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  1. Species- and site-specific efficacy of commercial biocides and application solvents against lichens

    Article • International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  2. Is there a risk of trace element contamination in herbal preparations? A test study on the lichen Cetraria islandica

    Article • Chemosphere, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  3. The bark of the branches of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) for a retrospective study of trace elements in the atmosphere

    Article • Environmental Research, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  4. Branch bark of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) for reconstructing the temporal variations of atmospheric deposition of hexavalent chromium

    Article • Chemosphere, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  5. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr Paolo Giordani, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Professor Andy Purvis, Dr. Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Dr Pedro R Beja, Dr Paul Eggleton, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Eyal Shochat, Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Baoming Ge

  6. Urban and industrial contribution to trace elements in the atmosphere as measured in holm oak bark

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  7. Do tree-related factors mediate the response of lichen functional groups to eutrophication?

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  8. Climate change fosters the decline of epiphytic Lobaria species in Italy

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  9. Fire affects the functional diversity of epilithic lichen communities

    Article • Fungal Ecology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  10. Human contribution to trace elements in urban areas as measured in holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) bark

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  11. NIR spectroscopy as a tool for discriminating between lichens exposed to air pollution

    Article • Chemosphere, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  12. Woody species diversity as predictor of vascular plant species diversity in forest ecosystems

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  13. Interaction of sea salt and atmospheric pollution alters the OJIP fluorescence transient in the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  14. Local dispersal dynamics determine the occupied niche of the red-listed lichen Seirophora villosa (Ach.) Frödén in a Mediterranean Juniperus shrubland

    Article • Fungal Ecology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  15. Assessment of the conservation status of the mat-forming lichensCladoniasubgenusCladinain Italy

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  16. The bark of holm oak (Quercus ilex, L.) for airborne Cr(VI) monitoring

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  17. Different components of plant diversity suggest the protection of a large area for the conservation of a riparian ecosystem

    Article • Biologia, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Paolo Giordani, Lorenzo Lastrucci

  18. Sampling and Interpreting Lichen Diversity Data for Biomonitoring Purposes

    Article • December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  19. ThePREDICTSdatabase: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Steven James Presley, Dr Paolo Giordani, Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Dr Gabor L Lovei, Adriana De Palma, Professor Andy Purvis, Dr Pedro R Beja, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr. Shoji Naoe, Professor Matthieu Chauvat

  20. Climate change hastens the urgency of conservation for range-restricted plant species in the central-northern Mediterranean region

    Article • Biological Conservation, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  21. Towards the adoption of an international standard for biomonitoring with lichens—Consistency of assessment performed by experts from six European countries

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  22. Bioaccumulation capacity of two chemical varieties of the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  23. Assessing photosynthetic biomarkers in lichen transplants exposed under different light regimes

    Article • Ecological Indicators, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  24. Biomonitoring urban air pollution using transplanted lichens: element concentrations across seasons

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  25. Unsustainable cattle load in alpine pastures alters the diversity and the composition of lichen functional groups for nitrogen requirement

    Article • Fungal Ecology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  26. Temporal trends (1981–2007) of trace and rare earth elements in the lichen Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. from Italian herbaria

    Article • Chemosphere, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  27. Detecting the nitrogen critical loads on European forests by means of epiphytic lichens. A signal-to-noise evaluation

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  28. Functional traits of cryptogams in Mediterranean ecosystems are driven by water, light and substrate interactions

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  29. Patterns and drivers of β-diversity and similarity ofLobaria pulmonariacommunities in Italian forests

    Article • Journal of Ecology, January 2013, Wiley

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  30. Diversity and Composition of Plant and Lichen Species

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  31. Can we compare lichen diversity data? A test with skilled teams

    Article • Ecological Indicators, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  32. The ecology of the lichen genus Xanthoparmelia in Italy: An investigation throughout spatial scales

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  33. Functional traits of epiphytic lichens as potential indicators of environmental conditions in forest ecosystems

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  34. Spatial scales of variation in lichens: implications for sampling design in biomonitoring surveys

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  35. Assessing the effects of forest management on epiphytic lichens in coppiced forests using different indicators

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  36. Epiphytic lichen communities in chestnut stands in Central-North Italy

    Article • Biologia, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  37. Ecological Studies on the Serpentine Endemic Plant Cerastium utriense Barberis

    Article • Northeastern Naturalist, June 2009, Humboldt Field Research Institute

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  38. Rapid biodiversity assessment in lichen diversity surveys: implications for quality assurance

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  39. New records for lichen regional floras of Italy

    Article • Webbia, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  40. Lichens from Antalya, Cankiri, Konya and Nevsehir Provinces (Turkey)

    Article • Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, December 2008, Science Alert

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  41. The response of epiphytic lichens to air pollution and subsets of ecological predictors: A case study from the Italian Prealps

    Article • Environmental Pollution, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  42. The influence of climate on the distribution of lichens: a case study in a borderline area (Liguria, NW Italy)

    Article • Plant Ecology, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  43. Is the diversity of epiphytic lichens a reliable indicator of air pollution? A case study from Italy

    Article • Environmental Pollution, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  44. Variables influencing the distribution of epiphytic lichens in heterogeneous areas: A case study for Liguria, NW Italy

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  45. New histochemical techniques for the localization of metal ions in the lichen thallus

    Article • The Lichenologist, September 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  46. Reliability of different sampling densities for estimating and mapping lichen diversity in biomonitoring studies

    Article • Environmental Pollution, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  47. New and interesting lichen species to Marche and Molise

    Article • Webbia, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  48. The lichen genus Neofuscelia (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae) in Italy

    Article • The Lichenologist, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  49. Determinant factors for the formation of the calcium oxalate minerals, weddellite and whewellite, on the surface of foliose lichens

    Article • The Lichenologist, May 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  50. Variability of lichen diversity in a climatically heterogeneous area (Liguria, NW Italy)

    Article • The Lichenologist, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  51. Article • Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  52. Effects of atmospheric pollution on lichen biodiversity (LB) in a Mediterranean region (Liguria, northwest Italy)

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  53. The lichen genus Xanthoparmelia (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae) in Italy

    Article • The Lichenologist, May 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  54. Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  55. Oxidative stress and usnic acid content in Parmelia caperata and Parmelia soredians (Lichenes)

    Article • Il Farmaco, July 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  56. Dissolution of weddellite, calcium oxalate dihydrate, in Pyxine subcinerea

    Article • The Lichenologist, May 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  57. Applicability of the lichen biodiversity method (L.B.) to a Mediterranean area (Liguria, nw Italy)

    Article • Cryptogamie Mycologie, January 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  58. Additions to the lichen flora of the Ligurian Apennines (NW Italy)

    Article • Webbia, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  59. CALCIUM OXALATE AND MEDULLARY ARCHITECTURE IN XANTHOMACULINA CONVOLUTA

    Article • The Lichenologist, September 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Paolo Giordani

  60. New and interesting species to the Ligurian Lichen Flora

    Article • Webbia, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Paolo Giordani