Marcello Vitale

Background

About Marcello Vitale

Scientific Research is carried out on specific features as: a) Measuring and Modelling approaches on primary productivity and water use assessment; b) Climate change effect on ecosystems and plant distribution; c) Atmospheric pollutants (nitrogen oxides, ozone, Volatile Organic compounds) and their effects on structural and physiological characteristics of plants; d) Carbon cycle assessment for forest plant communities at different climate scenarios, in order to discriminate assimilation and respiration rates (litter decomposition and soil respiration rates); e) Land Use and Land Use Change assessment for implementing Spatial decision Support Systems in order to manage and mitigate the effects caused by desertification in semi-arid environments and/or to implement ecological restoration plans: f) Statistical approaches for predictive modelling of non-linear dynamic processes (plant distribution, intra-specific competition, resource consumption, canopy structural and/or functional damages induced by air pollutants).