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Saverio FRANCINI

Ruolo attuale:: Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato
SSD:: AGR/05 - Assestamento forestale e selvicoltura
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI)

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saverio.francini(AT)unifi.it

Saverio FRANCINI

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Nome		Francini Saverio
Indirizzo		Via della Repubblica 166. Poggibonsi (SI)
Telefono		3384860983
E-mail		saverio.francini@unifi.it
Twitter		https://twitter.com/saveriofrancini
Nazionalità		Italia
Data di nascità		16/09/1992
Posizione		Assistant Professor at the University of Florence. Ricercatore a tempo determinato, RTDa. AGR/05
Qualificazioni		PhD with honors in Scienze Tecnologie e Biotecnologie per la Sostenibilità (University of Tuscia, University of Molise, 24 May 2022). Thesis title: New approaches and remote sensing tecnhologies for forest disturbance mapping and area estimation. Master’s degree (110 with honors) in “Scienze e tecnologie dei sistemi forestali”, LM-73 (University of Florence, 17 October 2018). Bachelor’s degree in “Scienze ambientali e naturali” University of Siena (UNISI). L32
Esperienze all'estero		During my PhD, I spent three months at the University of British Columbia UBC (Vancouver-Canada) working with Professor Nicholas Coops (UBC), and Mike Wulder, Joanne White, and Txomin Hermosilla (Canadian Forest Service). We are still actively collaborating on different papers.
Madre lingua		Italian
Seconda lingua		English
• Reading		good
• Writing		goodGood communication capacities. Good logistic capacities. Good team worker.
• Speaking		good
Competenze principali		Good programmer (R, JavaScript, Java). Basics of different programming languages (python, visual basic, C++, html, Batch). Good problem-solving skills. Good knowledge of remote sensing, image processing, and statistical analysis including inferential statistics. Good knowledge of Machine learning, deep learning, algorithms implementation and models development, training, validation, and testing. Good scientific articles writer. Good project writer. Good capacity to organize teamwork productively.
Competenze artistiche		good piano player, graduation in the theory of music
Altre competenze		good chess player (ELO 1500, lichess 1950).
Premi		Premio per giovani ricercatrici e ricercatori per i migliori articoli pubblicati su riviste scientifiche attinenti alle tematiche forestali e ambientali. Conferito a Saverio Francini per l’articolo Mappatura automatica dei disturbi forestali avvenuti in Italia negli ultimi 35 anni utilizzando immagini Landsat e Google Earth Engine. https://www.aisf.it/2022/05/06/ 2021 Early career investigator award. Forests, MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/awards.pdf/0/pdf_42_2021_5_award_63801505cb888.pdf
Progetti		SUPERB: Systemic solutions for upscaling of urgent ecosystem restoration for forest-related biodiversity and ecosystem services (SUPERB). EFINET: The European Forest Information Network Precision Pop: Sistema di monitoraggio multiscalare a supporto della pioppicoltura di precisione nella regione lombardia B-Forest: An information system to support precision forestry GO SURF: A decision support system for sustainable forest management. MONIPOPLAR: Monitoring system for poplar plantations using remote sensing data PRIFORMAN. Shared PRIvate FORest MANagement in Eastern Alps FORWARDS. The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests
Presentazioni a conferenze internazionali		Gherardo CHIRICI, Saverio FRANCINI, Francesca GIANNETTI, Gert-Jan NABURS, Cornelius SENF, Rupert SEIDL, Thomas Pugh, Terje GOBAKKEN, Ollie STOCK, Erik NAESSET, Susanne SUVANTO, Lars WASER, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Giovanni D'AMICO, Ruben VALBUENA. Toward an integrated system for monitoring European forests based on remote sensing: first results from European Forest Information Network (EFINET). ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Saverio Francini, Ronald E. McRoberts, Giovanni D'Amico, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Joanne C. White, Micheal A. Wulder, Marco Marchetti, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Gherardo Chirici. From Sentinel-2 data to forest disturbance mapping and area estimation. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Saverio FRANCINI, Gherardo CHIRICI, Stefano MANCUSO. Global suitability mapping of forest ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Francini S and Maroè P. Combining satellite and tree-talker data. Living Planet Symposium, 2022, Bonn (Germany). Francini S, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Chirici G (2019) Individuazione dei disturbi forestali in tempo quasi-reale tramite immagini Sentinel-2 e Planet. SISEF Fantoni G, Bell DM, Mathew G, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Francini S, Chirici G (2019) Classification of forest tree species in Tuscany using Sentinel-2 multitemporal data and Google Earth Engine platform. SISEF Fantoni G, Bell DM, Mathew G, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Francini S, Chirici G (2019) Classification of forest tree species in Tuscany using Sentinel-2 multitemporal data and Google Earth Engine platform. SISEF Mencucci, M., Bigiarini, S., Giannetti, F., Francini, S., Chirici, G. (2019) Monitoring forest loggings by remote sensing: first experiences and operative solutions. 12° workshop tematico di telerilevamento. AIT-ENEA. Francini S., Zorzi I., Giannetti F., Chianucci F., Travaglini D., Chirici G., Cocozza C. 2021 In situ (Tree Talker) and remotely-sensed multispectral imagery (Setneinel-2) integration for continuous forest monitoring: the first step toward wall-to-wall mapping of tree functional traits. AIT
Altri contributi a conferenze		Flor Alvarez-Taboada, Lander Sánchez-Berasategui, Youssef Arhrib, Fernando Castedo-Dorado, Joaquín Garnica-López, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’AmicoAN ON-LINE MULTISCALE SYSTEM BASED ON SENTINEL 2 IMAGERY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS TO MONITOR FOREST HEALTH IN POPLAR PLANTATIONS. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Elia VANGI, Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Costanza Borghi, Francesca Giannetti, Piermaria Corona, Marco Marchetti, Bruno Lasserre, Davide Travaglini, Guido Pelliis, Marina Vitullo, Gherardo ChiriciLarge-scale high resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Francesca GIANNETTI, Matteo Pecchi, Davide Travaglini, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D'Amico, Elia Vangi, Claudia Cocozza, Gherardo Chirici. Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Giovanni D'AMICO¹, Ronald E. McRoberts², Francesca Giannetti¹, Elia Vangi^1,3, Saverio Francini¹, Gherardo Chirici¹ Effect of lidar coverage and field plot data numerosity on forest growing stock volume estimation. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Francesca Giannetti, Elia Vangi, Davide Travaglini, Francesco Chianucci, Walter Mattioli, Mirko Grotti, Nicola Puletti, Piermaria Corona, Gherardo Chirici A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Marcello Maranesi, Fabio Salbitano, Marco Marchetti Gherardo Chirici Fabio Del Frate Tor Vergata Francesca Giannetti Saverio Francini Jaro Hofierka Michal Gallay Maria Chiara Pastore Nancy Alvan Romero Daniele Latini Remo Bertani Simone Luppi Pietro Maroè. Ecosystem Services and Urban Forest and Green areas monitoring in the framework of the ESA Multiple Actors Forest Information System – MAFIS project. Living Planet Symposium, 2022, Bonn (Germany). Multitemporal LiDAR data for forest carbon monitoring in Mediterranean Forest. D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Vangi E., Borghi C., Francini S., Travaglini D., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari The New Hyperspectral Satellite PRISMA: Imagery for Forest Types Discrimination. Vangi E., D’Amico G., Francini S., Giannetti F.,Chirici G., Lasserre B., Marchetti M. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Monitoring thirty-five years of Italian forest disturbance using Landsat time series. Borghi C., Francini S., Pollastrini M., Bussotti F., Travaglini D., Marchetti M., Munafò M., Scarascia-Mugnozza G., Tonti G., Ottaviano M., Giuliani C., Cavalli A., Vangi E., D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Multiscale monitoring of poplar plantations using proximal and remotely-sensed imagery. Giannetti F., Tattoni C., D'Amico G., Francini S., Chirici G., Romano E., Brambilla M., Travaglini D., Vangi E., Chianucci F. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari A Spatial approach for multi-temporal spatial estimation of forest GSV and aboveground carbon pool. A case of study in Tuscany (Italy). Vangi E., D’Amico G., Francini S., Borghi C., Giannetti F., Travaglini D., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Estimation of Multitemporal Dry Deposition of Air Pollution by Urban Forests at City Scale. Fanara V., Chirici G., Cocozza C., D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Francini S., Salbitano F., Speak A., Vangi E., Travaglini D. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari The Key Role of Multiscale Remote Sensing Data to Develop Forest Decision Support Systems. Giannetti F., Giambastiani Y., Fiorentini S., Travaglini D., Francini S., Vangi E., D'Amico G., Chiesi M., Maselli F., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Sampling designs for global forest monitoring using remotely sensed data. Chiara Bocci, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Emilia Rocco. ITACOSM2022. Survey Methods for Statistical Data Integration and New Data Sources The use of remotely sensed data in sampling designs for forest monitoring. C. Bocci, G. Chirici, G. D’Amico, S. Francini and E. Rocco. SIS2022 - 51ST SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ITALIAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY Sampling designs for forest monitoring using remote sensing data. Chiara Bocci, Gherardo Chirici , Saverio Francini , Emilia Rocco. RSS International Conference 2022
Corsi tenuti		Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2019-2020 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2020-2021 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2021-2022 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2022-2023 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Inventati e Telerilevamento B024366 (B102). Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05. 2021-2022 Google Earth Engine networking and workshop day. 2021-04-08. Florence. Introduction to Google Earth Engine. Google Earth Engine Summer School. 2021-09-13/2021-09-17. GEE for large-area disturbance mapping. Saverio Francini. 11-May-2022. Remote Sensing Lectures "Remote sensing of forest disturbances".
Collaborazioni con ricercatori internazionali di primo livello		Mike Wulder. Canadian Forest Service https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57208357584 and Joanne White. Canadian Forest Service https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7405251438 We worked together on the implementation of the Best Available Pixel Procedure (White et al., 2014) on Google Earth Engine (Gorelick et al., 2017). Noel Gorelick. Google. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57189368502 We are working together on the implementation of the Composite To Change algorithm (Hermosilla et al. 2015) on Google Earth Engine Nicholas Coops. University of British Columbia (Vancouver-Canada) https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54790508000 Nicholas had me in his lab (Integrated Remote Sensing Studio) during my PhD and we are still collaborating on different projects and scientific articles. Ronald McRoberts. The University of Minnesota USA. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701363691 We are working on different papers to study and implement statistically robust estimators using Remote Sensing-derived maps to estimate forest disturbance areas and relative confidence intervals.
