Department of Natural and Land Sciences
Kyaw Tha Paw U
Kyaw Tha Paw U personal page
Abstracts on International Conferences:
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Pyles R.D., Falk M., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U,Blecic I, Trunfio Giuseppe Andrea (UNISS), Cecchini Arnaldo (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Application of the ACASA model for urban development studies. European Geophysical Union Meeting". Vienna, 2012, 22-27 Aprile 2012.
- Falk M., Pyles R.D., Marras Serena (UNIS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Kyaw Tha Paw U, "Modelling regional climate change and urban planning scenarios and their impacts on the urban environment in two cities with WRF-ACASA". American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, December 2011.
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Casula M., Pyles R.D., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Evaluation of the impact of planning alternative strategies on urban metabolism with the ACASA model. American Geophysical Union Conference". San Francisco, December 2011.
- Falk M., Pyles R.D., Marras Serena (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "A Regional Study of Urban Fluxes from a Coupled WRF-ACASA Model". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California (USA) 15-19 December 2010.
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Pyles R.D, Sirca Costantino (UNISS), Kyaw Tha Paw U, Snyder Richard L., Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Investigation on the ACASA model performance over Mediterranean maquis ecosystem". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California (USA) 15-19 December 2010.
- Falk M., Pyles R.D., Marras Serena (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "Coupling of the WRF and ACASA models for urban environments: two case studies".
- AMS Conference on Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, Keystone, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2010.
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Pyles R.D, Falk M., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "Application of the ACASA model in urban environments: two case studies". AMS Conference on Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, Keystone, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2010.
- Spano Donatella (UNISS), Sirca Costantino (UNISS), Marras Serena (UNISS), Duce P., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "A biophysical index to assess forest ecosystem moisture status". 29th Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, Keystone, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2010.
Seminars:
- "The UC Davis Advanced Canopy-Atmosphere-Soil Algorithm (ACASA) - Weather Regional Forecast (WRF) model: scaling from the leaf to the continent". Faculty of Agriculture, May 31, 2011;
- "Surface renewal and turbulent structure: new developments and an overview of collaborative biomicrometeorological research at the University of Sassari, CNR, and UC Davis". Faculty of Agriculture, May 31, 2011
Martin Dubrovsky
Martin Dubrovsky personal page
Publications:
- Mereu Valentina (UNISS), Cesaraccio C, Dubrovsky Martin, Spano Donatella (UNISS), Carboni G, Duce P, "Impacts of climate change on durum wheat production in Sardinia". EGU European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, 3-8 April 2011.
Seminars:
- "Climate change impact on agriculture: methodological issues". March 1st, 2011
Richard L. Snyder
Richard L. Snyder personal page
Publications:
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Pyles R.D, Sirca Costantino (UNISS), Kyaw Tha Paw U,Snyder Richard L., Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Evaluation of the Advanced Canopy-Atmosphere-Soil Algorithm (ACASA) model performance over Mediterranean maquis ecosystem". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2011, vol. 151; p. 730-745, ISSN: 0168-1923
- Sirca Costantino (UNISS), Marras Serena (UNISS), Duce P., Zara P., Arca A.,Snyder Richard L., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Monitoraggio dei consumi idrici del vigneto con tecniche micrometeorologiche". Atti del 14° Convegno Nazionale di Agrometeorologia AIAM "Agrometeorologia per l'azienda agraria". Bologna, 7-9 Giugno 2011: 21-22. Italian Journal of Agronomy (in press) ISSN 1125-4718
Abstracts on International Conferences:
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Pyles R.D., Falk M., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, Blecic I, Trunfio Giuseppe Andrea (UNISS), Cecchini Arnaldo (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Application of the ACASA model for urban development studies". European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, 22-27 Aprile 2012.
- Mancosu N., Mereu Valentina (UNISS), Mereu S., Snyder Richard L, Spano Donatella (UNISS),"Irrigation management strategies: a way to improve water productivity". AGU Fall Meeting 2011, December 5-9, San Francisco, California.
- Spano Donatella (UNISS), Mancosu N., Mereu Valentina (UNISS), Mereu S., Orang M., Sarreshteh S.,Snyder Richard L, "Assessment of agricultural water demand using SIMETAW". EGU General Assembly 2012, April 27th , Vienna, Austria.
