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
Education
- 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
Work Experience
- 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
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. 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