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Marta Carboni

Marta Carboni

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
4602
World Ranking
6229
National Ranking
124

Overview

Marta Carboni is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on ecology and vegetation dynamics.

Their work covers diverse topics including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

They have contributed significantly to several subfields of study, notably:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

Marta Carboni has frequently published in journals such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Applied Vegetation Science

Recent publications include:

  • "Dos and don'ts when inferring assembly rules from diversity patterns," 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities," 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats," 2021, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Invasion drives plant diversity loss through competition and ecosystem modification," 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • "Alien flora across European coastal dunes," 2020, Applied Vegetation Science

The scientist has collaborated extensively with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta
  • Goffredo Filibeck
  • Juan Antonio Campos
  • Greta La Bella
  • Idoia Biurrun

Best Publications

  • The changing role of ornamental horticulture in alien plant invasions

    Mark van Kleunen;Mark van Kleunen;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl;Giuseppe Brundu

  • The community ecology of invasive species: where are we and what's next?

    Laure Gallien;Marta Carboni;Marta Carboni

  • Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply-chains to prevent plant invasions

    Philip E. Hulme;Giuseppe Brundu;Marta Carboni;Marta Carboni;Katharina Dehnen-schmutz

  • Assessing conservation status on coastal dunes: a multiscale approach.

    Marta Carboni;M. L. Carranza;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta

  • Environmental Factors Influencing Coastal Vegetation Pattern: New Insights from the Mediterranean Basin

    Giuseppe Fenu;Marta Carboni;Alicia T. R. Acosta;Gianluigi Bacchetta

  • Effects of Trampling Limitation on Coastal Dune Plant Communities

    Riccardo Santoro;Tommaso Jucker;Irene Prisco;Marta Carboni

  • Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

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  • Dos and don'ts when inferring assembly rules from diversity patterns

    Tamara Münkemüller;Laure Gallien;Laura J. Pollock;Laura J. Pollock;Ceres Barros;Ceres Barros

  • Do traits and phylogeny support congruent community diversity patterns and assembly inferences

    Marc W. Cadotte;Marta Carboni;Xingfeng Si;Xingfeng Si;Shinichi Tatsumi

  • What it takes to invade grassland ecosystems: traits, introduction history and filtering processes.

    Marta Carboni;Marta Carboni;Tamara Münkemüller;Tamara Münkemüller;Sébastien Lavergne;Sébastien Lavergne;Philippe Choler;Philippe Choler

  • Are some communities of the coastal dune zonation more susceptible to alien plant invasion

    M. Carboni;R. Santoro;A. T. R. Acosta

  • Dealing with scarce data to understand how environmental gradients and propagule pressure shape fine-scale alien distribution patterns on coastal dunes

    Marta Carboni;Riccardo Santoro;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta

  • Landscape fragmentation, land-use legacy and propagule pressure promote plant invasion on coastal dunes: a patch-based approach

    Marco Malavasi;Marta Carboni;Maurizio Cutini;Maria L. Carranza

  • Disentangling the relative effects of environmental versus human factors on the abundance of native and alien plant species in Mediterranean sandy shores

    Marta Carboni;Marta Carboni;Wilfried Thuiller;Francesca Izzi;Alicia Acosta

  • Patterns of plant community assembly in invaded and non‐invaded communities along a natural environmental gradient

    Riccardo Santoro;T Jucker;Marta Carboni;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta

  • Darwin's naturalization hypothesis: scale matters in coastal plant communities.

    Marta Carboni;Tamara Münkemüller;Laure Gallien;Sébastien Lavergne

  • Invasion drives plant diversity loss through competition and ecosystem modification

    Marta Carboni;Marta Carboni;Stuart W. Livingstone;Marney E. Isaac;Marc W. Cadotte

  • Functional trait differences and trait plasticity mediate biotic resistance to potential plant invaders

    Luisa Conti;Svenja Block;Madalin Parepa;Tamara Münkemüller

  • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

    Idoia Biurrun;Remigiusz Pielech;Iwona Dembicz;Iwona Dembicz;François Gillet

  • Landscape‐scale patterns of alien plant species on coastal dunes: the case of iceplant in central Italy

    M. Laura Carranza;Marta Carboni;Silverio Feola;Alicia T. R. Acosta

  • Going beyond taxonomic diversity: deconstructing biodiversity patterns reveals the true cost of iceplant invasion

    T Jucker;Marta Carboni;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta

  • Focal species diversity patterns can provide diagnostic information on plant invasions

    Riccardo Santoro;Marta Carboni;Maria L. Carranza;Alicia T.R. Acosta

  • Are differences in functional diversity among plant communities on Mediterranean coastal dunes driven by their phylogenetic history

    Marta Carboni;Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta;C. Ricotta

  • Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

    Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Thomas J. Matthews;Manuel J. Steinbauer;Sebastian Wolfrum

Frequent Co-Authors

Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta
Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta Roma Tre University
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
Franz Essl
Franz Essl University of Vienna
Tamara Münkemüller
Tamara Münkemüller Grenoble Alpes University
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Manuela Winkler
Manuela Winkler BOKU University
Stefan Dullinger
Stefan Dullinger University of Vienna
Carlo Ricotta
Carlo Ricotta Sapienza University of Rome

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