Laura Bombonato

I’m working on alpine mire ecosystems.  I’m following two projects on the effects of Global Change in these ecosystems. The first is  part of a long-term study related to the effects of fertilisation with nitrogen and phosphorous in a full factorial design on vegetation. The second concerns the effects of snow cover manipulation on nutrient cycling and on carbon (both in peat and in microbial biomass) and on net exchange ecosystem (NEE). In addition, I'm investigating the role of merging species in Plant Functional Types in plant ecology. 

Biography

Born on 14 January 1983 in Ferrara (Italy)

2005 Degree in Biology curriculum Ecology (Ferrara University); Final grade 110/110 cum laude Thesis: “Identification of new active compounds with low environmental impact: analogues of phosphinothricin as inibitors of plant glutamine synthetase”

2007 Master in Ecology and Evolution (Ferrara University). Final grade 110/110 cum laude. Thesis “Nutrient patterns in mire alpine ecosystems”.

Congress

51st Annual Symposium of International Association of Vegetation Science. 7-12 September 2008 Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (Western Cape), South Africa. Oral presentation: “Plant functional types as predictors of nutrient status in mire vegetation”

Publications

Bombonato L, Siffi C and Gerdol R (2010). Variations in the foliar nutrient content of mire plants: effects of growth-form based grouping and habitat. Plant Ecology (in press) 

Other

Participation to International School on Alpine Ecology and Global Change, Austria 4-8^th October 2009