Publicazioni scientifiche		Ascoli D, Chirici G, Francini S, Marchetti M, Motta R, Vacchiano G (2021). Prelievi forestali in Europa: un sano dibattito scientifico. Forest@ 18: 35-37. doi: 10.3832/efor3892-018 Borghi, C., Francini, S., McRoberts, R. E., Parisi, F., Lombardi, F., Nocentini, S., Maltoni, A., Travaglini, D., & Chirici, G. (2023). Country-wide assessment of biodiversity, naturalness, and old-growth status using National Forest Inventory data. European Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01620-6 Cavalli A, Francini S, Cecili G, Cocozza C, Congedo L, Falanga V, Spadoni GL, Maesano M, Munafò M, Chirici G, Scarascia Mugnozza G (2022). Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites. iForest 15: 220-228. - doi: 10.3832/ifor4043-015 Chirici, G., Giannetti, F., Mazza, E. Francini S., et al. Monitoring clearcutting and subsequent rapid recovery in Mediterranean coppice forests with Landsat time series. Annals of Forest Science 77, 40 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00936-2 Chirici, G., Giannetti, F., Travaglini, D., Nocentini, S., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Calvo, E., et al. 2019. “Forest Damage Inventory After the "Vaia" Storm in Italy.” Forest - Rivista Di Selvicoltura Ed Ecologia Forestale 16 (February): 3–9. https://doi.org/10.3832/efor3070-016. D’Amico G, Vangi E, Francini S., Giannetti F, Nicolaci A, Travaglini D, Massai L, Giambastiani Y, Terranova C, Chirici G (2021). Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy. iForest 14: 144-154. - doi: 10.3832/ifor3648-014 D’Amico G. , Francini S., Giannetti F., Vangi E., Travaglini D., Chianucci F., Mattioli W., Grotti M., Puletti N, Corona P, Chirici G. A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery, GIScience & Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2021.1988427 Laurin, V. G., Francini, S., Penna, D., Zuecco, G., Chirici, G., Berman, E., Coops, N., Castelli, G., Bresci, E., Preti, F., Valentini, R. 2022. SnowWarp: An open science and open data tool for daily monitoring of snow dynamics. Environmental Modelling & Software. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105477. Francini S, D’Amico G, Vangi E, Borghi C, Chirici G. Integrating GEDI and Landsat: Spaceborne Lidar and Four Decades of Optical Imagery for the Analysis of Forest Disturbances and Biomass Changes in Italy. Sensors. 2022; 22(5):2015. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22052015 Francini S., D’Amico G, Mencucci M, Seri G, Gravano E, Chirici G (2021). Telerilevamento e procedure automatiche: validi strumenti di supporto al monitoraggio delle utilizzazioni forestali. Forest@ 18: 27-34. - doi: 10.3832/efor3835-018 Francini S., McRoberts, R., Giannetti, F., Marchetti, M., Scarascia, G., Chirici. G. 2021. The Three Indices Three Dimensions (3I3D) algorithm: a new method for forest disturbance mapping and area estimation based on optical remotely sensed imagery, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42:12, 4693-4711, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2021.1899334 Francini, S., D’Amico, G., McRoberts, R., Marchetti, M., Scarascia, G., Chirici, G. 2022 An open science-open data approach for the statistically robust estimation of forest disturbance area. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102663 Francini, S., McRoberts, R., Giannetti, F., Mencucci, M., Marchetti, M., Scarascia, G., Chirici, G. 2020. Near-real time forest change detection using PlanetScope imagery. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 53:1, 233-244, DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2020.1806734 Francini, S., Borghi, C., D’Amico, G., Santi, S., Travaglini, D. 2022. Mappatura dei cambiamenti forestali avvenuti in Italia negli ultimi 35 anni utilizzando immagini Landsat e Google Earth Engine. Italia forestale e montana. Francini, S and Chirici, G. A Sentinel-2 derived dataset of forest disturbances occurred in Italy between 2017 and 2020. 2022. Data in Brief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108297. Giannetti F, Pegna R, Francini S, McRoberts RE, Travaglini D, Marchetti M, Scarascia Mugnozza G, Chirici G. A New Method for Automated Clearcut Disturbance Detection in Mediterranean Coppice Forests Using Landsat Time Series. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(22):3720. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223720 Giannetti, F.; Pecchi, M.; Travaglini, D.; Francini, S., D’Amico, G.; Vangi, E.; Cocozza, C.; Chirici, G. Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. Forests 2021, 12, 680. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060680 Giovanni D’Amico, Ronald E. McRoberts, Francesca Giannetti, Elia Vangi, Francini, S., & Gherardo Chirici (2022) Effects of lidar coverage and field plot data numerosity on forest growing stock volume estimation, European Journal of Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2022.2042397 Hawryło P, Francini S, Chirici G, Giannetti F, Parkitna K, Krok G, Mitelsztedt K, Lisańczuk M, Stereńczak K, Ciesielski M, Wężyk P, Socha J. The Use of Remotely Sensed Data and Polish NFI Plots for Prediction of Growing Stock Volume Using Different Predictive Methods. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(20):3331. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203331 Marcelli A., Mattioli W., Puletti N., Chianucci F., Gianelle D., Grotti M., Chirici G., D' Amico G., Francini S., Travaglini D., Fattorini L., Corona P. (2020). Large-scale two-phase estimation of wood production by poplar plantations exploiting Sentinel-2 data as auxiliary information. Silva Fennica vol. 54 no. 2 article id 10247. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10247 Palahí, M., Valbuena, R., …., Francini S., et al. Concerns about reported harvests in European forests. Nature 592, E15–E17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03292-x Parisi F., Francini S., Borghi C., Chirici G. 2022. An open and georeferenced dataset of forest structural attributes and microhabitats in central and southern Apennines (Italy). Data in brief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108445 Parisi F., Vangi E., Francini S., Chirici G., Travaglini D.,, Marchetti M., Tognetti R. 2022. Monitoring the abundance of saproxylic red-listed species in a managed beech forest by landsat temporal metrics. Forest Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100050. Sali, M.; Boschetti, M.; Chirici, G.; Francini, S.; Giannetti, F.; Salis, M.; Arca, B.; Pellizzaro, G.; Duce, P.; Stroppiana, D. An Automatic Algorithm for Mapping Burned Areas from Sentinel Data in Mediterranean Europe: Analysis of 2021 Major Fire Events in Italy and Greece. Environ. Sci. Proc.* 2022, 17, 106. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017106 Vaglio, G., Francini, S., Luti, T., Chirici, G., Pirotti, F., Papale, D., Satellite open data to monitor forest damage caused by extreme climate-induced events: a case study of the Vaia storm in Northern Italy, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, Volume 94, Issue 3, July 2021, Pages 407–416, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpaa043 Vangi, E.; D’Amico, G.; Francini, S.; Giannetti, F.; Lasserre, B.; Marchetti, M.; McRoberts, R.E.; Chirici, G. The Effect of Forest Mask Quality in the Wall-to-Wall Estimation of Growing Stock Volume. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 1038. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13051038 Vangi, E.; D’Amico, G.; Francini, S.; Giannetti, F.; Lasserre, B.; Marchetti, M.; Chirici, G. The New Hyperspectral Satellite PRISMA: Imagery for Forest Types Discrimination. Sensors 2021, 21, 1182. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041182 Zorzi I, Francini S*, Chirici G, Cocozza C. 2021. The TreeTalkersCheck R package: an automatic daily routine to check physiological traits of trees in the forest. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101433 Vangi, E., D’Amico, G., Francini, S., Borghi, C., Giannetti, F., Corona, P., Marchetti, M., Travaglini, D., Pellis, G., Vitullo, M., & Chirici, G. (2023). LARGE-SCALE high-resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool [Article]. Environmental Modelling and Software, 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105580 Basile, M., Parisi, F., Tognetti, R., Francini, S., Lombardi, F., Marchetti, M., Travaglini, D., De Santis, E., & Chirici, G. (2023). Diversity of beetle species and functional traits along gradients of deadwood suggests weak environmental filtering [Article]. Forest Ecosystems, 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100090 Parisi, F., Vangi, E., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Chirici, G., Marchetti, M., Lombardi, F., Travaglini, D., Ravera, S., De Santis, E., & Tognetti, R. (2023). Sentinel-2 time series analysis for monitoring multi-taxon biodiversity in mountain beech forests [Article]. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1020477 Francini, S., Vangi, E., D’Amico, G., Cencini, G., Monari, C., & Chirici, G. (2023). Mapping and Estimation of Carbon Dioxide Storage in Forest Plantations. The Contribution of the Sentinel-2 Time Series in Increasing Estimates Precision [Book chapter]. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Part F639, 403–413. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25840-4_47 Arhrib, Y. J., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Castedo-Dorado, F., Garnica-López, J., & Álvarez-Taboada, M. F. (2023). Web Application Based on Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery for Water Stress Detection and Monitoring in Poplar Plantations [Book chapter]. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Part F639, 335–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25840-4_38 D’Amico, G., Francini, S., Parisi, F., Vangi, E., De Santis, E., Travaglini, D., & Chirici, G. (2023). Multitemporal Optical Remote Sensing to Support Forest Health Condition Assessment of Mediterranean Pine Forests in Italy [Book chapter]. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Part F639, 113–123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25840-4_15 Sabatelli, S., Parisi, F., Vangi, E., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Chirici, G., Travaglini, D., Rignanese, D., Muambalo, K., & Audisio, P. (2023). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREE-RELATED MICROHABITATS AND THE CAPTURES OBTAINED USING DIFFERENT TRAP METHODS FOR LARGE THREATENED SAPROXYLIC BEETLES [Article]. Redia, 106, 45–56. https://doi.org/10.19263/REDIA-106.23.06 Cavalli, A., Francini, S., McRoberts, R. E., Falanga, V., Congedo, L., De Fioravante, P., Maesano, M., Munafò, M., Chirici, G., & Scarascia Mugnozza, G. (2023). Estimating Afforestation Area Using Landsat Time Series and Photointerpreted Datasets [Article]. Remote Sensing, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15040923 Vangi, E., D’Amico, G., Francini, S., & Chirici, G. (2023). GEDI4R: an R package for NASA’s GEDI level 4 A data downloading, processing and visualization [Article]. Earth Science Informatics, 16(1), 1109–1117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-022-00915-3 Francini, S., Cavalli, A., D’Amico, G., McRoberts, R. E., Maesano, M., Munafò, M., Scarascia Mugnozza, G., & Chirici, G. (2023). Reusing Remote Sensing-Based Validation Data: Comparing Direct and Indirect Approaches for Afforestation Monitoring [Article]. Remote Sensing, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061638 Parisi, F., Mazziotta, A., Vangi, E., Tognetti, R., Travaglini, D., Marchetti, M., D’amico, G., Francini, S., Borghi, C., & Chirici, G. (2023). Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests [Article]. IForest, 16(3), 155–164. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4264-016 Bozzini, A., Francini, S., Chirici, G., Battisti, A., & Faccoli, M. (2023). Spruce Bark Beetle Outbreak Prediction through Automatic Classification of Sentinel-2 Imagery [Article]. Forests, 14(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061116 Francini, S., Cocozza, C., Hölttä, T., Lintunen, A., Paljakka, T., Chirici, G., Traversi, M. L., & Giovannelli, A. (2023). A temporal segmentation approach for dendrometers signal-to-noise discrimination [Article]. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.107925 Francini, S., Hermosilla, T., Coops, N. C., Wulder, M. A., White, J. C., & Chirici, G. (2023). An assessment approach for pixel-based image composites [Article]. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 202, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.06.002 Spadoni, G. L., Moris, J. V., Vacchiano, G., Elia, M., Garbarino, M., Sibona, E., Tomao, A., Barbati, A., Sallustio, L., Salvati, L., Ferrara, C., Francini, S., Bonis, E., Dalla Vecchia, I., Strollo, A., Di Leginio, M., Munafò, M., Chirici, G., Romano, R., … Ascoli, D. (2023). Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates wildfire impacts in Italy [Article]. Science of the Total Environment, 890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164281 Vangi, E., D’amico, G., Francini, S., Borghi, C., Giannetti, F., Travaglini, D., Pellis, G., Vitullo, M., & Chirici, G. (2021). A SPATIAL APPROACH FOR MULTI-TEMPORAL ESTIMATION OF FOREST GROWING STOCK VOLUME AND ABOVEGROUND CARBON POOL. A CASE STUDY IN TUSCANY (ITALY). [Article]. 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Autorizzo il trattamento dei miei dati personali presenti nel CV ai sensi dell’art. 13 d. lgs. 30 guigno 2003 n. 196 - “Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali” e dell’art. 13 GDPR 679/16 - “Regolamento europeo sulla protezione dei dati personali”

