Harmens H., Yuan X., Vitale M. & Paoletti E. 2020. Ozone affects plant, insect, and soil microbial communities: a threat to terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity. Science Advances, 6(33). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc1176
Vitale, M., & Collalti, A. 2020. Preface: Climate Change Impact on Plant Ecology. Climate, 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8050059
Vitale, M., Amitrano, W., Hoshika, Y., & Paoletti, E. 2019. Plant species-specific litter decomposition rates are directly affected by tropospheric ozone: Analysis of trends and modelling. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 230(12), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-019-4339-y
Anav, A., De Marco, A., Friedlingstein, P., Savi, F., Sicard, P., Sitch, S., Vitale M. & Paoletti, E. 2019. Growing season extension affects ozone uptake by European forests. Science of the total environment, 669, 1043-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.020
De Marco, A., Proietti, C., Anav, A., Ciancarella, L., D’Elia, I., Fares, S., Fornasier M.F., Fusaro L., Gualtieri M., Manes F., Marchetto A., Mircea M., Paoletti E., Piersanti A., Rogora R., Salvati L., Salvatori E., Screpanti A., Vialetto G., Vitale M. & Leonardi, C. 2019. Impacts of air pollution on human and ecosystem health, and implications for the National Emission Ceilings Directive: Insights from Italy. Environment international, 125, 320-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.064
Proietti C., Anav A., Vitale M., Fares S., Fornasier M. F., Screpanti A., Salvati L., Paoletti E., Sicard P. & De Marco A. 2019. A new wetness index to evaluate the soil water availability influence on gross primary production of European forests. Climate, 7(3), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli7030042
Agathokleous, E., Anav, A., Araminiene, V., De Marco, A., Domingos, M., Kitao, M., Koike T., Manning W.J., Paoletti E., Saitanis C.J., Sicard P., Vitale M., Wang W. & Calabrese, E.J. 2019. Commentary: EPA’s proposed expansion of dose-response analysis is a positive step towards improving its ecological risk assessment. Environmental pollution, 246, 566-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.046
Attorre F., Sciubba E., & Vitale M. 2019. A thermodynamic model for plant growth, validated with Pinus sylvestris data. Ecological Modelling, 391, 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.10.022
Messina M., Cunliffe R., Farcomeni A., Malatesta L., Smit I.P.J., Testolin R., Ribeiro N.S., Nhancale B., Vitale M., Attorre F. 2018. An innovative approach to disentangling the effect of management and environment on tree cover and density of protected areas in African savanna. Forest Ecology and Management, 419-420: 1-9. https://doi.org10.1016j.foreco.2018.03.019
De Marco A., Vitale M., Popa I., Anav A. Badea O., Silaghi D., Leca S., Screpanti A., Paoletti E. 2017. Ozone exposure affects tree defoliation in a continental climate. Science of the Total Environment, 596: 396-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.135
Vitale M., Lorenzetti S., Francesconi F., Attorre F., Di Traglia M. 2017. The importance of interspecific competition in the actual and future distributions of plant species assessed by a 2-D grid agent modelling. Ecological Modelling, 360: 399-409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.07.027
Anav, A., De Marco, A., Sicard, P., Vitale, M. and Paoletti, E. 2017. Response on ‘comparing concentration‐based (AOT40) and stomatal uptake (PODY) metrics for ozone risk assessment to European forests. Global change biology, 23(2): e3-e4. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13511
Anav, A., De Marco, A., Proietti, C., Alessandri, A., Dell’Aquila, A., Cionni, I., Friedlingstein, P., Khvorostyanov, D., Menut, L., Paoletti, E., Sicard, P., Sitch, S., Vitale, M. 2016. Comparing concentration-based (AOT40) and stomatal uptake (PODY) metrics for ozone risk assessment to European forests. Global Change Biology, 22(4): 1608–1627. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13138
Proietti C., Anav A., De Marco A.,Sicard P., Vitale M. 2016. A multi-sites analysis on the effects of ozone on Gross Primary Production of European forests. Science of the Total Environment, 556: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.187
Ortolani O., Vitale M. 2016. The importance of local scale for assessing, monitoring and predicting of air quality in urban areas. Sustainable Cities and Society, 26: 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.06.001
