Roberta Marchesini

Biography

Born on Ferrara (Italy) in 3 november 1966.

1993 Degree in Natural Science in the University of Ferrara.

1995-1996 Collaboration with the Museum of Natural History of Ferrara: catalogation of micromammal bones. Worked in C.E.A. in Mesola (Ferrara): didactic and scientific activity.

1997-2007 Research fellowship in the University of Ferrara.

2008- Tecnician in Laboratory of Plant Ecology in University of Ferrara.

Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.