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Dr. Francesco Maria Sabatini

Dr. Francesco Maria Sabatini
Coordinator of sPlot – The Global Vegetation Database

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2018

Post-Doc at 1) Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Institute of Biology. Geobotanic Lab. 2) German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

2015-2017

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-Doc fellow at Conservation Biogeography Lab. Dept of Geography. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Germany.

2014-201

Postdoctoreal Researcher, Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy). Cofunded by LIFE+11 (NAT/IT/135) project FAGUS – Forests of the Apennines: Good practices to conjugate Use and Sustainability

2010-2014

PhD, Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy)

2014

Visiting PhD Student at Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)

2013

Visiting PhD Student at University of Turku (Finland)

2010

Visiting Scholar at University of Wisconsin, Madison (USA)

2009

Part-time Scientific and technical adviser. Società Botanica Italiana ONLUS (Italy)

2007-2009

M.Sc. - Environmental Sciences. Faculty of mathematical, physical, and natural sciences. Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy)

A detailed CV can be found here   

Selected Publications

• Burrascano S, Ripullone F, Bernardo L, Borghetti M, Carli E, Colangelo M, Gangale C, Gargano D, Gentilesca T, Luzzi G, Passalacqua N, Pelle L, Rivelli AR, Sabatini FM, Schettino A, Siclari A, Uzunov D, Blasi C. 2018. It's a long way to the top: Plant species diversity in the transition from managed to old-growth forests.    JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE29: 98-109.

• Sabatini FM, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Burrascano S, Lora A, Chytrý M, in press. Beta-diversity of Central European forests decreases along an elevational gradient due to the variation in local community assembly processes.    ECOGRAPHY n\a.

• Burrascano S, Chytrý M, Kuemmerle T, Giarrizzo E, Luyssaert S, Sabatini FM, Blasi C, 2016. Current European policies are unlikely to jointly foster carbon sequestration and protect biodiversity.    BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 201:370-376.

• Sabatini FM, Burrascano S, Azzella MM, Barbati A, De Paulis S, Di Santo D, Facioni L, Giuliarelli D, Lombardi F, Maggi O, Mattioli W, Parisi F, Persiani A, Ravera S, Blasi C. 2016. One taxon does not fit all: Herb-layer diversity and stand structural complexity are weak predictors of biodiversity in Fagus sylvatica forests.    ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 69:126-137.

• Sabatini FM, Burrascano S, Tuomisto H and Blasi C. 2014. Ground layer plant species turnover and beta diversity in Southern-European old-growth forests   . PLOS ONE, 9(4):e95244.

• Burrascano S, Keeton W, Sabatini FM, Blasi C. 2013. Commonality and Variability in the Structural Attributes of Moist Temperate Old-growth Forests: a Global Review   . FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 291: 458-479, ISSN: 0378-1127, doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.020

A full list of my publications can be found on my research blog: FORESTS&CO   . You can also find me on googleScholar    and ResearchGate   .

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