Renato Gerdol

Selected publications

BOOKS
Gerdol R. & Tomaselli M. 1997. Vegetation of wetlands in the Dolomites. Dissertationes Botanicae 281. Cramer, Berlin-Stuttgart, 197 pp.
Gerdol R., Stanisci A., Tomaselli M. 2008. The vegetation of the Italian mountains (in Italian). Italian Alpine Club, Milan, 387 pp.

PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

2008
Gerdol R., Bragazza L. & Brancaleoni L. 2008. Heatwave 2003: high summer temperature, rather than experimental fertilization, affects vegetation and CO2 exchange in an alpine bog. New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02429.x

2007
Cornelissen J.H.C., van Bodegom P.M., Aerts R., Callaghan T.V., van Logtestijn R.S.P., Alatalo J., Chapin F.S., Gerdol R., Gudmundsson J., Gwynn-Jones D., Hartley A.E., Hik D.S., Hofgaard A., Jónsdóttir I.S., Karlsson S., Klein J.A., Laundre J., Magnusson B., Michelsen A., Molau U., Onipchenko V.G., Quested H.M., Sandvik S.M., Schmidt I.K., Shaver G.R., Solheim B., Soudzilovskaia N.A., Tolvanen A., Totland Ø., Wada N., Welker J.M., Zhao X. & Team M.O.L. 2007. Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes. Ecology Letters 10: 619-627.
Bragazza L., Siffi C., Iacumin P. & Gerdol R. 2007. Mass loss and nutrient release during litter decay in peatland: The role of microbial adaptability to litter chemistry. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39: 257-267.
Gerdol R., Petraglia A., Bragazza L., Iacumin P. & Brancaleoni L. 2007. Nitrogen deposition interacts with climate in affecting production and decomposition rates in Sphagnum mosses. Global Change Biology 13: 1-12.
Brancaleoni L., Gualmini M., Tomaselli M. & Gerdol R. 2007. Responses of subalpine dwarf-shrub heath to irrigation and fertilization. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 337-344.

2006
Bragazza L., Freeman C., Jones T., Rydin H., Limpens J., Fenner N., Ellis T., Gerdol R., Hajek M., Hajek T., Iacumin P., Kutnar L., Tahvanainen T. & Toberman H. 2006. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition promotes carbon loss from peat bogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 103 51: 19386-19389.
Brancaleoni L. & Gerdol R. 2006. Recovery of subalpine dwarf shrub heath after neighbour removal and fertilization. Plant Ecology 183: 227-235.
Gerdol R., Bragazza L. 2006. Effects of altitude on element accumulation in alpine moss. Chemosphere 64: 810-816.
Gerdol R., Bragazza L. & Brancaleoni L. 2006. Microbial nitrogen cycling interacts with exogenous nitrogen supply in affecting growth of Sphagnum papillosum. Environmental and Experimental Botany 57: 1-8.

2005
Gerdol R. 2005. Growth performance of two deciduous Vaccinium species in relation to nutrient status in a subalpine heath. Flora 200: 168-174.
Bragazza L., Rydin H. & Gerdol R.. 2005. Multiple gradients in mire vegetation - a comparison of a Swedish and an Italian bog. Plant Ecology 177: 223-236.

2004
Bragazza L., Limpens J., Gerdol R., Grosvernier P., Hajek M., Hajek T., Hajkova P., Hansen I., Iacumin P., Kutnar L., Rydin H. & Tahvanainen T. 2004. Nitrogen concentration and δ15N signature of ombrotrophic Sphagnum mosses at different N deposition levels in Europe. Global Change Biology 11: 106-114.
Mitchell E., Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 2004: Testate amoebae (Protista) communities in Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) B.S.G. (Bryophyta): relationships with altitude, and moss elemental chemistry. Protist 155: 423-436.
Bragazza L., Tahvanainen T., Kutnar L., Rydin H., Limpens J., Hájek M., Grosvernier P., Hájek T., Hajkova P., Hansen I., Iacumin P. & Gerdol R. 2004. Nutritional constraints in ombrotrophic Sphagnum plants under increasing atmospheric nitrogen depositions in Europe. New Phytologist 163: 609-616.
Cannone N., Guglielmin M. & Gerdol R. 2004. Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in northwestern Svalbard. Polar Biology 27: 562-571.
Gerdol R., Anfodillo T., Gualmini M., Bragazza L. & Brancaleoni L. 2004. Biomass distribution of two subalpine dwarf shrubs with contrasting leaf habit in relation to soil moisture and soil nutrient content. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 457-464.