30/10/2023, Firenze

Saverio FRANCINI

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Costanza Borghi; Saverio Francini; Ronald E. McRoberts; Francesco Parisi; Fabio Lombardi; Susanna Nocentini; Alberto Maltoni; Davide Travaglini; Gherardo Chirici (2024). Country-wide assessment of biodiversity, naturalness and old-growth status using national forest inventory data. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1612-4677 DOI

Francesco Parisi, Giovanni D’Amico, Elia Vangi, Gherardo Chirici, Saverio Francini, Claudia Cocozza, Francesca Giannetti, Guglielmo Londi, Susanna Nocentini, Costanza Borghi, Davide Travaglini (2024). Tree-Related Microhabitats and Multi-Taxon Biodiversity Quantification Exploiting ALS Data. FORESTS, vol. 15, pp. 1-17, ISSN:1999-4907 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francini, Saverio; Chirici, Gherardo; Chiesi, Leonardo; Costa, Paolo; Caldarelli, Guido; Mancuso, Stefano (2024). Global spatial assessment of potential for new peri-urban forests to combat climate change. NATURE CITIES, vol. 1, pp. 286-294, ISSN:2731-9997 DOI

Arhrib, Y. J.; Francini, S.; D’Amico, G.; Castedo-Dorado, F.; Garnica-López, J.; Álvarez-Taboada, M. F. (2023). Web Application Based on Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery for Water Stress Detection and Monitoring in Poplar Plantations. Springer Proceedings, vol. Part F639, pp. 335-342 DOI

Francini, Saverio; Hermosilla, Txomin; Coops, Nicholas C.; Wulder, Michael A.; White, Joanne C.; Chirici, Gherardo (2023). An assessment approach for pixel-based image composites. ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, vol. 202, pp. 1-12, ISSN:0924-2716 DOI

