List of works - Riccardo Guarino

European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

article

VegItaly: The Italian collaborative project for a national vegetation database

article

Assessing escapes from short rotation plantations of the invasive tree species Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Mediterranean ecosystems: a study in central Italy

article

A revision of Helichrysum panormitanum s.l. (Asteraceae) in the Italian and Maltese floras /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; ...

scientific article (publication date: 30 November 2016)

The vegetation of mining dumps in SW-Sardinia

scientific article

From risk assessment to in-context trajectory evaluation - GMOs and their social implications

scientific article published in 2011

Scale- and taxon-dependent patterns of plant diversity in steppes of Khakassia, South Siberia (Russia)

article

Bioclimatology and Vegetation Series in Sicily: A Geostatistical Approach

scientific article published in 2015

Floristic Traits and Biogeographic Characterization of the Gennargentu Massif (Sardinia)

scholarly article by Gianluigi Bacchetta et al published December 2013 in Candollea

Diversitas and biodiversity: the roots of a twenty-first century myth

Regional metacommunities in two coastal systems: spatial structure and drivers of plant assemblages

article

Contribution to a Taxonomic Revision of the Sicilian Helichrysum Taxa by PCA Analysis of Their Essential-Oil Compositions

scientific article

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 11

scientific article published in 2021

Update on the current occurrence of two rare fern species in Sicily (Italy): Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk. and D. robusta (Oberh. et Tavel ex Fraser-Jenk.) P. D. Sell. in the Peloritani Mountains

Probabilistic and preferential sampling approaches offer integrated perspectives of Italian forest diversity

Some European green roof norms and guidelines through the lens of biodiversity: Do ecoregions and plant traits also matter?

article

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity

scientific article published on 2 April 2025

The Sicilian taxa of Genista sect. Voglera and their phytosociological framework

scientific article published in 2012

Remote sensing reveals fire-driven enhancement of a C<sub>4</sub> invasive alien grass on a small Mediterranean volcanic island

scientific article published in 2024

Habitat type and island identity as drivers of community assembly in an archipelago

scientific article published on 26 September 2020

New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #60 to #82

scientific article published in 2023

FloraVeg.EU — An online database of European vegetation, habitats and flora

Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances

scientific article published in January 2024

Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

scientific article published in 2023

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published in 2022

Plant hunting: exploring the behaviour of amateur botanists in the field

scientific article published on 19 July 2021

The endemic vascular flora of Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Plant functional traits and phytogeographical relationships in the most isolated and fragmentary micro-plate of the Alpine orogeny

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Plant communities, synusiae and the arithmetic of a sustainable classification

Thirty years unmanaged green roofs: Ecological research and design implications

A Territorial Contradiction

‘Back to the Future’—Oak wood-pasture for wildfire prevention in the Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2021

Nitrogen‐fixing cushion Astragalus siculus modulates soil fertility, microclimate, plant facilitation, bacterial and fungal microbiota along an elevation gradient

Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine

scientific article published in 2023

A multifaceted field sampling approach for the management of extremely narrow endemic vascular plant species

Shrines in Central Italy conserve plant diversity and large trees

scientific article

Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys

Beyond Urban Forests: The Multiple Functions and the Overlooked Role of Semi-Natural Ecosystems in Mediterranean Cities

Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 13

scientific article published in 2022

Remote sensing reveals fire-driven facilitation of a C 4 rhizomatous alien grass on a small Mediterranean volcanic island

Fine-grain beta diversity in Palaearctic open vegetation: variability within and between biomes and vegetation types

scientific article published on 30 December 2021

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7

scientific article published in 2019

Finite Mixture Model-based classification of a complex vegetation system

Staying alive on an active volcano: 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus (Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Plant species richness hotspots and related drivers across spatial scales in small Mediterranean islands

A second update to the checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy

scientific article published in 2024

First finding of an unusual population of Alternanthera in Sicily and considerations on its morphological peculiarities, ecological requirements, and potential invasiveness

scientific article published in 2023

Disintegration of Italian rural landscapes to international environmental agreements

article

List of works by Riccardo Guarino

European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

VegItaly: The Italian collaborative project for a national vegetation database

Assessing escapes from short rotation plantations of the invasive tree species Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Mediterranean ecosystems: a study in central Italy

A revision of Helichrysum panormitanum s.l. (Asteraceae) in the Italian and Maltese floras /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; ...

The vegetation of mining dumps in SW-Sardinia

From risk assessment to in-context trajectory evaluation - GMOs and their social implications

Scale- and taxon-dependent patterns of plant diversity in steppes of Khakassia, South Siberia (Russia)

Bioclimatology and Vegetation Series in Sicily: A Geostatistical Approach

Floristic Traits and Biogeographic Characterization of the Gennargentu Massif (Sardinia)

Diversitas and biodiversity: the roots of a twenty-first century myth

Regional metacommunities in two coastal systems: spatial structure and drivers of plant assemblages

Contribution to a Taxonomic Revision of the Sicilian Helichrysum Taxa by PCA Analysis of Their Essential-Oil Compositions

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 11

Update on the current occurrence of two rare fern species in Sicily (Italy): Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenk. and D. robusta (Oberh. et Tavel ex Fraser-Jenk.) P. D. Sell. in the Peloritani Mountains

Probabilistic and preferential sampling approaches offer integrated perspectives of Italian forest diversity

Some European green roof norms and guidelines through the lens of biodiversity: Do ecoregions and plant traits also matter?

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity

The Sicilian taxa of Genista sect. Voglera and their phytosociological framework

Remote sensing reveals fire-driven enhancement of a C<sub>4</sub> invasive alien grass on a small Mediterranean volcanic island

Habitat type and island identity as drivers of community assembly in an archipelago

New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #60 to #82

FloraVeg.EU — An online database of European vegetation, habitats and flora

Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances

Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

Plant hunting: exploring the behaviour of amateur botanists in the field

The endemic vascular flora of Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Plant functional traits and phytogeographical relationships in the most isolated and fragmentary micro-plate of the Alpine orogeny

Plant communities, synusiae and the arithmetic of a sustainable classification

Thirty years unmanaged green roofs: Ecological research and design implications

A Territorial Contradiction

‘Back to the Future’—Oak wood-pasture for wildfire prevention in the Mediterranean

Nitrogen‐fixing cushion Astragalus siculus modulates soil fertility, microclimate, plant facilitation, bacterial and fungal microbiota along an elevation gradient

Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine

A multifaceted field sampling approach for the management of extremely narrow endemic vascular plant species

Shrines in Central Italy conserve plant diversity and large trees

Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys

Beyond Urban Forests: The Multiple Functions and the Overlooked Role of Semi-Natural Ecosystems in Mediterranean Cities

﻿Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 13

Remote sensing reveals fire-driven facilitation of a C 4 rhizomatous alien grass on a small Mediterranean volcanic island

﻿Fine-grain beta diversity in Palaearctic open vegetation: variability within and between biomes and vegetation types

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7

Finite Mixture Model-based classification of a complex vegetation system

Staying alive on an active volcano: 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus (Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

Plant species richness hotspots and related drivers across spatial scales in small Mediterranean islands

A second update to the checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy

First finding of an unusual population of Alternanthera in Sicily and considerations on its morphological peculiarities, ecological requirements, and potential invasiveness

Disintegration of Italian rural landscapes to international environmental agreements

A formal classification of the Lygeum spartum vegetation of the Mediterranean Region

A review on the distribution and habitat features of Chara canescens in the Iberian Peninsula: sexual populations revisited

Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 13

Fine-grain beta diversity in Palaearctic open vegetation: variability within and between biomes and vegetation types