Papers in peer-reviewed international journals
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[37] Silvestro R, Mencuccini M, […], Gryc V, Guerrieri R et al. (2024). Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale. Nat Commun 15, 6169.
[36] Ferretti M, Gessler A, Cools N, Fleck S, Guerrieri R et al. (2024). Resilient forests need joint forces for better inventorying and monitoring. Forest Ecology and Management 561, 121875.
[35] Guerrieri R, Cáliz J, Mattana S et al. (2024). Substantial contribution of tree canopy nitrifiers to nitrogen fluxes in European forests. Nat. Geosci. 17, 130–136.
[34] Guerrieri R, Belmecheri S, Asbjornsen H, Xiao J, Hollinger DY, Clark K, Jennings K, Kolb TE, Munger JW, Richardson AD, Ollinger SV (2022). Detecting long-term changes in stomatal conductance: challenges and opportunities of tree-ring δ18 O proxy. New Phytol 236(3), 809-812.
[33] Ellsworth DS, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Verryckt LT, Goll D, Zaehle S, Bloomfield KJ, Ciais P, Cernusak LA, Domingues TF, Dusenge ME, Garcia S, Guerrieri R, et al. (2022). Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world. Nat Commun 13, 5005.
[32] Kannenberg SA, Cabon A, Babst F, Belmecheri S, Delpierre N, Guerrieri R, Maxwell JT, Meinzer FC, Moore DJP, Pappas C, Ueyama M, Ulrich DEM, Voelker SL, Woodruff DR, Anderegg WRL. (2022). Drought-induced decoupling between carbon uptake and tree growth impacts forest carbon turnover time. Agric For Meteorol 322,108996.
[31] Cabon A, Kannenberg S, Arain A, Babst F, Baldocchi D, Belmecheri S, Delpierre N, Guerrieri R, […], Anderegg RL (2022). Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth. Science 376 (6594), 758-761.
[30] Lavergne A., Hemming DL, Prentice IC, Guerrieri R, Oliver R, Graven H (2021). Global decadal variability of plant carbon isotope discrimination and its link to gross primary production. Global Change Biology 28 (2): 524-541.
[29] Guerrieri R., Templer P, Magnani F (2021). Canopy exchange and modification of nitrogen fluxes in forest ecosystems. Current Forestry Reports 7, 115–137.
[28] Guerrieri R, Correia M, Martín-Forés I, Alfaro-Sánchez R, Pino J, Hampe A, Valladares F, Espelta JM (2021). Land-use legacies influence tree water-use efficiency and nitrogen availability in recently established European forests. Functional Ecology 35 (6): 1325-1340.
[27] Belmecheri S, Maxwell RS, Taylor AH, Davis KJ, Guerrieri R, Moore DJ, Rayback SA (2021). Precipitation alters the CO2 effect on water-use efficiency of temperate forests. Global Change Biology 27 (8): 1560-1571.
[26] Zhao J, Feng H, Xu T, Xiao J, Guerrieri R, Liu S, Wu X, He X, He X (2021). Physiological and environmental control on ecosystem water use efficiency in response to drought across the northern hemisphere. Science of the Total Environment 758: 143599.
[25] Guerrieri R, Vanguelova E, Pitman R, Benham S, Perks M, Morison J, Mencuccini M (2020). Climate and atmospheric deposition effects on forest water-use efficiency and nitrogen availability across Britain. Scientific Reports 10: 12418
[24] Guerrieri R, Lecha L, Mattana S, Calíz J, Casamayor E, A Barceló, Michalski G, Peñuelas J, Avila A, Mencuccini M (2020). Partitioning between atmospheric deposition and canopy microbial nitrification into throughfall nitrate fluxes in a Mediterranean forest. Journal of Ecology 108 (2): 626-640.
[23] Guerrieri R, Belmecheri S, Ollinger S, Asbjornsen H, Jennings K, Xiao J, Stocker BD, Martin M, Hollinger D, Bracho-Garrillo R, Clark K, Dore S, Kolb T, Munger JW, Novick K, Richardson AD (2019). Disentangling the role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on rising forest water-use efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 116 (34): 16909-16914.
[22] Craine JM, Elmore AJ, Wang L, Boeckx P, Delzon S, Fang Y, Gray A, Guerrieri R, et al. (2019) Reply to: Data do not support large-scale oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1287–1288.