2003
Cannone N. & Gerdol R. 2003. Vegetation as an ecological indicator of surface instability in rock glaciers. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 35: 384-390.
Nardi S, Pizzeghello D., Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 2003. Low-molecular-weight organic acids and hormone-like activity of dissolved organic matter in two forest soils in N Italy. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 1549-1564.
Brancaleoni L., Strelin J. & Gerdol R. 2003. Relationships between geomorphology and vegetation patterns in subantarctic andean tundra of Tierra del Fuego. Polar Biology 26: 404-410.
Bragazza L., Gerdol R. & Rydin H. 2003. Effects of mineral and nutrient input on mire bio-geochemistry in two geographical regions. Journal of Ecology 91: 417-426.

2002
Gerdol R., Bragazza L., Marchesini R., Medici A., Pedrini P., Benedetti S., Bovolenta A. & Coppi S. 2002. Use of moss (Tortula muralis Hedw.) for monitoring organic and inorganic air pollution in urban and rural sites in Northern Italy. Atmospheric Environment 36: 4069-4075.
Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 2002. Are nutrient availability and acidity-alkalinity gradients related in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands? Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 473-482.
Fogli S., Marchesini R. & Gerdol R. 2002. Reed (Phragmites australis) decline in a brackish wetland in Italy. Marine Environmental Research 53: 465-479.
Tosi S., Casado B., Gerdol R. & Caretta G. 2002. Fungi isolated from Antarctic mosses. Polar Biology 25: 262-268.
Gerdol R., Brancaleoni L., Marchesini R. & Bragazza L. 2002. Nutrient and carbon relations in subalpine dwarf shrubs after neighbour removal or fertilization in northern Italy. Oecologia 130: 476-483.
Gerdol R., Bragazza L. & Marchesini R. 2002. Element concentrations in the forest moss Hylocomium splendens: variation associated with altitude, net primary production and soil chemistry. Environmental Pollution 116: 129-135.

2001
Gerdol R. & Bragazza L. 2001. Syntaxonomy and community ecology of mires in the Rhaetian Alps (Italy). Phytocoenologia, 31: 271-299.

2000

Gerdol R., Brancaleoni L., Menghini M. & Marchesini R. 2000. Response of dwarf shrubs to neighbour removal and nutrient addition and their influence on community structure in a subalpine heath. Journal of Ecology 88: 256-266.
Gerdol R., Bragazza L., Marchesini R., Alber R., Bonetti L., Lorenzoni G., Achilli M., Buffoni A., De Marco N., Franchi M., Pison S., Giaquinta S., Palmieri F. & Spezzano P. 2000. Monitoring of heavy metal deposition in Northern Italy by moss analysis. Environmental Pollution 108: 201-208.
Gerdol R., Iacumin P., Marchesini R. & Bragazza L. 2000. Water- and nutrient-use efficiency of a deciduous species, Vaccinium myrtillus, and an evergreen species, V. vitis-idaea, in a subalpine dwarf shrub heath in the southern Alps, Italy. Oikos 88: 19-32.