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Casula M., Pyles R.D., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Evaluation of the impact of planning alternative strategies on urban metabolism with the ACASA model". American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, December 2011.
- Falk M., Pyles R.D., Marras Serena (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "A Regional Study of Urban Fluxes from a Coupled WRF-ACASA Model". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California (USA) 15-19 December 2010.
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Pyles R.D, Sirca Costantino (UNISS), Kyaw Tha Paw U, Snyder Richard L., Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Investigation on the ACASA model performance over Mediterranean maquis ecosystem". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California (USA) 15-19 December 2010.
- Falk M., Pyles R.D., Marras Serena (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "Coupling of the WRF and ACASA models for urban environments: two case studies". AMS Conference on Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, Keystone, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2010.
- Marras Serena (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Pyles R.D, Falk M., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "Application of the ACASA model in urban environments: two case studies.". AMS Conference on Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, Keystone, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2010.
- Spano Donatella (UNISS), Sirca Costantino (UNISS), Marras Serena (UNISS), Duce P., Snyder Richard L., Kyaw Tha Paw U, "A biophysical index to assess forest ecosystem moisture status". 29th Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, Keystone, Colorado, USA, August 2-6, 2010.
Alan A. Ager
Alan A. Ager personal page
Publications:
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Ager Alan A., Arca B., Finney M., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Assessing exposure of human and ecological values to wildfire in Sardinia, Italy". International Journal of Wildland Fire. ISSN: 1049-8001. Accepted, 14 August 2012. www.publish.csiro.au/view/journals/dsp_journals_pip_abstract.cfm?nid=114&ver=4&pip=WF11060
- Arca B., Pellizzaro G., Duce P., Salis Michele (UNISS), Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Ager Alan A., Scoccimarro E., "Potential changes in fire probability and severity under climate change scenarios in Mediterranean areas". In: Spano D., Bacciu V., Salis M., Sirca C. (eds.), " Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk". 2012, ISBN: 978-88-904409-7-7.
Abstracts on International Conferences:
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Ager Alan A., Arca B., Finney M., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "New tools for the evaluation of wildfire risk exposure". CMCC Annual Meeting, 2012. Ugento, Italy.
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Arca B., Ager Alan A., Fois C., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Extreme Wildfire Spread and Behaviour: Case Studies from North Sardinia, Italy". European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Vienna, Austria, April 2012. Abstract published onGeophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, EGU2012-10052, 2012).
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Ager Alan A., Arca B., Finney M.A., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Duce P., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Spatial patterns of wildfire risk in Sardinia". International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, Alghero, Italy, 4-6 October 2011.
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Preisler H., Arca B., Ager Alan A., Finney M.A., Santoni P.A., Spano Donatella (UNISS), "Climate change effects on fire occurrence and spread in Sardinia and Corsica". International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, Alghero, Italy, 4-6 October 2011.
- Arca B., Salis Michele (UNISS), Pellizzaro G., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), DUCE P., Ager Alan A., Finney M, "Climate change impact on fire probability and severity in Mediterranean areas". 5° International Conference on Forest Fire Research. Coimbra, Portugal, 15 - 18 November 2010.
- Arca B., Pellizzaro G., Duce P., Salis Michele (UNISS)., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Ager Alan A., Finney M.A., Scoccimarro E, "Potential changes in fire probability and severity under climate change scenarios in Mediterranean areas". International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, Alghero, Italy, 4-6 October 2011.
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Preisler H., Arca B., Ager Alan A., Finney M.A., Santoni P.A, "Potential climate change effects on wildfires in Sardinia and Corsica and resulting impacts to Mediterranean forests and socioeconomic values". MedPine Conference, Avignon, France, 6-10 June 2011.
- Salis Michele (UNISS), Arca B., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Spano Donatella (UNISS), Duce P., Santoni P., Ager Alan A., Finney M., "Application of wildfire spread and behavior models to assess fire probability and severity in the Mediterranean region". European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Vienna, Austria, May 2010 (abstract published on Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-12991, 2010).