Spadoni, Gian Luca; Moris, Jose V.; Vacchiano, Giorgio; Elia, Mario; Garbarino, Matteo; Sibona, Emanuele; Tomao, Antonio; Barbati, Anna; Sallustio, Lorenzo; Salvati, Luca; Ferrara, Carlotta; Francini, Saverio; Bonis, Enrico; Dalla Vecchia, Ilaria; Strollo, Andrea; Di Leginio, Marco; Munafò, Michele; Chirici, Gherardo; Romano, Raoul; Corona, Piermaria; Marchetti, Marco; Brunori, Antonio; Motta, Renzo; Ascoli, Davide (2023). Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates wildfire impacts in Italy. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 890, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Parisi, F; Vangi, E; Francini, S; D'Amico, G; Chirici, G; Marchetti, M; Lombardi, F; Travaglini, D; Ravera, S; De Santis, E; Tognetti, R (2023). Sentinel-2 time series analysis for monitoring multi-taxon biodiversity in mountain beech forests. FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE, vol. 6, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2624-893X DOI

Chirici G.; Giannetti F.; D'Amico G.; Vangi E.; Francini S.; Borghi C.; Corona P.; Travaglini D. (2023). Robotics in Forest Inventories: SPOT’s First Steps. FORESTS, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1999-4907 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Cavalli A.; Francini S.; McRoberts R.E.; Falanga V.; Congedo L.; De Fioravante P.; Maesano M.; Munafo M.; Chirici G.; Scarascia Mugnozza G. (2023). Estimating Afforestation Area Using Landsat Time Series and Photointerpreted Datasets. REMOTE SENSING, vol. 15, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2072-4292 DOI

Parisi, F; Mazziotta, A; Vangi, E; Tognetti, R; Travaglini, D; Marchetti, M; D’Amico, G; Francini, S; Borghi, C; Chirici, G (2023). Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests. IFOREST, vol. 16, pp. 155-164, ISSN:1971-7458 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

SABATELLI, SIMONE; PARISI, FRANCESCO; VANGI, ELIA; FRANCINI, SAVERIO; D’AMICO, GIOVANNI; CHIRICI, GHERARDO; TRAVAGLINI, DAVIDE; RIGNANESE, DANIELE; MUAMBALO, KISIMENDA; AUDISIO, PAOLO (2023). Relationship between tree-related microhabitats and the captures obtained using different trap methods for large threatened saproxylic beetles. REDIA, vol. 106, pp. 45-56, ISSN:0370-4327 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Basile, Marco; Parisi, Francesco; Tognetti, Roberto; Francini, Saverio; Lombardi, Fabio; Marchetti, Marco; Travaglini, Davide; De Santis, Elena; Chirici, Gherardo (2023). Diversity of beetle species and functional traits along gradients of deadwood suggests weak environmental filtering. FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2197-5620 DOI

Bozzini, Aurora; Francini, Saverio; Chirici, Gherardo; Battisti, Andrea; Faccoli, Massimo (2023). Spruce Bark Beetle Outbreak Prediction through Automatic Classification of Sentinel-2 Imagery. FORESTS, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1999-4907 DOI

Claudia Cocozza, Saverio Francini, Gherardo Chirici, Daniele Penna, Matteo Verdone, Andrea Dani (2023). TreeTalker: a new device to monitor tree functional traits, from calibration to forest monitoring. (Tutor: Claudia Cocozza)

D’Amico, Giovanni; Francini, Saverio; Parisi, Francesco; Vangi, Elia; De Santis, Elena; Travaglini, Davide; Chirici, Gherardo (2023). Multitemporal Optical Remote Sensing to Support Forest Health Condition Assessment of Mediterranean Pine Forests in Italy. In: Benítez-Andrades, J.A., García-Llamas, P., Taboada, Á., Estévez-Mauriz, L., Baelo, R.. Global Challenges for a Sustainable Society, pp. 113-123 Springer, ISBN:9783031258398., vol. Part F639: DOI

Saverio Francini, Claudia Cocozza, Teemu Hölttä, Anna Lintunen, Teemu Paljakka, Gherardo Chirici, Maria Laura Traversi, Alessio Giovannelli (2023). A temporal segmentation approach for dendrometers signal-to-noise discrimination. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, pp. 1-15, ISSN:0168-1699 DOI

Saverio Francini, Alice Cavalli, Giovanni D’Amico, Ronald E. McRoberts, Mauro Maesano, Michele Munafò, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Gherardo Chirici (2023). Reusing Remote Sensing-Based Validation Data: Comparing Direct and Indirect Approaches for Afforestation Monitoring. REMOTE SENSING, vol. 15, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2072-4292 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francini, Saverio; Vangi, Elia; D’Amico, Giovanni; Cencini, Guido; Monari, Cecilia; Chirici, Gherardo (2023). Mapping and Estimation of Carbon Dioxide Storage in Forest Plantations. The Contribution of the Sentinel-2 Time Series in Increasing Estimates Precision. In: José Alberto Benítez-Andrades; Paula García-Llamas; Ángela Taboada; Laura Estévez-Mauriz; Roberto Baelo. Global Challenges for a Sustainable Society, pp. 403-413 springer., vol. Part F639: DOI

Vangi E.; D'Amico G.; Francini S.; Borghi C.; Giannetti F.; Corona P.; Marchetti M.; Travaglini D.; Pellis G.; Vitullo M.; Chirici G. (2023). LARGE-SCALE high-resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, vol. 159, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1364-8152 DOI

Francini S., Borghi C., D’Amico G., Santi S., Travaglini D. (2022). Automatic mapping of Italian forest disturbances between 1985 and 2019 using Landsat imagery and Google Earth Engine. L'ITALIA FORESTALE E MONTANA, vol. 77, pp. 5-21, ISSN:0021-2776 DOI

Branchini, Paolo; Chirici, Gherardo; De Lucia, Maurizio; Francini, Saverio; Pecorella, Tommaso; Tortora, Luca; Vespri, Vincenzo; Zatti, Filippo (2022). Blockchain Technology: Energy Community and Beyond. In: 2022 Workshop on Blockchain for Renewables Integration (BLORIN), Palermo, 2-3 September 2022, IEEE, pp. 138-143, ISBN:978-1-6654-7249-4 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Laurin, GV; Francini, S; Penna, D; Zuecco, G; Chirici, G; Berman, E; Coops, NC; Castelli, G; Bresci, E; Preti, F; Valentini, R (2022). SnowWarp: An open science and open data tool for daily monitoring of snow dynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE, vol. 156, pp. 105477-105487, ISSN:1364-8152 DOI

Francini S.; D'Amico G.; Vangi E.; Borghi C.; Chirici G. (2022). Integrating GEDI and Landsat: Spaceborne Lidar and Four Decades of Optical Imagery for the Analysis of Forest Disturbances and Biomass Changes in Italy. SENSORS, vol. 22, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Giovanni D’Amico; Ronald E. McRoberts; Francesca Giannetti; Elia Vangi; Saverio Francini; Gherardo Chirici (2022). Effects of lidar coverage and field plot data numerosity on forest growing stock volume estimation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, vol. 55, pp. 199-212, ISSN:2279-7254 DOI

Francesco Parisi, Elia Vangi, Saverio Francini, Gherardo Chirici, Davide Travaglini, Marco Marchetti, Roberto Tognetti (2022). Monitoring the abundance of saproxylic red-listed species in a managed beech forest by landsat temporal metrics. FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, vol. ..., pp. 1-33, ISSN:2197-5620 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chiara Bocci, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D’Amico, Saverio Francini, Emilia Rocco (2022). The use of remotely sensed data in sampling designs for forest monitoring. In: SIS2022 - 51st Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, Caserta, 22-24/06/2022, Pearson, pp. 1601-1606, ISBN:9788891932310 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Matteo Sali; Mirco Boschetti; Gherardo Chirici; Saverio Francini; Francesca Giannetti; Michele Salis; Bachisio Arca; Grazia Pellizzaro; Pierpaolo Duce; Daniela Stroppiana (2022). An Automatic Algorithm for Mapping Burned Areas from Sentinel Data in Mediterranean Europe: Analysis of 2021 Major Fire Events in Italy and Greece. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PROCEEDINGS, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2673-4931 DOI

Francini S.; Chirici G. (2022). A Sentinel-2 derived dataset of forest disturbances occurred in Italy between 2017 and 2020. DATA IN BRIEF, vol. 42, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2352-3409 DOI

Vangi E.; D'Amico G.; Francini S.; Chirici G. (2022). GEDI4R: an R package for NASA’s GEDI level 4 A data downloading, processing and visualization. EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATICS, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1865-0473 DOI

