Roberto Silvestro

PhD Candidate
Patterns and scales of climate change: linking plant physiology to forest ecosystem dynamics

Variabilité spatio-temporelle du changement climatique: connecter la physiologie végétale à la dynamique des écosystèmes forestiers

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Directeur: Sergio Rossi
Codirecteur: Maurizio Mencuccini

FORMATION

• 2017-2019: Master of science – MSc, Forestry and Environmental Science - University of Naples Federico II
• Feb.2018-Jul.2018: Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus+ - Universidade de Évora
• Sep.2016-Feb.2017: Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus+ - Czech University of Life Science Prague
• 2014-2017: Bachelor of Science – BSc, Forestry and Environmental Science - University of Naples Federico II

EXPÉRIENCE DE TRAVAIL

• Sep.2021-Dec.2021: Internship Student - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
  Wood formation and ecosystem carbon fluxes temporal synchronisms
• Mar.2019-Aug.2019: Research Intern - University of Naples Federico II
  The effect of wildfires on ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests
• Jul.2018-Nov.2018: Internship Student - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  Phenological adaptive traits in ecotypes of Picea mariana

PUBLICATIONS DANS DES REVUES AVEC COMITÉ DE LECTURE

• Silvestro, R., Zeng, Q., Buttò, V., Sylvain, J.D., Drolet, G., Mencuccini, M., Thiffault, N., Yuan, S. & Rossi, S. (2023). A longer wood growing season does not lead to higher carbon sequestration. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31336-x 
• Saulino, L., Rita, A., Stinca, A., Liuzzi, G., Silvestro, R., Rossi, S. & Saracino, A. (2023). Wildfire promotes the invasion of Robinia pseudoacacia in the unmanaged Mediterranean Castanea sativa coppice forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Changes. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1177551 
• Mura, C., Buttò, V., Silvestro, R., Deslauriers, A., Charrier, G., Raymond, P. & Rossi, S. (2022). The early bud gets the cold: Diverging spring phenology drives exposure to late frost in a Picea mariana [(Mill.) BSP] common garden. Psysiologia Plantarum https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13798 
• Silvestro, R., Sylvain, J.D., Drolet, G., Buttò, V., Auger, I., Mencuccini, M. & Rossi, S. (2022). Upscaling xylem phenology: Sample size matters. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac110 
• Cervelli, E., Pindozzi, S., Allevato, E., Saulino, L., Silvestro, R., Scotto di Perta, E. & Saracino, A. (2022). Landscape planning integrated approaches to support post-wildfire restoration in natural protected areas: the Vesuvius National Park case study. Land, 11(7), 1024. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11071024 
• Silvestro, R., Saulino, L., Cavallo C., Allevato, E., Pindozzi, S., Cervelli, E., Conti, P., Mazzoleni, S. & Saracino, A. (2021). The Footprint of Wildfires on Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem Services in Vesuvius National Park. Fire. 4(4):95. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040095 
• Guo, X., Klisz, M., Puchałka, R., Silvestro, R., Faubert, P., Belien, E., Huang, J. G., & Rossi, S. (2021) Common garden experiment reveals clinal trends of bud phenology in black spruce populations from a latitudinal gradient in the boreal forest. Journal of Ecology, 00:1-11. https://https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13582 
• Silvestro, R., Brasseur, S., Klisz, M., Mencuccini, M. & Rossi, S. (2020). Bioclimatic distance and performance of apical shoot extension: disentangling the role of growth rate and duration in ecotypic differentiation. Forest Ecology and Management, 477, 118483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118483 
• Silvestro, R., Izzo, L. G., Buonanno, M. & Aronne, G. (2020). Serotiny in Primula palinuri: how to face the dry season on Mediterranean cliffs. Diversity, 12, 291.https://doi.org/10.3390/d12080291 
• Usmani, A., Silvestro, R., Zhang, S., Huang, J. G., Saracino, A., & Rossi, S. (2020). Ecotypic differentiation of black spruce populations: temperature triggers bud burst but not bud set. Trees, 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-01999-4 
• Guo, X., Khare, S., Silvestro, R., Huang, J., Sylvain, J. D., Delagrange, S., & Rossi, S. (2020). Minimum spring temperatures at the provenance origin drive leaf phenology in sugar maple populations. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa096 
• Silvestro, R.,Rossi, S., Zhang, S., Froment, I., Huang, J. G., & Saracino, A. (2019). From phenology to forest management: Ecotypes selection can avoid early or late frosts, but not both. Forest Ecology and Management, 436, 21–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.005 

DIFFUSION SCIENTIFIQUE

• Silvestro, R. (2022). Ça brûle et j’aime ça : la science du piquant. The Conversation Canada FR. https://theconversation.com/ca-brule-et-jaime-ca-la-science-du-piquant-193983 
• Silvestro, R. (2022). Why some like it hot: The science of spiciness. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/why-some-like-it-hot-the-science-of-spiciness-192291 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2022). Climate change is altering the seasonal rhythm of plant life-cycle events. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-altering-the-seasonal-rhythm-of-plant-life-cycle-events-181231 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2022). Les changements climatiques modifient le rythme saisonnier du cycle de vie des plantes. The Conversation Canada FR. https://theconversation.com/les-changements-climatiques-modifient-le-rythme-saisonnier-du-cycle-de-vie-des-plantes-181812 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2022). La distanciation sociale a été inventée par les arbres. Progrès Forestier.
• Silvestro, R., Buttò, V., Mura, C., & Rossi, S. (2021). La radio frequency identification en foresterie, opportunités et applications. Progrès Forestier.