Seminars:
- "An overview of the U.S. Forest Service: Organization, Activities and Review of Wildland Threats";
- "Landscape fuel management strategies to mitigate wildfire risk". October 25th, 2010
Domingo Molina Terrèn
Domingo Molina Terrèn personal page
Seminars:
July 6, 2010
- "Fire Ecology, Fire regime of subtropical pines in Canary Islands"
- "Fire Ecology, Fire regime of temperate pines in Southern Europe"
- "Lessons learned from major fires in Spain"
July 8, 2010
- "Management issues that compromise efficient Prescribed Fires use in Spain"
- "Fire Paradox Net of Prescribed Fire Demonstration Sites"
- "Fire Suppression and Workers Safety in Spain"
Dave Calkin
Dave Calkin personal page
Publications:
- Ager Alan A., Finney M.A., Calkin David, Thompson M., Vaillant N.M., Salis Michele (UNISS), "Advances in modelling wildfire risk on federal lands in the US". Abstract presented at the International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, Alghero, Italy, 4-6 October 2011
Bob Keane
Bob Keane personal page
- Keane Robert E, Gray K, Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), Leirfallom S., "Spatial scaling of wildland fuels for six forest and rangeland ecosystems of the northern Rocky Mountains". Landscape Ecology, USA 2012. 10.1007/s10980-012-9773-9
- Technical Report: Keane Robert E., Gray K., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), "Spatial variability of wildland fuel characteristics in northern Rocky Mountain ecosystems". Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-98. Fort Collins, 2012. CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Posters:
- Keane Robert E., Gray K., Bacciu Valentina (UNISS), "Spatial scaling of surface and canopy fuels in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Sustainability in Dynamic Landscapes". US-IALE Symposium Portland, Oregon, April 3-7, 2011
Paulo de Melo Abreu
Paulo de Melo Abreu personal page
Seminars:
- "Impacts of global climate change on development and growth of crops". Department of Economics and Woody Plant, March 15, 2011
Janos Podani
Janos Podani personal page
Publications:
- Bagella Simonetta (UNISS), Satta Alberto (UNISS), Floris Ignazio (UNISS), Caria M.C., Rossetti I., Podani Janos, "Plant community composition and flowering phenology influence honeybee foraging in a Mediterranean sylvo-pastoral ecosystem". Applied Vegetation Sciences. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12023
Seminars:
- "Darwin vs Linneus: two sides of the same coin", 27 June 2013
- "The simplex method: a new alternative to ordinations and classifications of presence-absence data?". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, May 24, 2011
Courses:
- "SYN-TAX 2000 for WINDOWS: Exploratory data analysis in ecology and systematics". May 24-25-26, 2011
Nuria Garcia Jacas
Nuria Garcia Jacas personal page
Seminars:
- "Lessons from Plectocephalus (Compositae): glacial migrations and ITS misorientation in annuals". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, May 25, 2011;
- "Molecular markers and hybridization: some examples in Centaurea (Compositae)". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, May 24, 2011;
- Article: "Hybridization in Centaurea genus: a case of study from northern Sardinia". Annals of Botany
Francisco Javier Huertas Puerta
Seminars:
- "Effetti tossici dei minerali inalati: approccio geochimico e mineralogico". Sassari, Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, October 11, 2011
Walter Oechel
Walter Oechel personal page
Seminars:
- "Impacts of climate change on the Mediterranean-type ecosystems of the Californians". Sassari, Faculty of Agriculture, July 20, 2010;
- "Feedbacks from Arctic Ecosystems on climate change". Sassari, Faculty of Agriculture, July 20, 2010
Jean Bernard Edel
Jean Bernard Edel personal page
Seminars:
- "The geodynamic wander path of Sardinia from Carboniferous to Miocene". University of Sassari, September 22, 2010
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann personal page
Seminars:
- "Lower crustal flow and exhumation in large hot orogens". University of Sassari, September 22, 2010
John D. Thompson
John Thompson personal page
Seminars:
- "Ecology, evolution and conservation of plant diversity in the Mediterranean":
- "Diversity and endemism in the Mediterranean flora". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, March 29, 2011;
- "Ecology and population dynamics of endemic and locally rare species". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, March 29, 2011;