[21] Smith N, Keenan T, Prentice C, Wang H, Wright I, Niinemets U, Crous K, Domingues T, Guerrieri R, et al. (2018). Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment. Ecology Letters 22 (3): 506-517.
[20] Asbjornsen H, Campbell J, Jennings K, Vadeboncoeur M, McIntire C, Templer PH, Phillips R, Bauerle TL, Dietze M, Frey S, Groffman P, Guerrieri R, et al. (2018). Guidelines and considerations for designing precipitation manipulation experiments in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:2310–2325.
[19] Craine J, Elmore AJ, Aranibar J, Bauters M, Boeckx P, Crowley BE, Dawes MA, Delzon S, Fajardo A, Fang Y, Fujiyoshi L, Gray A, Guerrieri R, et al. (2018). Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1735-1744.
[18] Peñuelas J, Saradans J, Filella….Guerrieri R et al. (2017). Quantifying Impacts of Drought and Wildfire on Forest's Water and Carbon Resources. Forests 8 (12), 463.
[17] Guerrieri R, Jennings K, Belmecheri S, Asbjornsen H, Ollinger S (2017). Evaluating climate signal recorded in tree ring δ13C and δ18O from bulk wood and -cellulose for six species across the northeastern US. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 31 (24), 2081-2091.
[16] Fyllas N, Bentley LP, Shenkin A, Asner GP, Atkin OK, Díaz S, Enquist B, Farfan-Rios W, Gloor E, Guerrieri R, et al. (2017). Solar radiation and functional traits explain the decline of forest primary productivity along a tropical elevation gradient. Ecology Letters 20 (6), 730-740.
[15] Guerrieri R, Lepine L, Asbjornsen H, Xiao J, Ollinger S (2016). Guerrieri, R., L. Lepine, H. Asbjornsen, J. Xiao, and S. V. Ollinger (2016). Evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in relation to climate and canopy nitrogen in U.S. forests. Journal of Geophyisical Research: Biogeosciences 121, 2610–2629.
[14] Malhi Y, Girardin CAJ, Goldsmith GR, Doughty CE, Salinas N, Metcalfe D B, Huaraca Huasco W, Silva-Espejo JE, del Aguilla-Pasquell J, Farfán Amézquita F, Aragão LEOC, Guerrieri R, et al. (2016). The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective. The New Phytologist 214 (3), 1019-1032.
[13] Bahar NHA, Ishida FY, Weerasinghe LK, Guerrieri R, et al. (2016). Photosynthetic capacity is greater in high-elevation, Andean tropical moist forests than their lowland, Amazonian counterparts. The New Phytologist 214 (3), 1002-1018.
[12] Jennings K, Guerrieri R, Vadeboncoeur M, Asbjornsen H (2015). Response of Quercus velutina growth and water use efficiency to climate variability and nitrogen fertilization in a temperate deciduous forest in the northeastern U.S. Tree Physiology 36 (4), 428-443.
[11] Guerrieri R, Vanguelova EI, Michalski G, Heaton THE, Mencuccini M (2015). Isotopic evidence for the occurrence of biological nitrification and nitrogen deposition processing in forest canopies. Global Change Biology 21 (12): 4613-4626.
[10] Atkin O, Bloomfield KJ, Reich PB, Tjoelker MG, [….], Guerrieri R, et al. (2015). Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits. The New Phytologist 206 (2), 614-636. [138]
[9] Bellino A, Alfani A, Selosse MA, Guerrieri R, Borghetti M, Baldantoni D (2014). Nutritional regulation in mixotrophic plants: new insights from Limodorum abortivum. Oecologia 175 (3), 875-885.
[8] Leonardi S, Gentilesca T, Guerrieri R, et al. (2012). Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition and climate on carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency of angiosperm and conifer trees under rising CO2 conditions. Global Change Biology 18, 2925-2944.
[7] Ripullone F, Rivelli A, Baraldi R, Guarini R, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2011). Effectiveness of the photochemical reflectance index to track photosynthetic activity over a range of forest tree species and plant water status. Functional Plant Biology 38,177-186.
[6] Guerrieri R, Mencuccini M, Sheppard LJ, Saurer M, Perks M, Levy P, Sutton MA, Borghetti M, Grace J (2011). The legacy of enhanced N and S deposition as revealed by the combined analysis of d13C, d18O and d15N in tree rings. Global Change Biology 17,1946-1962.