Alice Cavalli, Saverio Francini, Giulia Cecili, Claudia Cocozza, Luca Congedo, Valentina Falanga, Gian Luca Spadoni, Mauro Maesano, Michele Munafò, Gherardo Chirici, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza (2022). Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites. IFOREST, vol. 15, pp. 220-228, ISSN:1971-7458

Francini S.; McRoberts R.E.; D'Amico G.; Coops N.C.; Hermosilla T.; White J.C.; Wulder M.A.; Marchetti M.; Mugnozza G.S.; Chirici G. (2022). An open science and open data approach for the statistically robust estimation of forest disturbance areas. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION, vol. 106, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1569-8432 DOI

Parisi F.; Francini S.; Borghi C.; Chirici G. (2022). An open and georeferenced dataset of forest structural attributes and microhabitats in central and southern Apennines (Italy). DATA IN BRIEF, vol. 43, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2352-3409 DOI

Ascoli, D; Chirici, G; Francini, S; Marchetti, M; Motta, R; Vacchiano, G (2021). Forest harvesting in Europe: a healthy scientific debate. FOREST@, vol. 18, pp. 35-37, ISSN:1824-0119 DOI

Palahi M.; Valbuena R.; Senf C.; Acil N.; Pugh T.A.M.; Sadler J.; Seidl R.; Potapov P.; Gardiner B.; Hetemaki L.; Chirici G.; Francini S.; Hlasny T.; Lerink B.J.W.; Olsson H.; Gonzalez Olabarria J.R.; Ascoli D.; Asikainen A.; Bauhus J.; Berndes G.; Donis J.; Fridman J.; Hanewinkel M.; Jactel H.; Lindner M.; Marchetti M.; Marusak R.; Sheil D.; Tome M.; Trasobares A.; Verkerk P.J.; Korhonen M.; Nabuurs G.-J. (2021). Concerns about reported harvests in European forests. NATURE, vol. 592, pp. E15-E17, ISSN:0028-0836 DOI

Francesca Giannetti; Matteo Pecchi; Davide Travaglini; Saverio Francini; Giovanni D???Amico; Elia Vangi; Claudia Cocozza; Gherardo Chirici (2021). Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. FORESTS, vol. 12, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1999-4907 DOI

D’Amico Giovanni, Giannetti Francesca, Vangi Elia, Borghi Costanza, Francini Saverio, Travaglini Davide, Chirici Gherardo (2021). Multitemporal LiDAR data for forest carbon monitoring in Mediterranean Forest. In: Maria Antonietta Dessena, Maria Teresa Melis, Patrizia Rossi. Planet Care from Space, pp. 116-119 Associazione Italiana di Telerilevamento, ISBN:978-88-944687-0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Francini, S; D’Amico, G; Mencucci, M; Seri, G; Gravano, E; Chirici, G (2021). Remote sensing and automatic procedures: useful tools to monitor forest harvesting. FOREST@, vol. 18, pp. 27-34, ISSN:1824-0119 DOI

D'Amico G.; Francini S.; Giannetti F.; Vangi E.; Travaglini D.; Chianucci F.; Mattioli W.; Grotti M.; Puletti N.; Corona P.; Chirici G. (2021). A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery. GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING, vol. 58, pp. 1352-1368, ISSN:1548-1603 DOI

Laurin G.V.; Francini S.; Luti T.; Chirici G.; Pirotti F.; Papale D. (2021). Satellite open data to monitor forest damage caused by extreme climate-induced events: A case study of the Vaia storm in Northern Italy. FORESTRY, vol. 94, pp. 407-416, ISSN:0015-752X DOI

Ilaria Zorzi, Saverio Francini, Gherardo Chirici, Claudia Cocozza (2021). The TreeTalkersCheck R package: An automatic daily routine to check physiological traits of trees in the forest. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS, pp. 1-6, ISSN:1574-9541

Francini Saverio, Zorzi Iaria, Giannetti Francesca, Chianucci Francesco, Travaglini Davide, Chirici Gherardo, Cocozza Claudia (2021). In situ (tree talker) and remotely-sensed multispectral imagery (sentinel-2) integration for continuous forest monitoring: the first step toward wall-to-wall mapping of tree functional traits. In: Maria Antonietta Dessena, Maria Teresa Melis, Patrizia Rossi. Planet Care from Space, pp. 108-111 Associazione Italiana di Telerilevamento, ISBN:978-88-944687-0-0. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Borghi C.; Francini S.; Pollastrini M.; Bussotti F.; Travaglini D.; Marchetti M.; Munafo M.; Scarascia-Mugnozza G.; Tonti D.; Ottaviano M.; Giuliani C.; Cavalli A.; Vangi E.; D'amico G.; Giannetti F.; Chirici G. (2021). MONITORING THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF ITALIAN FOREST DISTURBANCE USING LANDSAT TIME SERIES. In: Maria Antonietta Dessena, Maria Teresa Melis and Patrizia Rossi. Planet Care from Space, pp. 112-115 Associazione Italiana di Telerilevamento., vol. 2:

Vangi Elia, D’Amico Giovanni, Francini Saverio, Borghi Costanza, Giannetti Francesca, Travaglini Davide, Pellis G., Vitullo M., Chirici Gherardo (2021). A spatial approach for multi-temporal estimation of forest growing stock volume and aboveground carbon pool. A case study in Tuscany (Italy). In: Maria Antonietta Dessena, Maria Teresa Melis, Patrizia Rossi. Planet Care from Space, pp. 94-98 Associazione Italiana di Telerilevamento, ISBN:978-88-944687-0-0. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Vangi E.; D'amico G.; Francini S.; Giannetti F.; Lasserre B.; Marchetti M.; McRoberts R.E.; Chirici G. (2021). The effect of forest mask quality in the wall‐to‐wall estimation of growing stock volume. REMOTE SENSING, vol. 13, pp. 1038-1038, ISSN:2072-4292 DOI

Francini S.; McRoberts R.E.; Giannetti F.; Marchetti M.; Scarascia Mugnozza G.; Chirici G. (2021). The Three Indices Three Dimensions (3I3D) algorithm: a new method for forest disturbance mapping and area estimation based on optical remotely sensed imagery. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, vol. 42, pp. 4697-4715, ISSN:0143-1161 DOI

D'amico G.; Vangi E.; Francini S.; Giannetti F.; Nicolaci A.; Travaglini D.; Massai L.; Giambastiani Y.; Terranova C.; Chirici G. (2021). Are we ready for a national forest information system? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy. IFOREST, vol. 14, pp. 144-154, ISSN:1971-7458 DOI

Francesca Giannetti, Matteo Pecchi, Davide Travaglini, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’Amico, Elia Vangi, Claudia Cocozza, Gherardo Chirici (2021). Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. FORESTS, pp. 680-696, ISSN:1999-4907

Vangi E.; D'amico G.; Francini S.; Giannetti F.; Lasserre B.; Marchetti M.; Chirici G. (2021). The new hyperspectral satellite prisma: Imagery for forest types discrimination. SENSORS, vol. 21, pp. 1-19, ISSN:1424-8220 DOI

Borghi Costanza, Francini Saverio, Pollastrini Martina, Bussotti Filippo, Travaglini Davide, Marchetti Marco, Munafò M., Scarascia-Mugnozza Giuseppe, Tonti Daniela, Ottaviano Marco, Giuliani C, Cavalli A., Vangi Elia, D’Amico Giovanni, Giannetti Francesca, Chirici Gherardo (2021). Monitoring thirty-five years of Italian forest disturbances using landsat time series. In: Maria Antonietta Dessena, Maria Teresa Melis, Patrizia Rossi. Planet Care from Space, pp. 112-115 Associazione Italiana di Telerilevamento, ISBN:978-88-944687-0-0. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Hawrylo P.; Francini S.; Chirici G.; Giannetti F.; Parkitna K.; Krok G.; Mitelsztedt K.; Lisanczuk M.; Sterenczak K.; Ciesielski M.; Wezyk P.; Socha J. (2020). The use of remotely sensed data and polish NFI plots for prediction of growing stock volume using different predictive methods. REMOTE SENSING, vol. 12, pp. 1-20, ISSN:2072-4292 DOI