Varone, L., Vitale, M., Catoni, R. and Gratani, L. (2016), Physiological differences of five Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) ecotypes growing under common growth conditions were related to native local climate. Plant Species Biology, 31: 196–210. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12103
Attorre A., Govender N., Hausmann A., Farcomeni A., Guillet A., Scepi E., Smit I.P.J., Vitale M. 2015. Assessing the effect of management changes and environmental features on the spatio-temporal pattern of fire in an African Savannah. Journal for Nature Conservation, 28: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2015.07.001
De Marco A., Sicard P., Vitale M., Carriero G., Renou C., Paoletti E. 2015. Metrics of ozone risk assessment for Southern European forests: testing the potential of canopy moisture content as plant response indicator. Atmospheric Environment, 120: 182-190.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.071
Attorre F.,Francesconi F., De Sanctis M., Alfò M., Martella F., Valenti R., Vitale M. 2014. Classifying and mapping potential distribution of forest types using a finite mixture model. Folia Geobotanica, 49(3): 313-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9139-8
Attorre F., Vitale M. 2014. Plant ecology and conservation in International Cooperation: approaches and methodologies. Plant Biosystems, 148(3): 517-518 https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.900132
Attorre F., Issa A., Malatesta L., Adeeb A., De Sanctis M., Vitale M., Farcomeni A. 2014. Analyzing the relationship between land units and plant communities: the case of Socotra Island (Yemen). Plant Biosystems, 148(3): 529-539 https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.900127
De Marco A., Velardi M., Camporeale C., Screpanti A., Vitale M. 2014. The adherence of the diet to Mediterranean principle and its impacts on human and environmental health. International Journal of Environmental Protection and Environmental Health, 2(2): 64-75 https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijepp.20140202.14
Mannina L., Cesa S., Antiochia R., Vista S., Sobolev A.P., Vitale M., Di Cocco M.E., Santini A., Casini A. 2014. Quality of Commercial Flavoured Oils and Seed Oils Using a Widespread Analytical Protocol. Journal of Food Research, 3(4):78-92. ISSN 1927-0887, E-ISSN 1927-0895
Vitale M., Proietti C., Cionni I., Fischer R., De Marco A. 2014. Random Forest Analysis: a useful tool for defining cause-effect pathway between crown defoliation and environmental conditions. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 225(6): 1992 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-1992-z
De Marco A., Vitale M., Kilic U., Serengil Y., Paoletti E. 2014. New functions for estimating AOT40 from ozone passive sampling. Atmospheric Environment, 95: 82-88 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.021
De Marco A., Proietti C., Cionni I., Fischer R., Screpanti A., Vitale M. 2014. Future impacts of nitrogen deposition and climate change scenarios on forest crown defoliation. Environmental Pollution, 194: 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.027
Vitale, M., Savi, F., Baldantoni, D., & Attorre, F. 2014. Modelling of early stage litter decomposition in Mediterranean mixed forests: functional aspects affected by local climate. iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry, 8(4): 517-525. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor1202-007
De Marco, A., Vitale, M., Kilic, U., Serengil, Y., Paoletti, E. 2014. Discussion on the new functions for estimating AOT40 from passive sampling, Atmospheric Environment, 98: 704–706 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.027
Attorre, F., De Sanctis, M., Farcomeni, A., Guillet, A., Scepi, E., Vitale, M., Pella, F., Fasola, M. 2013. The use of spatial ecological modelling as a tool for improving the assessment of geographic range size of threatened species. Journal for Nature Conservation, 21(1): 48 – 55 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2012.10.001
De Marco A., Screpanti A., Attorre F., Proietti C., Vitale M. 2013. Assessing ozone and nitrogen impact on net primary productivity with a Generalised Non-Linear Model. Environmental Pollution, 172: 250-263 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.08.015
