Associate professor
Evolutionary and Functional Biology Unit
SSD: Environmental and Applied Botany (BIOS-01/C)

Contacts

Office: Campus Scienze e Tecnologie - Padiglione 02 - Plesso di Bioscienze
Address: Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma

Any day of the week, by appointment via email (michele.carbognani@unipr.it) or phone (0521 905699)

Teaching

Research

Research areas

- Vegetation dynamics and warming effects in alpine tundra communities: Monitoring of permanent plots, half of which experimentally warmed with OTCs, located in two alpine snowbed communities. Active since 2008, with annual surveys of plant abundances using non-destructive methods.

- Effects of drought and climate warming on primary alpine grasslands: Study of the effects of climate change on alpine grasslands through manipulations in the field and in experimental mesocosms. Processes and functions at the species, vegetation, and ecosystem levels are studied.

- Description and classification of the vegetation of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines: Collection and processing of floristic data for the classification of phytocoenoses of the Northern Apennines. Compositional data is correlated with environmental variables to identify ecological gradients that influence vegetation diversity.

Publications

  • Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits

    Authors: Yue K.; Vangansbeke P.; Myers-Smith I. H.; Waller D. M.; Verheyen K.; Bernhardt-Römermann M.; Baeten L.; Staude I. R.; Bjorkman A. D.; Hédl R.; Andrews C.; Barni E.; Becker T.; Becker-Scarpitta A.; Benito-Alonso J. L.; Bennie J.; Berki I.; Blüml V.; Brunet J.; Bullock J. M.; Van Calster H.; Carbognani M.; Chudomelová M.; Closset-Kopp D.; Dan Turtureanu P.; Daskalova G. N.; Decocq G.; Dick J.; Diekmann M.; Dirnböck T.; Durak T.; Eriksson O.; Erschbamer B.; Graae B. J.; Heinken T.; Hermy M.; Horchler P.; Jandt U.; Jaroszewicz B.; Kanka R.; Kollár J.; Kopecký M.; Kudernatsch T.; Lamprecht A.; Lenoir J.; Macek M.; Malicki M.; Máliš F.; Michelsen O.; Mitchell F.; Naaf T.; Nagel T. A.; Newman M.; Newton A. C.; Nicklas L.; Oddi L.; Orczewska A.; Orsenigo S.; Ortmann-Ajkai A.; Ouden J. D.; Pauli H.; Peterken G.; Petřík P.; Pielech R.; Puşcaş M.; Randin C.; Reczyńska K.; Rixen C.; Schei F. H.; Schmidt W.; Šebesta J.; Stachurska-Swakon A.; Standovár T.; Świerkosz K.; Teleki B.; Theurillat J. P.; Ursu T. M.; Vanneste T.; Vellend M.; Vergeer P.; Vild O.; Villar L.; Vittoz P.; Winkler M.; Wipf S.; Wu F.; Zhang S.; De Frenne P.

  • Widespread thermophilization but weak link to climate warming in Europe’s summit plant communities

    Authors: Hausharter Johannes; Wessely Johannes; Helm Norbert; Chytrý Kryštof; Hülber Karl; Moser Dietmar; García Lino Mary Carolina; Kagerl Katharina; Lamprecht Andrea; Lenoir Jonathan; Kollert Andreas; Mayr Andreas; Rutzinger Martin; Choler Philippe; De Frenne Pieter; Lembrechts Jonas J.; Abdaladze Otar; Andrews Chris; Barančok Peter; Benito-Alonso José-Luis; Cañadas Eva M.; Carbognani Michele; Carnicero Pau; Corcket Emmanuel; Di Musciano Michele; Dick Jan; Gigauri Khatuna; Hilpold Andreas; Jiménez Juan J.; Lorite Juan; Morra Di Cella Umberto; Nyktas Panagiotis; Orsenigo Simone; Palaj Andrej; Petey Martina; Pușcaș Mihai; Randin Christophe; Remoundou Ilektra; Rixen Christian; Saccone Patrick; Stanisci Angela; Theurillat Jean-Paul; Ursu Tudor-Mihai; Vanneste Thomas; Von Büren Raphael S.; Wipf Sonja; Winkler Manuela; Pauli Harald; Dullinger Stefan

  • Long-term aridity shapes grassland drought resistance and modulates the roles of plant diversity and functional composition

    Authors: Bertuol-Garcia D.; Van Den Brink L.; Carbognani M.; Chandregowda M. H.; Churchill A. C.; Cusack D. F.; Dubbert M.; Dukes J. S.; Dupre M. E.; Eisenhauer N.; Forte T. G. W.; Hautier Y.; Hector A.; Henry H. A. L.; Jentsch A.; Koerner S.; Kübert A.; Ladouceur E.; Laughlin D. C.; Longo M. G.; Loydi A.; Mori A. S.; Munson S. M.; Nielsen U. N.; Ohlert T. J.; Oñatibia G. R.; Otfinowski R.; Pärtel M.; Paterno G. B.; Peñuelas J.; Peri P. L.; Petraglia A.; Piñeiro J. M.; Power S. A.; Pueyo Y.; Rogers W. E.; Santos B. A.; Smith M. D.; Stampfli A.; Standish R. J.; Tedder M.; Wheeler G. R.; Williams J.; Zeiter M.; Shackelford N.

  • Growth form and lifespan of herbaceous species mediate the role of traits in short-term drought response

    Authors: Worthy S. J.; Luong J. C.; Wainwright B. E.; Aguinaga J.; Auge H.; Barcu A. C.; Batbaatar A.; Beard K. H.; Bork E. W.; Brafford K. E.; Byrne K. M.; Cahill J. F.; Carbognani M.; Carlyle C. N.; Castillioni K.; Chandregowda M. H.; Chang S. X.; Chieppa J.; Churchill A. C.; Cribbs J. E.; Deola T.; Dukes J. S.; Ebeling A.; Eisenhauer N.; Elwood E. C.; Fairbanks R. A.; Forte T. G. W.; Funk F. A.; Gujral A. K.; Haugum S. V.; Hautier Y.; Henry H. A. L.; Isbell F.; Jentsch A.; Jordan S. E.; Koerner S. E.; Kreyling J.; Kroel-Dulay G.; Kulmatiski A.; Lamb E. G.; Loik M. E.; Longo M. G.; Loydi A.; MacArthur-Waltz D. J.; Milano C.; Morgan J. W.; Mori A. S.; Munson S. M.; Newman G. S.; Nielsen U. N.; O'Connor R. C.; Ohlert T. J.; Osborne B. B.; Otfinowski R.; Partel M.; Peri P. L.; Peter G.; Petraglia A.; Pineiro-Guerra J. M.; Ploughe L. W.; Portales-Reyes C.; Power S. A.; Prober S. M.; Pueyo Y.; Roscher C.; Santos B. A.; Smith M. D.; Souza L. A.; Stampfli A.; Standish R. J.; Sunnemann M.; Tedder M. J.; Thorvaldsen P.; Tielborger K.; Valdecantos A.; Van Den Brink L.; Vandvik V.; Velle L. G.; Williams J. L.; Wolf A. A.; Yahdjian L.; Young A. L.; Zeberio J. M.; Zeiter M.; Phillips R. P.; Funk J. L.

Research projects

  • Acclimation to Climate Change of Lichens in Mountain Alpine Terricolous Environments

    Manager: Carbognani Michele

  • Rain Exclusion Sensitivity in High Altitude Plants and Ecosystems: Upscaling Perspectives

    Manager: Carbognani Michele