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Dario A. Fornara

Dario A. Fornara

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
7382
World Ranking
6553
National Ranking
130

Overview

Dario A. Fornara is affiliated with the Davines Group in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of agricultural and biological sciences, and environmental science. Within these broad categories, their focus includes several subfields such as soil science, plant science, ecology, agronomy and crop science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics of their work cover soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, soil and water nutrient dynamics, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Fornara has contributed to multiple publications, and some of the frequently used venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Plant Ecology
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Fornara are:

  • Global patterns and drivers of rainfall partitioning by trees and shrubs, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Plant litter strengthens positive biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships over time, 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Shifts from complementarity to selection effects maintain high productivity in maize/legume intercropping systems, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Nitrogen addition affects plant biomass allocation but not allometric relationships among different organs across the globe, 2020, Journal of Plant Ecology
  • Achievable agricultural soil carbon sequestration across Europe from country-specific estimates, 2021, Global Change Biology

Fornara frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. The top coauthors include:

  • Yan Peng
  • Kai Yue
  • Weiping Zhang
  • Long Li
  • Qiqian Wu

Best Publications

  • Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

    D. A. Fornara;D. Tilman

  • How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal.

    Pete Smith;Jean‐Francois Soussana;Denis Angers;Louis Schipper

  • Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

    Forest Isbell;Paul R. Adler;Nico Eisenhauer;Dario Fornara

  • Liming impacts on soils, crops and biodiversity in the UK: A review.

    J.E. Holland;A.E. Bennett;A.C. Newton;P.J. White

  • Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

    Kevin E. Mueller;David Tilman;David Tilman;Dario A. Fornara;Sarah E. Hobbie

  • Effects of three global change drivers on terrestrial C:N:P stoichiometry: a global synthesis.

    Kai Yue;Kai Yue;Dario A. Fornara;Wanqin Yang;Yan Peng

  • Linkages between extracellular enzyme activities and the carbon and nitrogen content of grassland soils

    Valeria L. Cenini;Dario A. Fornara;Geoffrey McMullan;Nigel Ternan

  • Influence of multiple global change drivers on terrestrial carbon storage: additive effects are common

    Kai Yue;Dario A. Fornara;Wanqin Yang;Yan Peng

  • Ecological mechanisms associated with the positive diversity–productivity relationship in an N-limited grassland

    D. A. Fornara;D. A. Fornara;David Tilman

  • Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates

    Dario A. Fornara;Dario A. Fornara;David Tilman;Sarah E. Hobbie

  • Soil carbon sequestration in prairie grasslands increased by chronic nitrogen addition

    Dario A. Fornara;David Tilman

  • BROWSING LAWNS? RESPONSES OF ACACIA NIGRESCENS TO UNGULATE BROWSING IN AN AFRICAN SAVANNA

    D. A. Fornara;J. T. Du Toit

  • Soil fertility increases with plant species diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment

    Ray Dybzinski;Ray Dybzinski;Joseph E. Fargione;Donald R. Zak;Dario Fornara;Dario Fornara

  • Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland

    Dario Fornara;Dario Fornara;Sibylle Steinbeiss;Niall McNamara;Gerd Gleixner

  • Global patterns and drivers of rainfall partitioning by trees and shrubs

    Kai Yue;Kai Yue;Pieter De Frenne;Dario A Fornara;Koenraad Van Meerbeek

  • Multi-nutrient vs. nitrogen-only effects on carbon sequestration in grassland soils

    Dario A. Fornara;Lindsay Banin;Michael J. Crawley

  • Effects of 44 years of chronic nitrogen fertilization on the soil nitrifying community of permanent grassland

    Xue Zhou;Dario Fornara;Elizabeth Anne Wasson;Dongmei Wang

  • Temporal dynamics of nutrient uptake by neighbouring plant species: evidence from intercropping

    Wei‐Ping Zhang;Guang‐Cai Liu;Jian‐Hao Sun;Dario Fornara

  • Effects of long-term grassland management on the carbon and nitrogen pools of different soil aggregate fractions.

    Gary Egan;Michael J. Crawley;Dario A. Fornara

  • Bridging Gaps in the Agricultural Phosphorus Cycle from an Animal Husbandry Perspective-The Case of Pigs and Poultry

    Michael Oster;Henry Reyer;Elizabeth Ball;Dario Fornara

Frequent Co-Authors

David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Kai Yue
Kai Yue Fujian Normal University
Michael J. Crawley
Michael J. Crawley Imperial College London
Fuzhong Wu
Fuzhong Wu Fujian Normal University
Zhongjun Jia
Zhongjun Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter Christie
Peter Christie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Long Li
Long Li China Agricultural University
Changhui Peng
Changhui Peng University of Quebec at Montreal
Gerd Gleixner
Gerd Gleixner Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University

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