Fares, S., Vargas, R., Detto, M., Goldstein, A. H., Karlik, J., Paoletti, E., Vitale, M. (2013). Tropospheric ozone reduces carbon assimilation in trees: estimates from analysis of continuous flux measurements. Global Change Biology, 19(8), 2427-2443. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12222
Attorre F., Maggini A., Di Traglia M., De Sanctis M., Vitale M. 2013. A methodological approach for assessing the effects of disturbance factors on the conservation status of Mediterranean coastal dune systems. Applied Vegetation Science. 16: 333-342 https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12002
Malatesta, L., Attorre, F., Altobelli, A., Adeeb, A., De Sanctis, M., Taleb, N., Scholte, P., Vitale, M. 2013. Vegetation mapping from high resolution satellite images in the heterogeneous arid environments of Socotra Island (Yemen). Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 7(1): 073527 https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.7.073527
Vitale M., Mancini M., Matteucci G., Francesconi F., Valenti R., Attorre F. 2012. Model-based assessment of ecological adaptations of three forest tree species growing in Italy and impact on carbon and water balance at national scale under current and future climate scenarios. iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry, 5 (5): 235-246 https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor0634-005
Attorre F., Alfò M., De Sanctis M, Francesconi F., Valenti R., Vitale M., Bruno F., 2011. Evaluating the effects of climate change on tree species abundance and distribution in the Italian peninsula. Applied vegetation Science, 14(2):242-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01114.x
Di Traglia M., Attorre F., Francesconi F., Valenti R., Vitale M., 2011. Is cellular automata algorithm able to predict the future dynamical shifts of tree species in Italy under climate change scenarios? A methodological approach. Ecological Modelling, 222(4): 925-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.12.009
Attorre F., Taleb N., De Sanctis M., Farcomeni A., Guillet A., Vitale M., 2011. Developing conservation strategies for endemic tree species when faced with time and data constraints: Boswellia spp. on Socotra (Yemen). Biodiversity and Conservation, 20(7):1483-1499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0039-7
Manes F., Incerti G., Salvatori E., Vitale M., Ricotta C., Costanza R., 2011. Urban ecosystem services: tree diversity and stability of tropospheric ozone removal. Ecological Applications 22 (1): 349-360 https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0561.1
Gerosa G., Finco A., Mereu S., Vitale M., Manes F., Ballarin-Denti A., 2009. Comparison of seasonal variations of ozone exposure and fluxes in a Mediterranean Holm oak forest between the exceptionally dry 2003 and the following year. Environmental Pollution, 157: 1737-1744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.025
Vitale M., Matteucci G., Fares S., Davison B. (2009) A process-based model to estimate gas exchange and monoterpene emission rates in the Mediterranean maquis – comparisons between modelled and measured fluxes at different scales. Biogeosciences Discussions, 6, 1747–1776. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-1747-2009
Attorre F., Francesconi F., La Posta A., Tomasetto F., Valenti R., Vitale M., Bruno F., 2009. Effects of climate change on tree species distribution to support the elaboration of adaptive management strategies in natural protected areas. IOP Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 6: 312-316. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1307/6/31/312012
Fares S., Mereu S., Scarascia Mugnozza G., Vitale M., Manes F., Frattoni M., Ciccioli P., Gerosa G., Loreto F., 2009. The ACCENT-VOCBAS field campaign on biosphere-atmosphere interactions in a Mediterranean ecosystem of Castelporziano (Rome): site characteristics, climatic and meteorological conditions, and eco-physiology of vegetation. Biogeosciences, 6: 1043-1058. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-6-1043-2009
Vitale M., Salvatori E., Loreto F., Fares S., Manes F., 2008. Physiological responses of Quercus ilex leaves to water stress and acute ozone exposure under controlled conditions. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 189:113-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-007-9560-4
Manes F., Salvatori E., La Torre G., Villari P., Vitale M., Biscontini D., Incerti G., 2008. Urban green and its relationship with air pollution: ecological studies in the Metropolitan area of Rome. Italian Journal of Public Health, 5(4): 278-283.