Agnese Marcelli, Walter Mattioli, Nicola Puletti, Francesco Chianucci, Damiano Gianelle, Mirko Grotti, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D’Amico, Saverio Francini, Davide Travaglini, Lorenzo Fattorini, Piermaria Corona (2020). Large-scale two-phase estimation of wood production by poplar plantations exploiting Sentinel-2 data as auxiliary information. SILVA FENNICA, vol. 54, pp. 1-15, ISSN:2242-4075 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chirici G, Giannetti F., Mazza E., Francini S., Travaglini D., Pegna R., White J.C. (2020). Monitoring clearcutting and subsequent rapid recovery in Mediterranean coppice forests with Landsat time series. ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE, vol. 77, pp. 1-14, ISSN:1297-966X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Giannetti F.; Pegna R.; Francini S.; McRoberts R.E.; Travaglini D.; Marchetti M.; Mugnozza G.S.; Chirici G. (2020). A new method for automated clearcut disturbance detection in mediterranean coppice forests using landsat time series. REMOTE SENSING, vol. 12, pp. 1-23, ISSN:2072-4292 DOI

Francini S.; McRoberts R.E.; Giannetti F.; Mencucci M.; Marchetti M.; Scarascia Mugnozza G.; Chirici G. (2020). Near-real time forest change detection using PlanetScope imagery. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, pp. 233-244, ISSN:2279-7254 DOI

Paweł Hawryło; Saverio Francini; Gherardo Chirici; Francesca Giannetti; Karolina Parkitna; Grzegorz Krok; Krzysztof Mitelsztedt; Marek Lisańczuk; Krzysztof Stereńczak; Mariusz Ciesielski; Piotr Wężyk; Jarosław Socha (2020). The Use of Remotely Sensed Data and Polish NFI Plots for Prediction of Growing Stock Volume Using Different Predictive Methods. REMOTE SENSING, vol. 12, pp. 1-20, ISSN:2072-4292 DOI

Chirici, G; Giannetti, F; Travaglini, D; Nocentini, S; Francini, S; D’Amico, G; Calvo, E; Fasolini, D; Broll, M; Maistrelli, F; Tonner, J; Pietrogiovanna, M; Oberlechner, K; Andriolo, A; Comino, R; Faidiga, A; Pasutto, I; Carraro, G; Zen, S; Contarin, F; Alfonsi, L; Wolynski, A; Zanin, M; Gagliano, C; Tonolli, S; Zoanetti, R; Tonetti, R; Cavalli, R; Lingua, E; Pirotti, F; Grigolato, S; Bellingeri, D; Zini, E; Gianelle, D; Dalponte, M; Pompei, E; Stefani, A; Motta, R; Morresi, D; Garbarino, M; Alberti, G; Valdevit, F; Tomelleri, E; Torresani, M; Tonon, G; Marchi, M; Corona, P; Marchetti, M (2019). Forest damage inventory after the "Vaia" storm in Italy. FOREST@, vol. 16, pp. 3-9, ISSN:1824-0119 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Saverio FRANCINI

