Publications
2021
Rise and fall of vegetation primary production resilience to climate variability anticipated by a large ensemble of Earth System Models' simulations
Zampieri M., Grizzetti B., Toreti A., De Palma P., Collalti A.
Unravelling resilience mechanisms in forests: role of non-structural carbohydrates in responding to extreme weather events
D'Andrea E., Scartazza A., Battistelli A., Collalti A., Proietti S., Rezaie N., Matteucci G., Moscatello S.
Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: the past and future role of simulations models
Maréchaux I., Langerwisch F., Huth A., Bugmann H., Morin X., Reyer C.P.O., Seidl R., Collalti A., Dantas de Paula M., Fischer R., Gutsch M., Lexer M.J., Lischke H., Rammig A., Rödig E., Sakschewski B., Tauber F., Thonicke K., Vacchiano G., Bohn F.J.
Challenges and opportunities for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. A review
Dong-Gill K., Grieco E., Bombelli A., Hickman J.E., Sanz-Cobena A.
Growth and Allocation of Woody Biomass in Forest Trees Based on Environmental Conditions
Collalti A., Todaro L., Rita A.
Simulating the effects of thinning and species mixing on stands of oak (Quercus petrea (Matt.) Liebl. / Quercus robur L.) and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) across Europe
Engel M., Vospernik S., Toigo M., Morin X., Tomao A., Trotta C., Steckel M., Barbati A., Nothdurft A. Pretzsch H., del Rio M., Skrzyszewski J., Ponette Q., Lof M., Jansons A., Brazaitis G.
Model-based Estimation of Amazonian Forests Recovery Time After Drought and Fire Events
Lopes de Faria B., Marano G., Piponiot C., Silva C.A., Dantas V.L., Rattis L., Rech A., Collalti A.
2020
Forest production efficiency increases with growth temperature
A. Collalti, A. Ibrom, A. Stockmarr, A. Cescatti, R. Alkama, M. Fernández-Martínez, G. Matteucci, S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, P. Ciais, D.S. Goll, J.E.M.S. Nabel, J. Pongratz, A. Arneth, V. Haverd, I.C. Prentice
Frost and drought: effects of extreme weather events on stem carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean beech forest
D'Andrea E., Rezaie N., Prislan P., Gričar J, Collalti A., Muhr J., Matteucci G.
The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data
Pastorello G., Trotta C., ..., Collalti A., D'Andrea A., ..., Ibrom A., ...., Papale D.,
Web of Science
Highly cited paper
Reply to: Nutrient scarcity cannot cause mast seeding
Fernández-Martínez M., Sayol F., LaMontagne J.M., Bogdziewicz M., Collalti A., Hacket-Pain A., Vacchiano G., Espelta J.M., Peñuelas J., Janssens I.A.
The PROFOUND database for evaluating vegetation models and simulating climate impacts on European forests
C.P.O. Reyer, ..., A. Collalti, C. Trotta, G. Matteucci, E. D'Andrea, ..., A. Ibrom, ..., and K. Frieler
Web of Science
Highly cited paper
“Models of tree and stand dynamics”: a differential journey through forest modelling
G. Marano, A. Collalti
Small-Scale Forest Structure Influences Spatial Variability of Belowground Carbon Fluxes in a Mature Mediterranean Beech Forest
D'Andrea E., Guidolotti G., Scartazza A., De Angelis P., Matteucci G.
Preface: Climate Change Impact on Plant Ecology
M. Vitale, A. Collalti
Plant respiration: Controlled by photosynthesis or biomass?
Collalti A., Tjoelker M.G., Hoch G., Mäkelä A., Guidolotti G., Heskel M., Petit G., Ryan M.G., Battipaglia G., Matteucci G., Prentice I.C.