Vitale M., Anselmi S., Salvatori E., Manes F., 2007. New approaches to study the relationship between stomatal conductance and environmental factors under Mediterranean climatic conditions. Atmospheric Environment, 41: 5385-5397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.02.014
Vitale M., Capogna F., Manes F., 2007. Resilience assessment on Phillyrea angustifolia L. maquis undergone to experimental fire through a bigleaf modelling approach. Ecological Modelling, 203: 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.004
Manes F., Vitale M., Fabi M. A., De Santis F., Zona D., 2007. Estimates of potential ozone stomatal uptake in mature trees of Quercus ilex in a Mediterranean climate. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 59(2): 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.12.001
Ferretti M., Fagnano M., Amoriello T., Badiani M., Ballarin-Denti A., Buffoni A., Bussotti F., Castagna A., Cieslik S., Costantini A., De Marco A., Gerosa G., Lorenzini G., Manes F., Merola G., Nali C., Paoletti E., Petriccione B., Racalbuto S., Rana G., Ranieri A., Tagliaferri A. Vialetto G., Vitale M., 2007. Measuring, modelling and testing ozone exposure, flux and effects on vegetation in southern European conditions – what does not work. A review from Italy. Environmental Pollution, 146(3): 648-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2006.05.012
Manes F., Vitale M., Donato E., Giannini M., Puppi G., 2006. Different ability of three Mediterranean oak species to tolerate progressive dehydration stress. Photosynthetica, 44 (3), 387-393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-006-0040-7
Gerosa G., Vitale M., Finco A., Manes F., Ballarin Denti A., Cieslik S., 2005. Ozone uptake by an evergreen Mediterranean forest (Quercus ilex L.) in Italy. Part I: micrometeorological flux measurements and flux partitioning. Atmospheric Environment, 39: 3255-3266.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.01.056
Vitale M., Gerosa G., Ballarin-Denti A., Manes F., 2005. Ozone uptake by an evergreen Mediterranean forest (Quercus ilex L.) in Italy. Part II: Flux modelling. Up scaling leaf to canopy ozone uptake by a process-based model. Atmospheric Environment, 39: 3267-3278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.01.057
Vitale M., Manes F., 2005. The role of changing environmental parameters on physiological behaviour of Arbutus unedo L. assessed by field and laboratory measurements. Photosynthetica, 43(1): 99-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-005-0106-y
Manes F., Vitale M., Di Traglia M., 2005. Monitoring tropospheric ozone impact on plants in natural and urban areas with a Mediterranean climate. Plant Biosystems, 139(3), 265-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263500500333966
Vitale M., Scimone M., Feoli E., Manes F., 2003. Modelling leaf gas exchanges as a function of temperature increase to predict trends of functional processes in Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest under climatic changes. Ecological modelling, 166: 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00129-7
Manes F., Donato E., Vitale M., 2001. Physiological response of Pinus halepensis needles under ozone and water stress conditions. Physiologia Plantarum, 113(2): 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3054.2001.1130213.x
Manes F., Seufert G., Vitale M., Donato E., Csiky O., Silli V. 1999. Ecophysiological characterization of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck and relationships with type and amount of biogenic emissions. Physics and chemistry of the Earth (B), 24(6): 699-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00068-4
Manes F., Vitale M., Feoli E., Scimone M., Canfora E. (1998) – Gas exchange measurements and an indirect estimate of primary production in a holm-oak ecosystem. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 7:71-78. http://hdl.handle.net/11368/1693747
Manes F., Vitale M., Donato E., Paoletti E. (1998) – O3 and O3+CO2 effects on a Mediterranean evergreen broadleaf tree holm oak (Quercus ilex L.). Chemosphere, 36(4-5): 801-806. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(97)10127-8
Manes F., Seufert G., Vitale M. (1997) – Ecophysiological studies of Mediterranean plant species at the Castelporziano estate. Atmospheric Environment, 31: 51 SI – 60 SI. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00073-3 Manes F., Astorino G., Vitale M., Loreto F. (1997) – Morpho-functional studies on Quercus ilex leaves during different seasons. Plant Biosystems, 131(2): 149-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.1997.10654176
International Proceedings
Manes F., Vitale M., Giannini M., Paoletti E. (1996) – O3 and O3+CO2 effects on a Mediterranean evergreen broadleaf tree holm oak (Quercus ilex L.). In: Stress factors and air pollution, 17th International Meeting for specialists in air Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems. Firenze, September 14-19, 1996. p. 129.
Manes F., Vitale M., Ciccioli P., Seufert G. (1997) – Relationships between E/A ratio and monoterpene emissions in two evergreen communities. In: The role of vegetation emissions in tropospheric chemistry. European Geophysical Society, XXII General Assembly, Wien 21-25 April 1997. Annales Geophysical, Part II Hydrology, Oceans, Atmophere & Nonlinear Geophysics, Supplement II to Volume 15, C 542.
Manes F., Seufert G., Vitale M., Donato E., Csiky O., Silli V. (1998) – Ecophysiological characterization of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck and relationships with type and amount of biogenic emissions. In: The role of vegetation emissions in tropospheric chemistry. European Geophysical Society, XXIII General Assembly, Nice 20-24 April 1998.
Donato E., Vitale M., Delfini M., Manes F. (1998) – Response to ozone and water stress of Pinus halepensis Mill. in field and laboratory. In: VII International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL), Florence 19-25 July 1998 – Italy.
Capogna F., Capoccetta I., Vitale M., Manes F. (2003) – Comparative ecophysiological response of burned and unburned maquìs species under summer constraints. 46th Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science “Water Resources and Vegetation”. June 8 to 14, 2003, Naples, Italy. p. 49.