- "Conservation of rare species". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, March 31, 2011;
- "Protected area selection" within the Conference "Conservazione della biodiversità vegetale in ambiente mediterraneo: il caso del Parco Regionale di Porto Conte (Alghero - SS). Alghero, Porto Conte Regional Park, April 1, 2011
Peter de Lange
Peter de Lange personal page
Seminars:
- "Managing restiad bog systems - understanding the past to resolve the future". Sassari, Department of Natural Sciences, May 15, 2013;
- "Saving the Cloud Forest Flora of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific - initial results of a field survey". Alghero, Porto Conte Regional Park, May 10, 2013;
- "The Flora of the Kermadec Islands Archipelago, South Pacific". Alghero, Porto Conte Regional Park, May 9, 2013;
- "The Flora of the Chatham Islands Archipelago". Sassari, Department of Natural Sciences, April 3, 2013;
- "The New Zealand Threat Classification System - an independent way of assessing insular rarity". Sassari, Department of Natural Sciences, March 20, 2013;
- "The Flora, Fauna and Biogeography of the Aotearoa, New Zealand Archipelago is it really so special?". Sassari, Department of Natural Sciences, March 13, 2013
Abba Danna
Abba Danna personal page
Seminars:
- "Sfida pluviometrica e fattori antropici nell'area del Sahel". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, February 10, 2011
- "La biodiversità nel Sahel. Il caso del Ciad". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, February 09, 2011
- "Il 'valore sconosciuto'" della biodiversità nei paesi africani. Il caso del Ciad". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, February 07, 2011
Thomas Henry Spreen
Thomas Henry Spreen personal page
Seminars:
- "How Do Different Countries Use Labeling Standards: A Case Study Comparing Wisconsin Real Cheese to Parmigiano -Reggiano". Sassari, Faculty of Agriculture, May 6, 2011
- "Calculating the Carbon Footprint of Florida Orange Juice". Sassari, Faculty of Agriculture, May 2, 2011
Laurian Robert
Laurian Robert personal page
Seminars:
- "Investigating Pollen Proteins at the Forefront of Pollen-Stigma Interactions". Sassari, Department of Physiological, Biochemical and Cellular Sciences, June 30, 2011
- "Genomics and Proteomics of Triticale Reproductive Tissues". Sassari, Department of Physiological, Biochemical and Cellular Sciences, June 28, 2011
Dennis Francis
Publications:
- Spadafora ND, Perrotta L, Nieuwland J, Albani Diego Maria (UNISS), Bitonti MB, Herbert RJ, Doonan JH, Marchbank AM, Siciliano I, Grønlund AL, Francis Dennis, Rogers HJ, "Gene dosage effect of WEE1 on growth and morphogenesis from arabidopsis hypocotyl explants". Annals of Botany, (2012) Vol. 110 (8), p. 1631-1639. eISSN 1095-8290
Lectures:
- "Role of homeotic genes in plant development: control of apical meristems". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, October 28, 2010
- "Role of homeotic genes in plant development: control of of embryogenesis". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, October 27, 2010
- "The Cell Cycle: G2/M phase and Mitosis". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, October 21, 2010
- "The Cell Cycle: studies on model organisms". Sassari, Department of Botany, Ecology and Geology, October 20, 2010
Aleksandra Dakovic
SEMINARS:
- "Characterization of natural zeolites, in particular clinoptilolite, before and after the adsorpition of drugs", complesso didattico di Piandanna, 1 ottobre 2013,
- "Natural zeolites modified with surfactants: case studies of the effects on drug adsorption and drug release", complesso didattico di Piandanna, 3 ottobre 2013
Frank Zachos
Seminars:
- "Primers of Conservation Genetics in Mammals", Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio, 14 May 2014
Publications:
- Zachos F.E., Apollonio M., Bärmann E.V., Festa-Bianchet M., Gölich U., Habel J.C., Kruckenhauser L., Lovari S., McDevitt A.D., Pertoldi C., Rössner G.E., Sànchez-Villagra M.R., Scandura M., Suchentrunk F., 2013, "Species Inflation and taxonomic artefacts - A critical comment on recent trends in mammalian classification", Mammalian Biology, 78 (1): 1-6
- Villaça S.T., Biosa D., Zachos F., Iacolina L., Kirschning J., Alves P.C., Paule L., Gortazar C., Mamuris Z., Jedrzejewska B., Borowik T., Sidorovich V.E., Kusak J., Costa S., Schley L., Hartl G.B., Apollonio M., Bertorelle G., Scandura M., 2014, "Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European wild boar: the effect of climate on genetic diversity and spatial lineage sorting across Europe", Journal of Biogeography, 41: 987-998.