Global Change Biology; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14857
2019
A Geospatial Decision Support System Tool for Supporting Integrated Forest Knowledge at the Landscape Scale
Marano G., Langella G., Basile A., Cona F., De Michele C., Manna P., Teobaldelli M., Saracino A., Terribile F
Forests; https://doi.org/10.3390/f10080690
Forest carbon allocation modelling under climate change
Merganičová K., Merganič J., Lehtonen A., Vacchiano G., Ostrogović Sever M.Z., Augustynczik A.L.D., Grote R., Kyselová I., Mäkelä A., Yousefpour R., Krejza J., Collalti A., Reyer C.P.O.
Tree Physiology; https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz105
Winter's bite: beech trees survive complete defoliation due to spring-late damage by mobilizing old C reserves
D'Andrea E., Rezaie N., Battistelli A., Gavrichkova O., Kuhlmann, Matteucci G., Moscatello S., Proietti S., Scartazza A., Trumbore S., Muhr J.
New Phytologist; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16047
Global Variability of Simulated and Observed Vegetation Growing Season
Peano D., Materia S., Collalti A., Alessandri A., Anav A., Bombelli A., Gualdi S.
Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004881
Top downloaded paper
2018-2019
Is NPP proportional to GPP? Waring's hypothesis twenty years on
Collalti A. and Prentice I.C.
Tree Physiology; https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz034
Web of Science
Highly cited paper
Nutrient scarcity as a selective pressure for mast seeding
Fernández-Martínez M., Pearse I., Sardans J., Sayol F., Keonig W.D., LaMontagne J.M., Bogdziewicz M., Collalti A., Hacket-Pain A., Vacchiano G., Espelta J.M., Peñuelas J., Janssens I.A.
Nature Plants; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0549-y
The sensitivity of the forest carbon budget shifts across processes along with stand development and climate change
Collalti A., Thornton P.E., Cescatti A., Rita A., Borghetti M., Nolé A., Trotta C., Ciais P., Matteucci G.
Ecological Applications; https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1837
2018
Thinning can reduce losses in carbon use efficiency and carbon stocks in managed forests under warmer climate
Collalti A., Trotta C., Keenan T.F., Ibrom A., Bond-Lamberty B., Grote R., Vicca S., Reyer C.P.O., Migliavacca M., Veroustraete F., Anav A., Campioli M., Scoccimarro E., Sigut L., Grieco E., Cescatti A., Matteucci G.
Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth System; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001275
Top downloaded paper
2018-2019
Reproducing reproduction: how to simulate mast seeding in Forest models
Vacchiano G., ..., Collalti A., ..., Hacket-Pain A.
Ecological Modelling; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.004
Do atmospheric CO2 concentration increase, climate and forest management affect iWUE of common beech? Evidences from carbon isotope analyses in tree rings
Rezaie N., D'Andrea E., Bräuning A., Matteucci G., Bombi P., Lauteri M.
Tree Physiology; https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpy025
2017
The Role of Respiration in Estimation of Net Carbon Cycle: Coupling Soil Carbon Dynamics and Canopy Turnover in a Novel Version of 3D-CMCC Forest Ecosystem Model
Marconi S., Chiti T., Nolè A., Valentini R. and Collalti A.
Forests; https://doi.org/10.3390/f8060220
Simulation, calibration and validation protocols for the model 3D-CMCC-CNR-FEM: a case study in the Bonis’ watershed (Calabria, Italy)
Collalti A., Biondo C., Buttafuoco G., Maesano M., Caloiero T., Lucà F., Pellicone G., Ricca N., Salvati R., Veltri A., Scarascia Mugnozza G., Matteucci G.
Forest@; https://doi.org/10.3832/efor2368-014
Likelihood of changes in forest species suitability, distribution, and diversity under future climate: The case of Southern Europe
Noce S., Collalti A., Santini M.
Ecology and Evolution; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3427
2016
Validation of 3D-CMCC Forest Ecosystem Model (v.5.1) against eddy covariance data for 10 European forest sites
Collalti A., Marconi S., Ibrom A., Trotta C., Anav A., D’Andrea E., Matteucci G., Montagnani L., Gielen B., Mammarella I., Grunwald T., Knohl A., Berninger F., Zhao Y., Valentini R., Santini M.
