Simona Maccherini

About Simona Maccherini

Simona Maccherini, With an exceptional h-index of 25 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Università degli Studi di Siena, specializes in the field of plant community ecology, Restoration ecology, Conservation biology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A complex interplay between natural and anthropogenic factors shapes plant diversity patterns in Mediterranean coastal dunes

One small step for a robot, one giant leap for habitat monitoring: A structural survey of EU forest habitats with Robotically-mounted Mobile Laser Scanning (RMLS)

Intraspecific variability of leaf form and function across habitat types

A multi-taxa approach to assess the impacts of the alien Carpobrotus spp. on natural communities in a small Mediterranean island.

The ternary diagram of functional diversity

Arable plant communities as a surrogate of crop rhizosphere microbiota

Drivers of diversity of arable plant communities in one of their european conservation hotspots

Using spectral diversity and heterogeneity measures to map habitat mosaics: An example from the Classical Karst

Simona Maccherini Information

University

Position

department of Life Sciences

Citations(all)

2315

Citations(since 2020)

1009

Cited By

1672

hIndex(all)

25

hIndex(since 2020)

17

i10Index(all)

50

i10Index(since 2020)

31

Email

University Profile Page

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Simona Maccherini Skills & Research Interests

plant community ecology

Restoration ecology

Conservation biology

Top articles of Simona Maccherini

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A complex interplay between natural and anthropogenic factors shapes plant diversity patterns in Mediterranean coastal dunes

Simona Sarmati

Claudia Angiolini

Marta Gaia Sperandii

Vojtech Barták

Matilde Gennai

...

2024/4/9

One small step for a robot, one giant leap for habitat monitoring: A structural survey of EU forest habitats with Robotically-mounted Mobile Laser Scanning (RMLS)

Ecological Indicators

Leopoldo de Simone

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Simona Maccherini

Tiberio Fiaschi

Giuseppe Alfonso

...

2024/3/1

Intraspecific variability of leaf form and function across habitat types

Ecology Letters

Giacomo Puglielli

Alessandro Bricca

Stefano Chelli

Francesco Petruzzellis

Alicia TR Acosta

...

2024/3

A multi-taxa approach to assess the impacts of the alien Carpobrotus spp. on natural communities in a small Mediterranean island.

Michele Mugnai

Alice Misuri

Eugenia Siccardi

Elena Tricarico

Sara Forni

...

2023

The ternary diagram of functional diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Carlo Ricotta

János Podani

Dénes Schmera

Giovanni Bacaro

Simona Maccherini

...

2023/5

Arable plant communities as a surrogate of crop rhizosphere microbiota

Science of the Total Environment

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Claudia Angiolini

Enrico Tordoni

Giovanni Bacaro

Erika Bazzato

...

2023/10/15

Drivers of diversity of arable plant communities in one of their european conservation hotspots

Biodiversity and Conservation

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Simona Maccherini

Claudia Angiolini

Leopoldo De Simone

Tiberio Fiaschi

...

2023/5

Using spectral diversity and heterogeneity measures to map habitat mosaics: An example from the Classical Karst

Applied Vegetation Science

Emilia Pafumi

Francesco Petruzzellis

Miris Castello

Alfredo Altobelli

Simona Maccherini

...

2023/10

Comparing the impacts of two alien species (Carpobrotus, Opuntia stricta) on plant and invertebrate communities in small Mediterranean islands.

Alice Misuri

Lorenzo Lazzaro

Eugenia Siccardi

Elena Tricarico

Sara Forni

...

2023

Effectiveness of different metrics of floristic quality assessment: The simpler, the better?

Ecological Indicators

Tiberio Fiaschi

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Simona Maccherini

Giovanni Bacaro

Gianmaria Bonari

...

2023/5/1

What community completeness can tell about the conservation status of ecosystems: a test on vascular plants in Fagus sylvatica forests

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Mariasole Calbi

Leopoldo de Simone

Tiberio Fiaschi

Bruno Foggi

...

2023

Detecting the imprints of past clear‐cutting on riparian forest plant communities along a Mediterranean river

River Research and Applications

Claudia Angiolini

Leopoldo de Simone

Tiberio Fiaschi

Giuseppe Pio Cifaldi

Simona Maccherini

...

2023/10

In&Out: comparing plant diversity of coastal dunes inside and outside the protected areas of Northern and Southern Tuscany

Emilia Pafumi

Simona Sarmati

Claudia Angiolini

Giovanni Bacaro

Emanuele Fanfarillo

...

2023

Arable plant communities as surrogates of crop rhizosphere microbiota

Science of the Total Environment

Fanfarillo Emanuele

Angiolini Claudia

Enrico Tordoni

Giovanni Bacaro

Bazzato Erika

...

2023

Dose-Dependent and Species-Specific Effects of Wood Distillate Addition on the Germination Performance of Threatened Arable Plants

Plants

Riccardo Fedeli

Tiberio Fiaschi

Claudia Angiolini

Simona Maccherini

Stefano Loppi

...

2023/8/23

Robotic monitoring of forests: a dataset from the EU habitat 9210* in the Tuscan Apennines (central Italy)

Scientific Data

Mathew J Pollayil

Franco Angelini

Leopoldo de Simone

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Tiberio Fiaschi

...

2023/12/1

Comparing the impacts of Carpobrotus spp. and Opuntia stricta on plant and invertebrate communities in small Mediterranean islands.

M Mugnai

A Misuri

E Siccardi

E Tricarico

S Forni

...

2023

Focusing on the role of abiotic and biotic drivers on cross-taxon congruence

Ecological Indicators

Erika Bazzato

Erik Lallai

Michele Caria

Enrico Schifani

Davide Cillo

...

2023/7/1

Chronicle of a death foretold: The vanishing of an emblematic cultural landscape results in the loss of its unique plant communities

Global Ecology and Conservation

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Dino Torri

Claudia Angiolini

Giovanni Bacaro

Gianmaria Bonari

...

2023/11/1

Effects of conventional and organic management on plant and insect communities in a traditional elephant garlic crop

Community Ecology

Emanuele Fanfarillo

Daniele Calabrese

Claudia Angiolini

Giovanni Bacaro

Stefano Biagiotti

...

2022/10

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