Paolo Cherubini
SEMINARS:
- "Research Highlights: esplosioni vulcaniche; l'olivo di Santorini" Sassari, 26 November 2012
- "Storia dell'endocrinologia", Sassari, 25 September 2012; Nuoro, 27 November 2012
- "Materiali e metodi in dendrocronologia", Sassari, 25 September 2012; Nuoro, 27 November 2012
- "Effetti del clima sugli accrescimenti e sull'anatomia", Sassari, 25 September 2012; Nuoro, 27 November 2012
Tim Brown
SEMINARS:
- "Analisi delle relazioni fra condizioni metereologiche ed incendi", Department of Natural and Land Sciences (Master "PIROS"), 13-14 December 2012
Elisèe Mbayngonne
Seminars:
- "Les Dioscoreaceae du Tchad: le cas du Départment del Nya Pendé à l'extreme sud du Tchad", Department of Natural and Land Sciences, 31 October 2012
- "Les formations naturelles du Tchad: les cas des savanes du Chari Baguirmi (Déparement du Chari et Loug Chari) au centre-sud", Department of Natural and Land Sciences, 31 October 2012
Paul G. Spry
Seminars:
"The chemistry and primary and secondary mineralogy of massive sulfide deposits explporation guides to ore and environmental impacts." Department of Natural and Land Sciences, 19 June, 2012
Matthias Falk
Seminars:
- "Long-Term Carbon Sink in an Old-Growth Forest; Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Flux Measurements at the Wind River Field Station (USA)", May-June, 2013, Department of Natural and Land Sciences
- "From Tower to Regional Scale: Evapotranspiration across California", May-June, 2013, Department of Natural and Land Sciences
- "The WRF Model: Downscaling Procedures and Applications", May-June, 2013, CMCC Annual Meeting
Philip A. Stephens
Seminars:
- "Carnivores, prey and macroecological pattern", Department of Natural and Land Sciences, July 16, 2014
Carl Smith
Carl Smith personal page
Seminars:
- "Bayesian Networks as a tool for environmental management and risk assessment", Department of Natural and LAnd Sciences, 27 November 2012; ARPAS (Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Sardegna), 10 December 2012;
Mark Finney
Seminars:
- "Advancing Knowledge and Theory on Wildland Fire Spread, 3 July 2014, Department of Natural and Land Sciences
- "Landscape Consideration for Fire Behaviour and Fuel Treatments", 3 July 2014, Department of Natural and Land Sciences
Publications:
- "Salis M., Alcasena F., Ager AA., Arca B., Finney MA, Pellizzaro G., Spano D. (2014), "Analyzing seasonal patterns of wildfire likelihood and intensity in Sardinia, Italy", Journal of Environmental Management (in print);
- "Salis M., Ager AA., Finney MA, Arca B., Spano D. (2014), "analyzing spatiotemporal changes in wildfire regime and exposure across the Mediterranean fire-prone area", Natural Hazards, 71(3): 1389-1418. ISSN: 0921-030X
- "Salis M., Ager AA., Arca B., Finney MA, Alcasena F, Bacciu V., Duce P., Munoz Lozano O., Spano D. (2014), "Analyzing wildfire exposure in Sardinia, Italy", Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 16 11596p., ISSN: 1607-7962
- Salis M., Ager AA., Finney MA, Alcasena F, Arca B., Munoz Lozano O., Santoni PA, Spano D (2014), "Application of simulation modeling for wildfire risk assessment and management." Proceedings of the VII International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugual, November 2014
Conferences:
- Salis M., Ager AA., Alcasena F, Arca B., Finney MA, Munoz Lozano O., Spano D (2014), "Spatiotemporal variations in wildfire regime and exposure for Sardinia, Italy". II Congresso Internazionale di Selvicoltura, Firenze, Italy, November 2014
- Salis M., Ager AA., Arca B., Finney MA, Munoz Lozano O., Alcasena F., Bacciu V., Spano D (2014), "Spatiotemporal changes in wildfire patterns in Sardinia" II SISC Conference, Venice, Italy, September 2014