[5] Guerrieri R, Siegwolf RTW, Saurer M, Ripullone F, Mencuccini M, Borghetti M (2010). Anthropogenic NOx emissions alter the intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi) for Quercus cerris stands under Mediterranean climate conditions. Environmental Pollution 158, 2841-2847.
[4] Guerrieri MR, Siegwolf RTW, Saurer M, Jäggi M, Cherubini P, Ripullone F, M Borghetti (2009). Impact of different nitrogen emission sources on tree physiology as assessed by a triple stable isotope approach. Atmospheric Environment 43, 410-418.
[3] Ripullone F, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2009). Testing a dual isotope model to track carbon and water gas exchanges in a Mediterranean forest. iForest 2, 59-66.
[2] Ripullone F, Borghetti M, Raddi S, Baraldi R, Vicinelli E, Cantoni L, Nolè A, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2009). Physiological and structural changes of an evergreen Mediterranean forest in response to long-term altered precipitation regimes. Trees-Structure and Function 23 (4), 823-834.
[1] Ripullone F, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2007). Stomatal conductance and leaf water potential responses to hydraulic resistance variation in Pinus pinaster plants. Trees- Structure and Function 21, 371-378.
[36] Ferretti M, Gessler A, Cools N, Fleck S, Guerrieri R et al. (2024). Resilient forests need joint forces for better inventorying and monitoring. Forest Ecology and Management 561, 121875.
[35] Guerrieri R, Cáliz J, Mattana S et al. (2024). Substantial contribution of tree canopy nitrifiers to nitrogen fluxes in European forests. Nat. Geosci. 17, 130–136.
[34] Guerrieri R, Belmecheri S, Asbjornsen H, Xiao J, Hollinger DY, Clark K, Jennings K, Kolb TE, Munger JW, Richardson AD, Ollinger SV (2022). Detecting long-term changes in stomatal conductance: challenges and opportunities of tree-ring δ18 O proxy. New Phytol 236(3), 809-812.
[33] Ellsworth DS, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, Verryckt LT, Goll D, Zaehle S, Bloomfield KJ, Ciais P, Cernusak LA, Domingues TF, Dusenge ME, Garcia S, Guerrieri R, et al. (2022). Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world. Nat Commun 13, 5005.
[32] Kannenberg SA, Cabon A, Babst F, Belmecheri S, Delpierre N, Guerrieri R, Maxwell JT, Meinzer FC, Moore DJP, Pappas C, Ueyama M, Ulrich DEM, Voelker SL, Woodruff DR, Anderegg WRL. (2022). Drought-induced decoupling between carbon uptake and tree growth impacts forest carbon turnover time. Agric For Meteorol 322,108996.
[31] Cabon A, Kannenberg S, Arain A, Babst F, Baldocchi D, Belmecheri S, Delpierre N, Guerrieri R, […], Anderegg RL (2022). Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth. Science 376 (6594), 758-761.
[30] Lavergne A., Hemming DL, Prentice IC, Guerrieri R, Oliver R, Graven H (2021). Global decadal variability of plant carbon isotope discrimination and its link to gross primary production. Global Change Biology 28 (2): 524-541.
[29] Guerrieri R., Templer P, Magnani F (2021). Canopy exchange and modification of nitrogen fluxes in forest ecosystems. Current Forestry Reports 7, 115–137.
[28] Guerrieri R, Correia M, Martín-Forés I, Alfaro-Sánchez R, Pino J, Hampe A, Valladares F, Espelta JM (2021). Land-use legacies influence tree water-use efficiency and nitrogen availability in recently established European forests. Functional Ecology 35 (6): 1325-1340.
[27] Belmecheri S, Maxwell RS, Taylor AH, Davis KJ, Guerrieri R, Moore DJ, Rayback SA (2021). Precipitation alters the CO2 effect on water-use efficiency of temperate forests. Global Change Biology 27 (8): 1560-1571.
[26] Zhao J, Feng H, Xu T, Xiao J, Guerrieri R, Liu S, Wu X, He X, He X (2021). Physiological and environmental control on ecosystem water use efficiency in response to drought across the northern hemisphere. Science of the Total Environment 758: 143599.