Ante 2000

Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 1999. Ecological gradients in some Sphagnum mires in the southeastern Alps (Italy). Applied Vegetation Science 2: 55-60.
Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 1999. Hydrology, groundwater chemistry and peat chemistry in relation to habitat conditions in a mire on the South-eastern Alps of Italy. Plant Ecology 144: 243-256.
Testa C., Degetto S., Jia G., Gerdol R., Desideri D., Meli M.A. & Guerra F. 1998. Plutonium and americium concentrations and vertical profiles in some Italian mosses used as bioindicators. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 234: 273-276.
Gerdol R., Bonora A., Marchesini R., Gualandri R. & Pancaldi S. 1998. Growth response of Sphagnum capillifolium to nighttime temperature and nutrient level: mechanisms and implications for global change. Arctic and Alpine Research 30: 388-395.
Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 1998. Seasonal chemistry of pore water in hummocks and hollows in a poor mire in the southern Alps (Italy). Wetlands 18: 320-328.
Gerdol R. 1996. The seasonal growth pattern of Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. in different microhabitats on a mire in the southern Aips (Italy). Oecologia montana 5: 13-20.
Bragazza L. & Gerdol R. 1996. Response surfaces of plant species along water-table depth and pH gradients in a poor mire on the southern Alps (Italy). Annales Botanici Fennici 3: 11-20.
Gerdol R., Bonora A., Gualandri R. & Pancaldi S. 1996. CO2 exchange, photosynthetic pigment composition, and cell ultrastructure of Sphagnum mosses during dehydration and subsequent rehydration. Canadian Journal of Botany 74: 726-734.
Gerdol R. 1995. Community and species-performance patterns along an alpine poor-rich mire gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 175-182.
Gerdol R. 1995. The growth dynamics of Sphagnum based on field measurements in a temperate bog and on laboratory cultures. Journal of Ecology 83: 369-378.
Gerdol R. & Bragazza L. 1994. The distribution of Sphagnum species along an elevational gradient in the southern Alps (Italy). Botanica Helvetica 104: 93-101.
Gerdol R., Degetto S., Mazzotta D. & Vecchiati G. 1994. The vertical distribution of the Cs-137 derived from Chernobyl fall-out in the uppermost Sphagnum layer of two peatlands in the southern Alps (Italy). Water, Air and Soil Pollution 75: 93-106.
Gerdol R., Tomaselli M. & Bragazza L. 1994. A floristic-ecologic classification of five mire sites in the montane-subalpine belt of South Tyrol (S Aips, Italy) Phyton, Horn 34: 35-56.
Gerdol R., Bonora A. & Poli F. 1994. The vertical pattern of pigment concentrations in chloroplasts of Sphagnum capillifolium. Bryologist 97: 158-161.
Gerdol R. & Tomaselli M. 1993. The vegetation of wetlands in the northern Apennines (Italy). Phytocoenologia 22: 421-469.
Gerdol R. 1992. Saxifraga depressa and Saxifragetum depressae: an endemic species and association of the western Dolomites (Italy). Vegetatio 98: 33-41.
Gerdol R., Tomaselli M. & Boiti I. 1991. Bryophyte flora and vegetation of the glaciokarst plains in the Dolomites (S Aips, Italy). Journal of Bryology 16: 413-427.
Gerdol R. 1991. Seasonal variations in the element concentrations in mire water and in Sphagnum mosses on an ombrotrophic bog in the southern Alps. Lindbergia 16 44-50.
Gerdol R. 1990. Vegetation patterns and nutrient status of two mixed mires in the southern Aips. Journal of Vegetation Science 1: 663-668.
Gerdol R. & Smiraglia C. 1990. Correlation between vegetation pattern and micromorphology in periglacial areas of the central Alps. Pirineos 135: 13-28.
Gerdol R. 1990. Gradient analysis of alpine vegetation in the Lagorai range, Dolomites. Botanica Helvetica 100: 167-181.
Gerdol R. & Tomaselli M. 1987. Mire vegetation in the Apuanian Alps (Italy). Folia Geobotanica Phytotaxonomica 22: 25-33.
Gerdol R., Ferrari C. & Piccoli F. 1985 Correlation between soil characters and forest types: a study in multiple discriminant analysis. Vegetatio 60: 49-56.
Feoli E. & Gerdol R. 1982. Evaluation of syntaxonomic schemes of aquatic plant communities by cluster analysis. Vegetatio 49: 21-27.
Gerdol R. & Piccoli F. 1982. A phytosociological numerical study of the vegetation above the timberline on Monte Baldo (N-Italy). Phytocoenologia 10: 487-527.
Lausi D., Gerdol R & Piccoli F. 1982. Dynamics of Ostrya carpinifolia woods in the Southern Alps (N-Italy). Vegetatio 48: 123-131.