Vitale M., Fabi M.A., Gugliotta G., Manes F. (2005) – Bioindication and biomonitoring studies carried out in rural and urban sites by ozone-sensitive clover clones. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna – Austria 17-23 July 2005. p- 266.
Ferretti M., Fagnano M., Amoriello T., Ballarin-Denti A., Badiani M., Buffoni A., Bussotti F., Castagna A., Cieslik S., Costantini A., Cozzi A., De Marco A., Gerosa G., Lorenzini G., Manes F., Merola G., Mosello R., Nali C., Paoletti E., Petriccione B., Racalbuto S., Rana G., Ranieri A., Tagliaferri A. Vialetto G., Vitale M. (2006) – Measuring, modelling and testing ozone exposure, flux and effects on vegetation in southern European conditions – what does not work. In: (G. Wieser and M. Tausz Eds) Proceedings on the Workshop “Critical levels of ozone: Further applying and development the flux-based concept”. 15-19 November 2005, Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria. Pp.91-95.
Manes F., Salvatori E., La Torre G., Villari P., Vitale M., Biscontini D., Incerti G. (2008) The role of urban vegetation in the formation and degradation of air pollutants in cities. 16th European Conference on Public Health. Health and Innovation in Europe. 6-8 November 2008 – Lisbon, Portugal.
De Marco A., Vitale M., Di traglia M., Screpanti A., Proietti C., Attorre F. 2011. How is tree primary productivity related to climate and atmospheric pollution in Italy? International Conference: Ozone, Climate Change and Forests. 14-16 June 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vitale M., Mancini M., Matteucci G., Francesconi F., Valenti R., Attorre F. 2011. How are net productivity and water use of Italian tree species affected by climate change? International Conference, Roma Forest 2011. Present and future role of forest resources in the socio-economic development of rural areas. Session 3: Strategies for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. Rome, 23rd June 2011.
De Marco A., Fornasier M.F., Pisoni E., Vitale M. 2012. Is biodiversity affected by nutrient nitrogen exceedances in the short or long term? 22nd Workshop of the Coordination Centre for Effects and 28th Meeting of the Task Force on Modelling and Mapping Critical Loads and Levels and Air Pollution Effects, Risks and Trends. Warszawa, 16-19 April 2012 – Poland.
Buffoni A., Bacchiocchi F., Pinzauti S., Toccafondi P., Vitale M., Silli V. (2012) Air pollution removal capacity by urban vegetation in a city of Northern Italy: results and potential contribution to pollution mitigation strategies. Urban Environmental Pollution. Creating Healthy, Liveable Cities. 17-20 June 2012, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
De Marco A., Vitale M., Kilic U., Serengil Y., Paoletti E. 2012. Application of the Loibl function in Italy: can we calculate AOT40 from passive monitors? ICP Vegetation Task Force. 31 Jan – 02 Feb. 2012, Brescia, Italy.
Vitale M., Attorre F., De Sanctis M., Fornasier M.F., De Marco A. 2013. Methodological approaches for biodiversity assessment under polluted forest sites. 23rd CCE Workshop and 29th Task Force Meeting on Assessment of Impacts of air pollution, and interactions with the change of climate, biodiversity and ecosystem services. International Cooperative Programme on Modelling and Mapping of Critical Levels and Loads and Air Pollution Effects, Risks and Trends (ICP M&M). Copenhagen 8-11 April 2013, Denmark.
De Marco, Proietti C., Cionni I., Jakovljevic T., Fischer R., Vitale M. 2013. What are the most important parameters affecting crown defoliation in European forests? Science Conference of ICP Forests “Today’s evaluations and future monitoring” and 29th Task Force meeting of ICP Forests, Belgrade 27-30 May 2013, Serbia.
De Marco, Proietti C., Cionni I., Jakovljevic T., Fischer R., Vitale M. 2014. Bridging modelled and measured data to evaluate forest health and vitality. 24th Workshop of the Coordination Centre for Effects and 30th Meeting of the Task Force on Modelling and Mapping of Critical Levels and Loads and Air Pollution Effects, Risks and Trends (ICP M&M). Rome 7-10 April 2014 – Italy.
Proietti C., Anav A., Fischer R., Vitale M., Cionni I., De Marco A. 2014. The impacts of climate change and air pollution on the forest health conditions. Session 3: Tropospheric ozone, sustainability and climate change mitigation potential of European forests. 3rd ICP Forests Scientific Conference: Impact of nitrogen deposition and ozone on the climate change mitigation potential and sustainability of European forests. Athens, 26-28 May 2014 – Greece.
