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Ecology and Evolution
Italy
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
80
Citations
20669
World Ranking
849
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Sergio Rossi is affiliated with the University of Salento in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Pollution.

The main topics of Rossi's work include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Rossi has frequently published in several academic venues, notably:

  • Water
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Mediterranean Marine Science
  • Science

Recent publications by Rossi include:

  • "Brazil oil spill response: Time for coordination," 2020, Science
  • "Marine Microalgae Contribution to Sustainable Development," 2021, Water
  • "Challenges and perspectives for the Brazilian semi-arid coast under global environmental changes," 2021, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • "Microplastics in corals: An emergent threat," 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Why do mesophotic coral ecosystems have to be protected?," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Rossi's research, working frequently with coauthors including Marcelo de Oliveira Soares, Lucia Rizzo, Adriana Giangrande, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto, and Tatiane Martins Garcia.

Best Publications

  • Critical temperatures for xylogenesis in conifers of cold climates

    Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Annie Deslauriers;Jozica Gricar;Jeong-Wook Seo

  • Evidence of threshold temperatures for xylogenesis in conifers at high altitudes

    Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Tommaso Anfodillo;Vinicio Carraro

  • TREPHOR: A NEW TOOL FOR SAMPLING MICROCORES FROM TREE STEMS

    Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Roberto Menardi

  • Conifers in cold environments synchronize maximum growth rate of tree-ring formation with day length.

    Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Annie Deslauriers;Tommaso Anfodillo;Hubert Morin

  • Woody biomass production lags stem-girth increase by over one month in coniferous forests

    Henri E. Cuny;Henri E. Cuny;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;David Frank;Patrick Fonti

  • Cambial phenology, wood formation and temperature thresholds in two contrasting years at high altitude in southern Italy.

    Annie Deslauriers;Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Antonio Saracino

  • Convergent tapering of xylem conduits in different woody species.

    Tommaso Anfodillo;Vinicio Carraro;Marco Carrer;Claudio Fior

  • ASSESSMENT OF CAMBIAL ACTIVITY AND XYLOGENESIS BY MICROSAMPLING TREE SPECIES: AN EXAMPLE AT THE ALPINE TIMBERLINE

    Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Tommaso Anfodillo

  • Dendrometer and intra-annual tree growth: What kind of information can be inferred?

    Annie Deslauriers;Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo

  • Age‐dependent xylogenesis in timberline conifers

    Sergio Rossi;Annie Deslauriers;Tommaso Anfodillo;Marco Carrer

  • New perspective on spring vegetation phenology and global climate change based on Tibetan Plateau tree-ring data.

    Bao Yang;Minhui He;Minhui He;Vladimir Shishov;Vladimir Shishov;Ivan Tychkov

  • Application of the Gompertz equation for the study of xylem cell development

    S. Rossi;A. Deslauriers;H. Morin

  • Pattern of xylem phenology in conifers of cold ecosystems at the Northern Hemisphere

    Sergio Rossi;Sergio Rossi;Tommaso Anfodillo;Katarina Čufar;Henri E. Cuny

  • Cambial activity related to tree size in a mature silver-fir plantation

    Cyrille B. K. Rathgeber;Sergio Rossi;Jean-Daniel Bontemps

  • Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years

    Bao Yang;Chun Qin;Achim Bräuning;Timothy J. Osborn

  • Lengthening of the duration of xylogenesis engenders disproportionate increases in xylem production.

    Sergio Rossi;Marie-Josée Girard;Hubert Morin

  • The Exploitation and Conservation of Precious Corals

    Georgios Tsounis;Sergio Rossi;Richard Grigg;Giovanni Santangelo

  • Predicting xylem phenology in black spruce under climate warming

    Sergio Rossi;Hubert Morin;Annie Deslauriers;Pierre-Y. Plourde

  • The destruction of the 'animal forests' in the oceans: Towards an over- simplification of the benthic ecosystems

    Sergio Rossi

  • Causes and correlations in cambium phenology: towards an integrated framework of xylogenesis

    Sergio Rossi;Hubert Morin;Annie Deslauriers

  • Xylem phenology and wood production: resolving the chicken-or-egg dilemma.

    Carlo Lupi;Hubert Morin;Annie Deslauriers;Sergio Rossi

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep Maria Gili
Josep Maria Gili Spanish National Research Council
Andrea Gori
Andrea Gori University of Milan
Lorenzo Bramanti
Lorenzo Bramanti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Wolf Arntz
Wolf Arntz Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Cristina Linares
Cristina Linares University of Barcelona
Alfredo Martínez-García
Alfredo Martínez-García Max Planck Society
Rafael Coma
Rafael Coma Spanish National Research Council
Antoni Rosell-Melé
Antoni Rosell-Melé Autonomous University of Barcelona
Esther Garcés
Esther Garcés Spanish National Research Council

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