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Donatella Magri is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Archeology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Anthropology. Their research spans multiple main topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and animal studies, Tree-ring climate responses, and Geological formations and processes.

Magri's publication record includes work across several frequent venues such as Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Forests, Science Advances, and Quaternary International. This highlights a broad engagement with scientific discussions central to paleobotany, climate science, and archaeology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Magri are:

  • The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2, 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • The colonial legacy of herbaria, 2023, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens, 2023, Science Advances
  • Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation, 2023, Land
  • Sign-switching ecological changes in the Mediterranean Basin at 4.2 ka BP, 2021, Global and Planetary Change

Magri has collaborated frequently with a range of researchers. Regular coauthors include Federico Di Rita, Fabrizio Michelangeli, Alessandra Celant, José S. Carrión, and Juan Ochando. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary work involving paleoecology, archaeology, and climate studies.

In addition to articles, Donatella Magri has contributed to book publications, having published a work titled Iberian paleoflora and paleovegetation. Vol. III: Holocene (2024) through Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.

Best Publications

  • A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations: palaeobotanical evidence and genetic consequences

    Donatella Magri;Giovanni G. Vendramin;Isabelle Dupanloup

  • Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography

    Daniel G. Gavin;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Paul F. Gugger;Katy D. Heath

  • Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe

    William J. Fletcher;Maria Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Judy R.M. Allen;Rachid Cheddadi

  • 250,000-year pollen record from Valle di Castiglione (Roma)

    M. Follieri;D. Magri;L. Sadori

  • Patterns of post-glacial spread and the extent of glacial refugia of European beech (Fagus sylvatica)

    Donatella Magri

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Comparison of terrestrial and marine records of changing climate of the last 500,000 years

    P.C. Tzedakis;V. Andrieu;J.-L. de Beaulieu;S. Crowhurst

  • Late Quaternary vegetation history at Lagaccione near Lago di Bolsena (central Italy)

    Donatella Magri

  • The distribution of Quercus suber chloroplast haplotypes matches the palaeogeographical history of the western Mediterranean

    D. Magri;S. Fineschi;R. Bellarosa;A. Buonamici

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen stratigraphy at Lago di Vico, central Italy

    Donatella Magri;Laura Sadori

  • The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

    Monica Bini;Giovanni Zanchetta;Aurel Perşoiu;Rosine Cartier

  • Palynostratigraphy of the last glacial period in the volcanic region of Central Italy

    M. Follieri;M. Giardini;D. Magri;L. Sadori

  • Holocene drought, deforestation and evergreen vegetation development in the central Mediterranean : a 5500 year record from Lago Alimini Piccolo, Apulia, southeast Italy

    Federico Di Rita;Donatella Magri

  • Establishing a terrestrial chronological framework as a basis for biostratigraphical comparisons.

    P.C. Tzedakis;V. Andrieu;J.-L. de Beaulieu;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Late Quaternary western Mediterranean pollen records and African winds

    D Magri;I Parra

  • Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: timing and trends

    Donatella Magri;Federico Di Rita;Josu Aranbarri;William Fletcher

  • The transition from wave-dominated estuary to wave-dominated delta: The Late Quaternary stratigraphic architecture of Tiber River deltaic succession (Italy)

    Salvatore Milli;Chiara D'Ambrogi;Piero Bellotti;Gilberto Calderoni

  • Rapid climatic changes and resilient vegetation during the Lateglacial and Holocene in a continental region of south-western Europe

    Josu Aranbarri;Josu Aranbarri;Josu Aranbarri;Penélope González-Sampériz;Blas Valero-Garcés;Ana Moreno

  • Holocene environmental instability in the wetland north of the Tiber delta (Rome, Italy): sea-lake-man interactions

    Federico Di Rita;Alessandra Celant;Donatella Magri

  • The Tiber river delta plain (central Italy): Coastal evolution and implications for the ancient Ostia Roman settlement

    P. Bellotti;G. Calderoni;F. Di Rita;M. D’Orefice

  • LATE PLEISTOCENE ZELKOVA EXTINCTION IN CENTRAL ITALY

    Maria Follieri;Donatella Magri;Laura Sadori

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Sadori
Laura Sadori Sapienza University of Rome
Polychronis C Tzedakis
Polychronis C Tzedakis University College London
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Judy R M Allen
Judy R M Allen Durham University
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Maria Rita Palombo
Maria Rita Palombo Sapienza University of Rome
Fabrizio Lirer
Fabrizio Lirer Sapienza University of Rome
William J. Fletcher
William J. Fletcher University of Manchester
Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen
Louis Scott
Louis Scott University of the Free State

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