[25] Guerrieri R, Vanguelova E, Pitman R, Benham S, Perks M, Morison J, Mencuccini M (2020). Climate and atmospheric deposition effects on forest water-use efficiency and nitrogen availability across Britain. Scientific Reports 10: 12418
[24] Guerrieri R, Lecha L, Mattana S, Calíz J, Casamayor E, A Barceló, Michalski G, Peñuelas J, Avila A, Mencuccini M (2020). Partitioning between atmospheric deposition and canopy microbial nitrification into throughfall nitrate fluxes in a Mediterranean forest. Journal of Ecology 108 (2): 626-640.
[23] Guerrieri R, Belmecheri S, Ollinger S, Asbjornsen H, Jennings K, Xiao J, Stocker BD, Martin M, Hollinger D, Bracho-Garrillo R, Clark K, Dore S, Kolb T, Munger JW, Novick K, Richardson AD (2019). Disentangling the role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on rising forest water-use efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 116 (34): 16909-16914.
[22] Craine JM, Elmore AJ, Wang L, Boeckx P, Delzon S, Fang Y, Gray A, Guerrieri R, et al. (2019) Reply to: Data do not support large-scale oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1287–1288.
[21] Smith N, Keenan T, Prentice C, Wang H, Wright I, Niinemets U, Crous K, Domingues T, Guerrieri R, et al. (2018). Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment. Ecology Letters 22 (3): 506-517.
[20] Asbjornsen H, Campbell J, Jennings K, Vadeboncoeur M, McIntire C, Templer PH, Phillips R, Bauerle TL, Dietze M, Frey S, Groffman P, Guerrieri R, et al. (2018). Guidelines and considerations for designing precipitation manipulation experiments in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:2310–2325.
[19] Craine J, Elmore AJ, Aranibar J, Bauters M, Boeckx P, Crowley BE, Dawes MA, Delzon S, Fajardo A, Fang Y, Fujiyoshi L, Gray A, Guerrieri R, et al. (2018). Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1735-1744.
[18] Peñuelas J, Saradans J, Filella….Guerrieri R et al. (2017). Quantifying Impacts of Drought and Wildfire on Forest's Water and Carbon Resources. Forests 8 (12), 463.
[17] Guerrieri R, Jennings K, Belmecheri S, Asbjornsen H, Ollinger S (2017). Evaluating climate signal recorded in tree ring δ13C and δ18O from bulk wood and -cellulose for six species across the northeastern US. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 31 (24), 2081-2091.
[16] Fyllas N, Bentley LP, Shenkin A, Asner GP, Atkin OK, Díaz S, Enquist B, Farfan-Rios W, Gloor E, Guerrieri R, et al. (2017). Solar radiation and functional traits explain the decline of forest primary productivity along a tropical elevation gradient. Ecology Letters 20 (6), 730-740.
[15] Guerrieri R, Lepine L, Asbjornsen H, Xiao J, Ollinger S (2016). Guerrieri, R., L. Lepine, H. Asbjornsen, J. Xiao, and S. V. Ollinger (2016). Evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in relation to climate and canopy nitrogen in U.S. forests. Journal of Geophyisical Research: Biogeosciences 121, 2610–2629.
[14] Malhi Y, Girardin CAJ, Goldsmith GR, Doughty CE, Salinas N, Metcalfe D B, Huaraca Huasco W, Silva-Espejo JE, del Aguilla-Pasquell J, Farfán Amézquita F, Aragão LEOC, Guerrieri R, et al. (2016). The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective. The New Phytologist 214 (3), 1019-1032.
[13] Bahar NHA, Ishida FY, Weerasinghe LK, Guerrieri R, et al. (2016). Photosynthetic capacity is greater in high-elevation, Andean tropical moist forests than their lowland, Amazonian counterparts. The New Phytologist 214 (3), 1002-1018.
[12] Jennings K, Guerrieri R, Vadeboncoeur M, Asbjornsen H (2015). Response of Quercus velutina growth and water use efficiency to climate variability and nitrogen fertilization in a temperate deciduous forest in the northeastern U.S. Tree Physiology 36 (4), 428-443.
[11] Guerrieri R, Vanguelova EI, Michalski G, Heaton THE, Mencuccini M (2015). Isotopic evidence for the occurrence of biological nitrification and nitrogen deposition processing in forest canopies. Global Change Biology 21 (12): 4613-4626.