Curriculum


Name		Francini Saverio
Address		Via della Repubblica 166. Poggibonsi (SI)
Phone number		3384860983
E-mail		saverio.francini@unifi.it
Twitter account		https://twitter.com/saveriofrancini
Nationality		Italia
Date of birth		16/09/1992
Current position		Assistant Professor at the University of Florence. Ricercatore a tempo determinato, RTDa. AGR/05
Qualifications obtained		PhD with honors in Scienze Tecnologie e Biotecnologie per la Sostenibilità (University of Tuscia, University of Molise, 24 May 2022). Thesis title: New approaches and remote sensing tecnhologies for forest disturbance mapping and area estimation. Master’s degree (110 with honors) in “Scienze e tecnologie dei sistemi forestali”, LM-73 (University of Florence, 17 October 2018). Bachelor’s degree in “Scienze ambientali e naturali” University of Siena (UNISI). L32
Period of study abroad		During my PhD, I spent three months at the University of British Columbia UBC (Vancouver-Canada) working with Professor Nicholas Coops (UBC), and Mike Wulder, Joanne White, and Txomin Hermosilla (Canadian Forest Service). We are still actively collaborating on different papers.
Mother tongue		Italian
Second language		English
• Reading		good
• Writing		goodGood communication capacities. Good logistic capacities. Good team worker.
• Speaking		good
Social skills
Main competences		Good programmer (R, JavaScript, Java). Basics of different programming languages (python, visual basic, C++, html, Batch). Good problem-solving skills. Good knowledge of remote sensing, image processing, and statistical analysis including inferential statistics. Good knowledge of Machine learning, deep learning, algorithms implementation and models development, training, validation, and testing. Good scientific articles writer. Good project writer. Good capacity to organize teamwork productively.
Artistry competences		good piano player, graduation in the theory of music
Other competences		good chess player (ELO 1500, lichess 1950).
Awards		Premio per giovani ricercatrici e ricercatori per i migliori articoli pubblicati su riviste scientifiche attinenti alle tematiche forestali e ambientali. Conferito a Saverio Francini per l’articolo Mappatura automatica dei disturbi forestali avvenuti in Italia negli ultimi 35 anni utilizzando immagini Landsat e Google Earth Engine. https://www.aisf.it/2022/05/06/ 2021 Early career investigator award. Forests, MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/awards.pdf/0/pdf_42_2021_5_award_63801505cb888.pdf
Projects		SUPERB: Systemic solutions for upscaling of urgent ecosystem restoration for forest-related biodiversity and ecosystem services (SUPERB). EFINET: The European Forest Information Network Precision Pop: Sistema di monitoraggio multiscalare a supporto della pioppicoltura di precisione nella regione lombardia B-Forest: An information system to support precision forestry GO SURF: A decision support system for sustainable forest management. MONIPOPLAR: Monitoring system for poplar plantations using remote sensing data PRIFORMAN. Shared PRIvate FORest MANagement in Eastern Alps FORWARDS. The ForestWard Observatory to Secure Resilience of European Forests
Presentations at international conferences		Gherardo CHIRICI, Saverio FRANCINI, Francesca GIANNETTI, Gert-Jan NABURS, Cornelius SENF, Rupert SEIDL, Thomas Pugh, Terje GOBAKKEN, Ollie STOCK, Erik NAESSET, Susanne SUVANTO, Lars WASER, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Giovanni D'AMICO, Ruben VALBUENA. Toward an integrated system for monitoring European forests based on remote sensing: first results from European Forest Information Network (EFINET). ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Saverio Francini, Ronald E. McRoberts, Giovanni D'Amico, Nicholas C. Coops, Txomin Hermosilla, Joanne C. White, Micheal A. Wulder, Marco Marchetti, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Gherardo Chirici. From Sentinel-2 data to forest disturbance mapping and area estimation. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Saverio FRANCINI, Gherardo CHIRICI, Stefano MANCUSO. Global suitability mapping of forest ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Francini S and Maroè P. Combining satellite and tree-talker data. Living Planet Symposium, 2022, Bonn (Germany). Francini S, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Chirici G (2019) Individuazione dei disturbi forestali in tempo quasi-reale tramite immagini Sentinel-2 e Planet. SISEF Fantoni G, Bell DM, Mathew G, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Francini S, Chirici G (2019) Classification of forest tree species in Tuscany using Sentinel-2 multitemporal data and Google Earth Engine platform. SISEF Fantoni G, Bell DM, Mathew G, Gianneti F, Travaglini D, Francini S, Chirici G (2019) Classification of forest tree species in Tuscany using Sentinel-2 multitemporal data and Google Earth Engine platform. SISEF Mencucci, M., Bigiarini, S., Giannetti, F., Francini, S., Chirici, G. (2019) Monitoring forest loggings by remote sensing: first experiences and operative solutions. 12° workshop tematico di telerilevamento. AIT-ENEA. Francini S., Zorzi I., Giannetti F., Chianucci F., Travaglini D., Chirici G., Cocozza C. 2021 In situ (Tree Talker) and remotely-sensed multispectral imagery (Setneinel-2) integration for continuous forest monitoring: the first step toward wall-to-wall mapping of tree functional traits. AIT
Contributions at international conferences		Flor Alvarez-Taboada, Lander Sánchez-Berasategui, Youssef Arhrib, Fernando Castedo-Dorado, Joaquín Garnica-López, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’AmicoAN ON-LINE MULTISCALE SYSTEM BASED ON SENTINEL 2 IMAGERY AND ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS TO MONITOR FOREST HEALTH IN POPLAR PLANTATIONS. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Elia VANGI, Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Costanza Borghi, Francesca Giannetti, Piermaria Corona, Marco Marchetti, Bruno Lasserre, Davide Travaglini, Guido Pelliis, Marina Vitullo, Gherardo ChiriciLarge-scale high resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Francesca GIANNETTI, Matteo Pecchi, Davide Travaglini, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D'Amico, Elia Vangi, Claudia Cocozza, Gherardo Chirici. Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Giovanni D'AMICO¹, Ronald E. McRoberts², Francesca Giannetti¹, Elia Vangi^1,3, Saverio Francini¹, Gherardo Chirici¹ Effect of lidar coverage and field plot data numerosity on forest growing stock volume estimation. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Francesca Giannetti, Elia Vangi, Davide Travaglini, Francesco Chianucci, Walter Mattioli, Mirko Grotti, Nicola Puletti, Piermaria Corona, Gherardo Chirici A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery. ForestSAT 2022, Berlin. Marcello Maranesi, Fabio Salbitano, Marco Marchetti Gherardo Chirici Fabio Del Frate Tor Vergata Francesca Giannetti Saverio Francini Jaro Hofierka Michal Gallay Maria Chiara Pastore Nancy Alvan Romero Daniele Latini Remo Bertani Simone Luppi Pietro Maroè. Ecosystem Services and Urban Forest and Green areas monitoring in the framework of the ESA Multiple Actors Forest Information System – MAFIS project. Living Planet Symposium, 2022, Bonn (Germany). Multitemporal LiDAR data for forest carbon monitoring in Mediterranean Forest. D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Vangi E., Borghi C., Francini S., Travaglini D., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari The New Hyperspectral Satellite PRISMA: Imagery for Forest Types Discrimination. Vangi E., D’Amico G., Francini S., Giannetti F.,Chirici G., Lasserre B., Marchetti M. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Monitoring thirty-five years of Italian forest disturbance using Landsat time series. Borghi C., Francini S., Pollastrini M., Bussotti F., Travaglini D., Marchetti M., Munafò M., Scarascia-Mugnozza G., Tonti G., Ottaviano M., Giuliani C., Cavalli A., Vangi E., D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Multiscale monitoring of poplar plantations using proximal and remotely-sensed imagery. Giannetti F., Tattoni C., D'Amico G., Francini S., Chirici G., Romano E., Brambilla M., Travaglini D., Vangi E., Chianucci F. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari A Spatial approach for multi-temporal spatial estimation of forest GSV and aboveground carbon pool. A case of study in Tuscany (Italy). Vangi E., D’Amico G., Francini S., Borghi C., Giannetti F., Travaglini D., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Estimation of Multitemporal Dry Deposition of Air Pollution by Urban Forests at City Scale. Fanara V., Chirici G., Cocozza C., D'Amico G., Giannetti F., Francini S., Salbitano F., Speak A., Vangi E., Travaglini D. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari The Key Role of Multiscale Remote Sensing Data to Develop Forest Decision Support Systems. Giannetti F., Giambastiani Y., Fiorentini S., Travaglini D., Francini S., Vangi E., D'Amico G., Chiesi M., Maselli F., Chirici G. 13/09/2021 – 15/09/2021. X International Conference AIT, Virtual Cagliari Sampling designs for global forest monitoring using remotely sensed data. Chiara Bocci, Gherardo Chirici, Giovanni D'Amico, Saverio Francini, Emilia Rocco. ITACOSM2022. Survey Methods for Statistical Data Integration and New Data Sources The use of remotely sensed data in sampling designs for forest monitoring. C. Bocci, G. Chirici, G. D’Amico, S. Francini and E. Rocco. SIS2022 - 51ST SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ITALIAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY Sampling designs for forest monitoring using remote sensing data. Chiara Bocci, Gherardo Chirici , Saverio Francini , Emilia Rocco. RSS International Conference 2022
Courses held		Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2019-2020 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2020-2021 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2021-2022 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Laboratorio di Telerilevamento Forestale (Curriculum: Tecnologie per la pianificazione e del paesaggio forestale - E77) 2022-2023 Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05 Inventati e Telerilevamento B024366 (B102). Settore Scientifico Disciplinare AGR-05. 2021-2022 Google Earth Engine networking and workshop day. 2021-04-08. Florence. Introduction to Google Earth Engine. Google Earth Engine Summer School. 2021-09-13/2021-09-17. GEE for large-area disturbance mapping. Saverio Francini. 11-May-2022. Remote Sensing Lectures "Remote sensing of forest disturbances".
Collaborations with international top scientists		Mike Wulder. Canadian Forest Service https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57208357584 and Joanne White. Canadian Forest Service https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7405251438 We worked together on the implementation of the Best Available Pixel Procedure (White et al., 2014) on Google Earth Engine (Gorelick et al., 2017). Noel Gorelick. Google. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57189368502 We are working together on the implementation of the Composite To Change algorithm (Hermosilla et al. 2015) on Google Earth Engine Nicholas Coops. University of British Columbia (Vancouver-Canada) https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=54790508000 Nicholas had me in his lab (Integrated Remote Sensing Studio) during my PhD and we are still collaborating on different projects and scientific articles. Ronald McRoberts. The University of Minnesota USA. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701363691 We are working on different papers to study and implement statistically robust estimators using Remote Sensing-derived maps to estimate forest disturbance areas and relative confidence intervals.