Proietti C., Anav A., Vitale M., De Marco A. 2015. Ozone impacts on forest productivity and health in Europe. Session 2: Measuring and modelling air pollution trends and effects in Europe. 4th ICP forests Scientific Conference: Long-term trends and effects on forest ecosystems, their services, and sustainability. Lubljana, 19-20 May 2015 – Slovenia.
Fornasier M.F., Bonanni P., Vitale M., De Sanctis M., Fanelli G., Attorre F., De Marco A. 2016. Biodiversity as an important indicator of soil acidity and eutrophication: the role of the modelling in preserving it. ICP-Modelling and Mapping contribution for the Working Group on Effects (WGE) Report. September 2016.
Perez, M., Lombardi, D. and Vitale, M. 2023. Wavelet coherence analysis to assess cross-correlation of Mediterranean vegetation and drought condition at the local scale. 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor), Pisa, Italy, 2023, pp. 679-684. https://doi:10.1109/MetroAgriFor58484.2023.10424304
Vitale, M. 2014. The importance of local scale for assessing, monitoring and predicting air quality in urban areas.AIPH Living Green, Liveable Cities Research Symposium on 4th and 5th February 2024 in Doha, Qatar. (2) The importance of local-scale for air quality in urban areas | Marcello Vitale – YouTube
Books chapters
Manes F., Donato E., Silli V., Vitale M., 2001. Annual estimations of ecophysiological parameters and biogenic volatile compounds (BVOCs) emissions in Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. In: Visconti G., Beniston M., Iannorelli E.D., Barba D. (Eds). Global Change and Protected Areas. Advances in Global Change Research. Kluwer Academic Press – The Netherlands. Vol. 9: 261-270.
Manes F., Capogna F., Puppi G., Vitale M., 2002. Ecophysiological characterization of Phillyrea angustifolia L. and response of resprouts to different fire disturbance intensities. In: L. Trabaud and R. Prodon (Eds), Fire and Biological Processes. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp. 115-130.
Vitale M., Salvatori E., Manes F., Loreto F., Fares S., 2007. Risposta della conduttanza stomatica all’azione combinata di ozono e stress idrico in Quercus ilex. In: Ozono e vegetazione: il contributo della ricerca italiana (a cura di C. Nali e M. Ferretti). I quaderni del Centro Enrico Avanzi dell’Università di Pisa, vol. 4, pp. 104, Felici Editore, Pisa (2007).
Vitale M., Di Traglia M., 2007. Application of stochastic processes and the random field theory to the resolution of ecological systems from spatial and temporal point of view. In: Stephanie D. Antonello (Ed.) “Frontiers in Ecology Research”, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY. ISBN:1-60021-060-0. Chapter 1, 1-37.
Attorre F., De Sanctis M., Taleb N., Adib A., Vitale M., Malatesta L., Bruno F., 2014. Soqotra Archipelago : a contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. In. F. Attorre (Ed.), Soqotra Archipelago (Yemen): Toward systemic and scientifically objective sustainability in development and conservation. Series: Quaderni Cemas (Cooperation with Eurasia the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa), Publisher: Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 06/feb/2014 – ISBN:9788868120429, ISSN: 2284-0559,Chapter III, 26-41.
Fornasier M.F., Bonanni P., Vitale M., De Sanctis M., Fanelli G., Attorre F., De Marco A., Fares S., Salvati L., 2017. Biodiversity as an important indicator of soil acidity and eutrophication: the role of the modelling in preserving it. In: I. D’Elia, A. De Marco, G. Vialetto (Eds.) Effect-based activities on air pollution: what is the state of the natural and anthropogenic Italian ecosystems? Working Group on Effects. Chapter 6, 53 -67.
Doblas-Miranda, E., Attorre, F., Azevedo, J., Belen, I., Enríquez-Alcalde, E., Freitas, H., Garavaglia, V., Hódar, J.A., Iritas, Ö., Karaaslan, Y., Khater, C., Koutsias, N., Lahlou, M., Malkinson, D., Mansour, S., Pettenella, D., Picard, N., Pino, J., Vieira, J., Vitale, M. 2018. Drivers of degradation and other threats. In: Bourlion N., Garavaglia V., Picard N. (Eds.). State of Mediterranean Forests 2018. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome and Plan Bleu, Marseille. ISBN FAO: 978-92-5-131047-2, ISBN Plan Bleu: 978-2-912081-52-0. Chapter 5, 72-89.