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Giacomo Certini

Giacomo Certini

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
8296
World Ranking
9383
National Ranking
217

Overview

Giacomo Certini is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing notably to related subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Forestry.

Their work focuses on several interconnected topics, specifically:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review" (2021), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Disambiguating the soils of Mars" (2020), published in Planetary and Space Science

Giacomo Certini frequently publishes in scientific venues such as Forest Ecology and Management, The Science of The Total Environment, Forests, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, and Planetary and Space Science. This indicates a broad engagement with journals covering ecological, environmental, and planetary sciences.

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors including:

  • Giovanni Mastrolonardo
  • Riccardo Scalenghe
  • Bianca Rompato
  • Francesco Pelleri
  • Adam F. A. Pellegrini

Their publications address a variety of environmental and ecological concerns, with a notable emphasis on fire ecology and soil processes both on Earth and other planetary bodies. This includes analyses of fire's impact on soil organisms, soil carbon cycling, and soil porosity related to machinery effects.

Their multidisciplinary approach also intersects planetary science, notably with research on Martian soils, reflecting the integration of ecological and planetary exploration perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Effects of fire on properties of forest soils: a review

    Giacomo Certini

  • The impact of heavy traffic on forest soils: A review

    Martina Cambi;Giacomo Certini;Francesco Neri;Enrico Marchi

  • Anthropogenic soils are the golden spikes for the Anthropocene

    Giacomo Certini;Riccardo Scalenghe;Riccardo Scalenghe

  • Cyanobacteria inoculation improves soil stability and fertility on different textured soils: Gaining insights for applicability in soil restoration

    Sonia Chamizo;Gianmarco Mugnai;Federico Rossi;Giacomo Certini

  • The impact of fire on soil-dwelling biota: A review

    Giacomo Certini;Daniel Moya;Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja;Giovanni Mastrolonardo

  • Wildfire effects on soil organic matter quantity and quality in two fire-prone Mediterranean pine forests

    Giacomo Certini;Caterina Nocentini;Heike Knicker;Paola Arfaioli

  • The impact of warfare on the soil environment

    Giacomo Certini;Riccardo Scalenghe;William I. Woods

  • Rock fragments in soil support a different microbial community from the fine earth

    Giacomo Certini;Colin D Campbell;Anthony C Edwards

  • Nature and reactivity of charcoal produced and added to soil during wildfire are particle-size dependent

    Caterina Nocentini;Caterina Nocentini;Giacomo Certini;Heike Knicker;Ornella Francioso

  • Machinery-induced soil compaction in thinning two pine stands in central Italy

    Rodolfo Picchio;Francesco Neri;Enrico Petrini;Stefano Verani

  • Fire as a Soil-Forming Factor

    Giacomo Certini

  • Environmental impact assessment of different logging methods in pine forests thinning

    Enrico Marchi;Rodolfo Picchio;Raffaele Spinelli;Stefano Verani

  • The soil skeleton, a forgotten pool of carbon and nitrogen in soil

    G. Corti;F. C. Ugolini;A. Agnelli;G. Certini

  • Structural characterization of charcoal size-fractions from a burnt Pinus pinea forest by FT-IR, Raman and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopies

    Ornella Francioso;Santiago Sanchez-Cortes;Sergio Bonora;Maria Lorena Roldán

  • Direct Determination of Organic Carbon by Dry Combustion in Soils with Carbonates

    Carolina Santi;Giacomo Certini;Luigi P. D'Acqui

  • Immediate fire-induced changes in soil microbial community composition in an outdoor experimental controlled system

    M.E. Lucas-Borja;I. Miralles;R. Ortega;P.A. Plaza-Álvarez

  • Carbon dioxide efflux and concentrations in two soils under temperate forests

    Giacomo Certini;Giuseppe Corti;Alberto Agnelli;Guido Sanesi

  • Impact of wheeled and tracked tractors on soil physical properties in a mixed conifer stand

    M. Cambi;G. Certini;F. Fabiano;C. Foderi

  • Abundance and composition of free and aggregate-occluded carbohydrates and lignin in two forest soils as affected by wildfires of different severity

    Giovanni Mastrolonardo;Giovanni Mastrolonardo;Cornelia Rumpel;Claudia Forte;Stefan H. Doerr

  • Fire frequency and type regulate the response of soil carbon cycling and storage to fire across soil depths and ecosystems: A meta-analysis.

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  • Long-term effects of tillage, nutrient application and crop rotation on soil organic matter quality assessed by NMR spectroscopy

    B. M. Shrestha;B. R. Singh;C. Forte;G. Certini

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelia Rumpel
Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Riccardo Valentini
Riccardo Valentini Tuscia University
Heike Knicker
Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council
Rodolfo Picchio
Rodolfo Picchio Tuscia University
Michael T. Wilson
Michael T. Wilson University of Essex
Markus Egli
Markus Egli University of Zurich
Stefan H. Doerr
Stefan H. Doerr Swansea University
Daniel P. Rasse
Daniel P. Rasse Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Anthony C. Edwards
Anthony C. Edwards Scotland's Rural College
Paolo Nannipieri
Paolo Nannipieri University of Florence

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