[10] Atkin O, Bloomfield KJ, Reich PB, Tjoelker MG, [….], Guerrieri R, et al. (2015). Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits. The New Phytologist 206 (2), 614-636. [138]
[9] Bellino A, Alfani A, Selosse MA, Guerrieri R, Borghetti M, Baldantoni D (2014). Nutritional regulation in mixotrophic plants: new insights from Limodorum abortivum. Oecologia 175 (3), 875-885.
[8] Leonardi S, Gentilesca T, Guerrieri R, et al. (2012). Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition and climate on carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency of angiosperm and conifer trees under rising CO2 conditions. Global Change Biology 18, 2925-2944.
[7] Ripullone F, Rivelli A, Baraldi R, Guarini R, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2011). Effectiveness of the photochemical reflectance index to track photosynthetic activity over a range of forest tree species and plant water status. Functional Plant Biology 38,177-186.
[6] Guerrieri R, Mencuccini M, Sheppard LJ, Saurer M, Perks M, Levy P, Sutton MA, Borghetti M, Grace J (2011). The legacy of enhanced N and S deposition as revealed by the combined analysis of d13C, d18O and d15N in tree rings. Global Change Biology 17,1946-1962.
[5] Guerrieri R, Siegwolf RTW, Saurer M, Ripullone F, Mencuccini M, Borghetti M (2010). Anthropogenic NOx emissions alter the intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi) for Quercus cerris stands under Mediterranean climate conditions. Environmental Pollution 158, 2841-2847.
[4] Guerrieri MR, Siegwolf RTW, Saurer M, Jäggi M, Cherubini P, Ripullone F, M Borghetti (2009). Impact of different nitrogen emission sources on tree physiology as assessed by a triple stable isotope approach. Atmospheric Environment 43, 410-418.
[3] Ripullone F, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2009). Testing a dual isotope model to track carbon and water gas exchanges in a Mediterranean forest. iForest 2, 59-66.
[2] Ripullone F, Borghetti M, Raddi S, Baraldi R, Vicinelli E, Cantoni L, Nolè A, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2009). Physiological and structural changes of an evergreen Mediterranean forest in response to long-term altered precipitation regimes. Trees-Structure and Function 23 (4), 823-834.
[1] Ripullone F, Guerrieri MR, et al. (2007). Stomatal conductance and leaf water potential responses to hydraulic resistance variation in Pinus pinaster plants. Trees- Structure and Function 21, 371-378.
PhD thesis
Guerrieri R (2007). Tree ecophysiology under limiting conditions. Two study cases: at treeline and at exposure to emissions from anthropogenic activities.
Other PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTER
OTHER PAPERS
- Andreu-Hayles L, Lévesque M, Guerrieri R, Siegwolf RTW, Körner C. (2021). Chapter 14, Environmental fingerprints in tree-ring stable isotopes: Limits and strengths in mirroring environmental impacts. In Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses. Springer Physiology Book Series. Ed. R. Brooks, J. Roden, R.Siegwolf, M.Saurer.
OTHER PAPERS
- Ravaioli D, Teglia A, Guerrieri R, Marcolini G, Muzzi E, Magnani F (2022). Effetti della deposizione atmosferica di N su produttività e allocazione della crescita. Primi risultati di un esperimento di lungo termine in una faggeta appenninica. L’Italia Forestale e Montana doi: 10.4129/ifm.2022.x.0x
- Guerrieri R (2019). The secret life of forests. Science in School, 46: 20-24 (www.scienceinschool.org).
- Guerrieri R, Peñuelas J, Mencuccini M (2018). Nitrification in tree canopies. ICP Forests 2017. Executive Report. Eberswalde, Germany, pp: 5-6. [https://icp-forests.org/pdf/ER2017.pdf] ISSN 1020-587X, e-ISSN 2198-6541]
- Guerrieri MR, Todaro L, Carraro V, D’Alessandro CM, De Stefano S, Lapolla A, Saracino A (2008). Ecophysiological perforances of Pinus lecudermis at the tree line in Mediterranean area. Forest@ 5, 28-38.
- Guerrieri MR, Saurer M, Siegwolf RTW, Waldner P, Cherubini P (2006). Impact of traffic on δ15N, δ13C and δ18O of needles and annual tree rings of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.). Forest@ 3 (3), 437-445
- D’Alessandro CM, Guerrieri MR, Saracino A (2004). Comparing carbon isotope composition of bulk wood and holocellulose from Quercus cerris, Fraxinus ornus and Pinus radiata tree rings. Forest@ 1 (1), 51-57.