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Paolo Cherubini is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions also in specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Pollution.

Their research topics focus extensively on Tree-ring climate responses, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest ecology and management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, and Tree Root and Stability Studies.

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Tree Vitality and Forest Health: Can Tree-Ring Stable Isotopes Be Used as Indicators? (2021, Current Forestry Reports)
  • Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability (2021, Nature Geoscience)
  • The influence of decision-making in tree ring-based climate reconstructions (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Precise date for the Laacher See eruption synchronizes the Younger Dryas (2021, Nature)
  • Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree-ring records of ten globally distributed forests (2021, Global Change Biology)

Their frequent co-authors include Matthias Saurer, Liangjun Zhu, Mai-He Li, Ulf Büntgen, and Xiaochun Wang. Across their career, they have published work multiple times in prominent journals such as Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecological Indicators, Dendrochronologia, and Tree Physiology.

The scientist's work integrates diverse approaches within tree-ring analysis and related environmental studies, often focusing on forest health, climate variability, and plant physiological responses at various temporal and spatial scales. Their research draws upon long-term ecological data to address questions in forest ecology, hydrology, and paleoclimatology.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • On the 'Divergence Problem' in Northern Forests: A review of the tree-ring evidence and possible causes

    Rosanne D'Arrigo;Rob Wilson;Rob Wilson;Beate Liepert;Paolo Cherubini;Paolo Cherubini

  • A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

    Maxime Cailleret;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Elisabeth M. R. Robert;Lucía Desoto

  • Identification, measurement and interpretation of tree rings in woody species from mediterranean climates

    Paolo Cherubini;Barbara L. Gartner;Roberto Tognetti;Otto U. Bräker

  • Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability

    Ulf Büntgen;Otmar Urban;Paul J. Krusic;Paul J. Krusic;Michal Rybníček;Michal Rybníček

  • Thresholds for warming-induced growth decline at elevational tree line in the Yukon Territory, Canada

    Rosanne D. D'Arrigo;Robert K. Kaufmann;Nicole Davi;Gordon C. Jacoby

  • Growth response to climate and drought in Pinus nigra Arn. trees of different crown classes

    Darío Martín-Benito;Paolo Cherubini;Miren del Río;Isabel Cañellas

  • Elevated CO2 increases tree‐level intrinsic water use efficiency: insights from carbon and oxygen isotope analyses in tree rings across three forest FACE sites

    Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Matthias Saurer;Paolo Cherubini;Carlo Calfapietra

  • Tree-life history prior to death: two fungal root pathogens affect tree-ring growth differently

    Paolo Cherubini;Giovanni Fontana;Daniel Rigling;Matthias Dobbertin

  • Drought tolerance of two black poplar (Populus nigra L.) clones: contribution of carbohydrates and oxidative stress defence

    Nicole Regier;Sebastian Streb;Claudia Cocozza;Marcus Schaub

  • Mobile carbohydrates in Himalayan treeline trees I. Evidence for carbon gain limitation but not for growth limitation.

    Mai-He Li;Mai-He Li;Wen-Fa Xiao;San-Gen Wang;Gen-Wei Cheng

  • Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings: how, when, where, and why?

    V. De Micco;F. Campelo;M. De Luis;A. Bräuning

  • Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE.

    Ulf Büntgen;Lukas Wacker;J. Diego Galván;Stephanie Arnold

  • Comparative stem‐growth rates of Mediterranean trees under background and naturally enhanced ambient CO2 concentrations

    Roberto Tognetti;Paolo Cherubini;John L. Innes

  • Early-warning signals of individual tree mortality based on annual radial growth

    Maxime Cailleret;Maxime Cailleret;Vasilis Dakos;Steven Jansen;Elisabeth M.R. Robert;Elisabeth M.R. Robert

  • Variations of vessel diameter and δ13C in false rings of Arbutus unedo L. reflect different environmental conditions

    Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Veronica De Micco;Willi A. Brand;Petra Linke

  • The influence of decision-making in tree ring-based climate reconstructions

    Ulf Büntgen;Kathy Allen;Kathy Allen;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Dominique Arseneault

  • Modelling carbon budget of Mediterranean forests using ground and remote sensing measurements

    M. Chiesi;F. Maselli;M. Bindi;L. Fibbi

  • Drought impact on water use efficiency and intra-annual density fluctuations in Erica arborea on Elba (Italy)

    Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Veronica De Micco;Willi A. Brand;Matthias Saurer

  • An investigation of the common signal in tree ring stable isotope chronologies at temperate sites

    M. Saurer;P. Cherubini;C. E. Reynolds-Henne;C. E. Reynolds-Henne;K. S. Treydte

  • Tree-ring reconstructions of precipitation and streamflow for north-western Turkey

    Ünal Akkemik;Rosanne D'Arrigo;Paolo Cherubini;Paolo Cherubini;Nesibe Köse

  • Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree-ring width and δ13C

    Britta Eilmann;Nina Buchmann;Rolf Siegwolf;Matthias Saurer

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanna Battipaglia
Giovanna Battipaglia University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Matthias Saurer
Matthias Saurer Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Roberto Tognetti
Roberto Tognetti University of Molise
Ulf Büntgen
Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge
Markus Egli
Markus Egli University of Zurich
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf
Rolf T. W. Siegwolf Paul Scherrer Institute
Veronica De Micco
Veronica De Micco University of Naples Federico II
Marco Marchetti
Marco Marchetti University of Molise
Kerstin Treydte
Kerstin Treydte Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Alexander V. Kirdyanov
Alexander V. Kirdyanov University of Cambridge

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