Geoscientific Model Development;
Hot Spot maps of forest presence in the Mediterranean Basin
Noce S., Collalti A., Valentini R., Santini M.
iForest; https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor1802-009
2014
A process-based model to simulate growth in forests with complex structure: evaluation and use of 3D-CMCC Forest Ecosystem Model in a deciduous forest in Central Italy
Collalti A., Perugini L., Chiti T., Nolè A., Matteucci G., Valentini R.
Ecological Modeling; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.09.016
2013
Assessing temporal variation of primary and ecosystem production in two Mediterranean forests using a modified 3-PG model
Nolè A., Collalti A., Magnani F., Duce P., Ferrara A., Mancino G., Marras S., Sirca C., Spano D., Borghetti M.
Annals of Forest Science; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-013-0315-7
Master thesis and PhD thesis
Modelling the effects of climate change on soil heterotrophic respiration in forest ecosystems. Empirical versus Mechanistic approach.
Biondo C., Papale D., Collalti A.
University of Tuscia Ph.D. Thesis; 2020
Climate change mitigation by forests: a case study on the role of management on carbon dynamics of a pine forest in South Italy
Pellicone G., Matteucci G., Scarascia Mugnozza G., Collalti A.
University of Tuscia Ph.D. Thesis; 2018
Assessing NEE and Carbon Dynamics among 5 European Forest types: Development and Validation of a new Phenology and Soil Carbon routines within the process oriented 3D-CMCC-Forest-Ecosystem Model
Marconi S., Chiti T., Valentini R., Collalti A.
University of Tuscia Master Thesis, 2014
Sviluppo di un modello dinamico ecologico-forestale per foreste a struttura complessa
Collalti A., Valentini R.
University of Tuscia PhD Thesis, 2011
Books and book chapters
Growth and Allocation of Woody Biomass in Forest Trees Based on Environmental Conditions
Todaro L., Rita A., Collalti A.
Forest MDPI, ISBN 978-3-0365-0436-0, 2021
The Role of Respiration in Estimation of Net Carbon Cycle: Coupling Soil Carbon Dynamics and Canopy Turnover in a Novel Version of 3D-CMCC Forest Ecosystem Model
in: Forest Soil Respiration under Climate Change
Marconi S., Chiti T., Nolè A., Valentini R., Collalti A.
Jandl R., Rodeghiero M, Forest MDPI, ISBN 978-3-03897-179-5, 2018
Adaptation and Mitigation
in: FAO and PlanBlue "State of Mediterranean Forests 2018"
Barbati A., Scarascia-Mugnozza G., Sezgin A., Blasi E., Calama R., Canaveira P., Cicatiello C., Collalti A., del Rio M., Ducci P., Perugini L.
Food and Agricolture Organization of the United Nations and Plan Bleu, ISBN 978-92-5-131047-2, 2018
The Role of Managed Forest Ecosystems: A Modeling Based Approach
in: The Greenhouse Gas Balance of Italy, An Insight on Managed and Natural Terrestrial Ecosystem
Nolè A., Collalti A., Borghetti M., Chiesi M., Chirici G., Magnani F., Marras S., Maselli F., Sirca C., Spano D., Valentini R.
R.Valentini, F. Miglietta, Environmental Science & Engineering, Springer, ISSN 1863-5520, 2015
Database
Forest production efficiency increases with growth temperature
Collalti A., Ibrom A., Stockmarr A., Cescatti A., Alkama R., Fernández-Martínez M., Matteucci G., Sitch S., Friedlingstein P., Ciais P., Goll D.S., Nabel J.E.M.S., Pongratz J., Arneth A., Haverd V., Prentice I.C..
Zenodo;
The PROFOUND database for evaluating vegetation models and simulating climate impacts on forests