Scientific publications		Ascoli D, Chirici G, Francini S, Marchetti M, Motta R, Vacchiano G (2021). Prelievi forestali in Europa: un sano dibattito scientifico. Forest@ 18: 35-37. doi: 10.3832/efor3892-018 Borghi, C., Francini, S., McRoberts, R. E., Parisi, F., Lombardi, F., Nocentini, S., Maltoni, A., Travaglini, D., & Chirici, G. (2023). Country-wide assessment of biodiversity, naturalness, and old-growth status using National Forest Inventory data. European Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01620-6 Cavalli A, Francini S, Cecili G, Cocozza C, Congedo L, Falanga V, Spadoni GL, Maesano M, Munafò M, Chirici G, Scarascia Mugnozza G (2022). Afforestation monitoring through automatic analysis of 36-years Landsat Best Available Composites. iForest 15: 220-228. - doi: 10.3832/ifor4043-015 Chirici, G., Giannetti, F., Mazza, E. Francini S., et al. Monitoring clearcutting and subsequent rapid recovery in Mediterranean coppice forests with Landsat time series. Annals of Forest Science 77, 40 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00936-2 Chirici, G., Giannetti, F., Travaglini, D., Nocentini, S., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Calvo, E., et al. 2019. “Forest Damage Inventory After the "Vaia" Storm in Italy.” Forest - Rivista Di Selvicoltura Ed Ecologia Forestale 16 (February): 3–9. https://doi.org/10.3832/efor3070-016. D’Amico G, Vangi E, Francini S., Giannetti F, Nicolaci A, Travaglini D, Massai L, Giambastiani Y, Terranova C, Chirici G (2021). Are we ready for a National Forest Information System? State of the art of forest maps and airborne laser scanning data availability in Italy. iForest 14: 144-154. - doi: 10.3832/ifor3648-014 D’Amico G. , Francini S., Giannetti F., Vangi E., Travaglini D., Chianucci F., Mattioli W., Grotti M., Puletti N, Corona P, Chirici G. A deep learning approach for automatic mapping of poplar plantations using Sentinel-2 imagery, GIScience & Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2021.1988427 Laurin, V. G., Francini, S., Penna, D., Zuecco, G., Chirici, G., Berman, E., Coops, N., Castelli, G., Bresci, E., Preti, F., Valentini, R. 2022. SnowWarp: An open science and open data tool for daily monitoring of snow dynamics. Environmental Modelling & Software. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105477. Francini S, D’Amico G, Vangi E, Borghi C, Chirici G. Integrating GEDI and Landsat: Spaceborne Lidar and Four Decades of Optical Imagery for the Analysis of Forest Disturbances and Biomass Changes in Italy. Sensors. 2022; 22(5):2015. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22052015 Francini S., D’Amico G, Mencucci M, Seri G, Gravano E, Chirici G (2021). Telerilevamento e procedure automatiche: validi strumenti di supporto al monitoraggio delle utilizzazioni forestali. Forest@ 18: 27-34. - doi: 10.3832/efor3835-018 Francini S., McRoberts, R., Giannetti, F., Marchetti, M., Scarascia, G., Chirici. G. 2021. The Three Indices Three Dimensions (3I3D) algorithm: a new method for forest disturbance mapping and area estimation based on optical remotely sensed imagery, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42:12, 4693-4711, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2021.1899334 Francini, S., D’Amico, G., McRoberts, R., Marchetti, M., Scarascia, G., Chirici, G. 2022 An open science-open data approach for the statistically robust estimation of forest disturbance area. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102663 Francini, S., McRoberts, R., Giannetti, F., Mencucci, M., Marchetti, M., Scarascia, G., Chirici, G. 2020. Near-real time forest change detection using PlanetScope imagery. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 53:1, 233-244, DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2020.1806734 Francini, S., Borghi, C., D’Amico, G., Santi, S., Travaglini, D. 2022. Mappatura dei cambiamenti forestali avvenuti in Italia negli ultimi 35 anni utilizzando immagini Landsat e Google Earth Engine. Italia forestale e montana. Francini, S and Chirici, G. A Sentinel-2 derived dataset of forest disturbances occurred in Italy between 2017 and 2020. 2022. Data in Brief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108297. Giannetti F, Pegna R, Francini S, McRoberts RE, Travaglini D, Marchetti M, Scarascia Mugnozza G, Chirici G. A New Method for Automated Clearcut Disturbance Detection in Mediterranean Coppice Forests Using Landsat Time Series. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(22):3720. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223720 Giannetti, F.; Pecchi, M.; Travaglini, D.; Francini, S., D’Amico, G.; Vangi, E.; Cocozza, C.; Chirici, G. Estimating VAIA Windstorm Damaged Forest Area in Italy Using Time Series Sentinel-2 Imagery and Continuous Change Detection Algorithms. Forests 2021, 12, 680. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060680 Giovanni D’Amico, Ronald E. McRoberts, Francesca Giannetti, Elia Vangi, Francini, S., & Gherardo Chirici (2022) Effects of lidar coverage and field plot data numerosity on forest growing stock volume estimation, European Journal of Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2022.2042397 Hawryło P, Francini S, Chirici G, Giannetti F, Parkitna K, Krok G, Mitelsztedt K, Lisańczuk M, Stereńczak K, Ciesielski M, Wężyk P, Socha J. The Use of Remotely Sensed Data and Polish NFI Plots for Prediction of Growing Stock Volume Using Different Predictive Methods. Remote Sensing. 2020; 12(20):3331. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203331 Marcelli A., Mattioli W., Puletti N., Chianucci F., Gianelle D., Grotti M., Chirici G., D' Amico G., Francini S., Travaglini D., Fattorini L., Corona P. (2020). Large-scale two-phase estimation of wood production by poplar plantations exploiting Sentinel-2 data as auxiliary information. Silva Fennica vol. 54 no. 2 article id 10247. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.10247 Palahí, M., Valbuena, R., …., Francini S., et al. Concerns about reported harvests in European forests. Nature 592, E15–E17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03292-x Parisi F., Francini S., Borghi C., Chirici G. 2022. An open and georeferenced dataset of forest structural attributes and microhabitats in central and southern Apennines (Italy). Data in brief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108445 Parisi F., Vangi E., Francini S., Chirici G., Travaglini D.,, Marchetti M., Tognetti R. 2022. Monitoring the abundance of saproxylic red-listed species in a managed beech forest by landsat temporal metrics. Forest Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100050. Sali, M.; Boschetti, M.; Chirici, G.; Francini, S.; Giannetti, F.; Salis, M.; Arca, B.; Pellizzaro, G.; Duce, P.; Stroppiana, D. An Automatic Algorithm for Mapping Burned Areas from Sentinel Data in Mediterranean Europe: Analysis of 2021 Major Fire Events in Italy and Greece. Environ. Sci. Proc.* 2022, 17, 106. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022017106 Vaglio, G., Francini, S., Luti, T., Chirici, G., Pirotti, F., Papale, D., Satellite open data to monitor forest damage caused by extreme climate-induced events: a case study of the Vaia storm in Northern Italy, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, Volume 94, Issue 3, July 2021, Pages 407–416, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpaa043 Vangi, E.; D’Amico, G.; Francini, S.; Giannetti, F.; Lasserre, B.; Marchetti, M.; McRoberts, R.E.; Chirici, G. The Effect of Forest Mask Quality in the Wall-to-Wall Estimation of Growing Stock Volume. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 1038. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13051038 Vangi, E.; D’Amico, G.; Francini, S.; Giannetti, F.; Lasserre, B.; Marchetti, M.; Chirici, G. The New Hyperspectral Satellite PRISMA: Imagery for Forest Types Discrimination. Sensors 2021, 21, 1182. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041182 Zorzi I, Francini S*, Chirici G, Cocozza C. 2021. The TreeTalkersCheck R package: an automatic daily routine to check physiological traits of trees in the forest. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101433 Vangi, E., D’Amico, G., Francini, S., Borghi, C., Giannetti, F., Corona, P., Marchetti, M., Travaglini, D., Pellis, G., Vitullo, M., & Chirici, G. (2023). LARGE-SCALE high-resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool [Article]. Environmental Modelling and Software, 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105580 Basile, M., Parisi, F., Tognetti, R., Francini, S., Lombardi, F., Marchetti, M., Travaglini, D., De Santis, E., & Chirici, G. (2023). Diversity of beetle species and functional traits along gradients of deadwood suggests weak environmental filtering [Article]. Forest Ecosystems, 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100090 Parisi, F., Vangi, E., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Chirici, G., Marchetti, M., Lombardi, F., Travaglini, D., Ravera, S., De Santis, E., & Tognetti, R. (2023). Sentinel-2 time series analysis for monitoring multi-taxon biodiversity in mountain beech forests [Article]. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1020477 Francini, S., Vangi, E., D’Amico, G., Cencini, G., Monari, C., & Chirici, G. (2023). Mapping and Estimation of Carbon Dioxide Storage in Forest Plantations. The Contribution of the Sentinel-2 Time Series in Increasing Estimates Precision [Book chapter]. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Part F639, 403–413. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25840-4_47 Arhrib, Y. J., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Castedo-Dorado, F., Garnica-López, J., & Álvarez-Taboada, M. F. (2023). Web Application Based on Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery for Water Stress Detection and Monitoring in Poplar Plantations [Book chapter]. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Part F639, 335–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25840-4_38 D’Amico, G., Francini, S., Parisi, F., Vangi, E., De Santis, E., Travaglini, D., & Chirici, G. (2023). Multitemporal Optical Remote Sensing to Support Forest Health Condition Assessment of Mediterranean Pine Forests in Italy [Book chapter]. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Part F639, 113–123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25840-4_15 Sabatelli, S., Parisi, F., Vangi, E., Francini, S., D’Amico, G., Chirici, G., Travaglini, D., Rignanese, D., Muambalo, K., & Audisio, P. (2023). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TREE-RELATED MICROHABITATS AND THE CAPTURES OBTAINED USING DIFFERENT TRAP METHODS FOR LARGE THREATENED SAPROXYLIC BEETLES [Article]. Redia, 106, 45–56. https://doi.org/10.19263/REDIA-106.23.06 Cavalli, A., Francini, S., McRoberts, R. E., Falanga, V., Congedo, L., De Fioravante, P., Maesano, M., Munafò, M., Chirici, G., & Scarascia Mugnozza, G. (2023). Estimating Afforestation Area Using Landsat Time Series and Photointerpreted Datasets [Article]. Remote Sensing, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15040923 Vangi, E., D’Amico, G., Francini, S., & Chirici, G. (2023). GEDI4R: an R package for NASA’s GEDI level 4 A data downloading, processing and visualization [Article]. Earth Science Informatics, 16(1), 1109–1117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-022-00915-3 Francini, S., Cavalli, A., D’Amico, G., McRoberts, R. E., Maesano, M., Munafò, M., Scarascia Mugnozza, G., & Chirici, G. (2023). Reusing Remote Sensing-Based Validation Data: Comparing Direct and Indirect Approaches for Afforestation Monitoring [Article]. Remote Sensing, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061638 Parisi, F., Mazziotta, A., Vangi, E., Tognetti, R., Travaglini, D., Marchetti, M., D’amico, G., Francini, S., Borghi, C., & Chirici, G. (2023). Exposure elevation and forest structure predict the abundance of saproxylic beetles’ communities in mountain managed beech forests [Article]. IForest, 16(3), 155–164. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4264-016 Bozzini, A., Francini, S., Chirici, G., Battisti, A., & Faccoli, M. (2023). Spruce Bark Beetle Outbreak Prediction through Automatic Classification of Sentinel-2 Imagery [Article]. Forests, 14(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/f14061116 Francini, S., Cocozza, C., Hölttä, T., Lintunen, A., Paljakka, T., Chirici, G., Traversi, M. L., & Giovannelli, A. (2023). A temporal segmentation approach for dendrometers signal-to-noise discrimination [Article]. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.107925 Francini, S., Hermosilla, T., Coops, N. C., Wulder, M. 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