This blog is compiled by Sabina Burrascano.

I am a postdoc at the Plant Biology Department of Sapienza University of Rome.

I am a plant ecologist who is interested in biodiversity with special reference to vascular plants.

My current research interests range from grasslands to forests composition and diversity in response to environmental and human factors.

For more information about me or posted material please write me (info@plantsdontlie.com)

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Main publications

on ISI journals

• Burrascano S., Sabatini F.M., Blasi C., in press. Testing indicators of sustainable forest management on understorey composition and diversity in southern Italy through variation partitioning. Plant Ecology.

• Burrascano S., 2010. On the terms used to refer to ‘natural’ forests: a response to Veen et al.. Biodiversity and Conservation 19:3301-3305.

• Ricotta C., Burrascano S., Blasi C., 2010. Incorporating functional dissimilarities into sampled-based rarefaction curves: From taxon resampling to functional resampling. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 280-286.

• Burrascano S., Rosati L., Blasi C., 2009. Plant species diversity in Mediterranean old-growth forests: a case study from central Italy. Plant Biosystems 143: 190-200

• Ricotta C., Burrascano S., 2009. Testing for differences in beta diversity with asymmetric dissimilarities. Ecological indicators 9: 719-724.

• Ricotta C., Burrascano S., 2008. Beta diversity for functional ecology. Preslia 80:61-71

• Burrascano S., Lombardi F., Marchetti M., 2008. Old-growth forest structure and deadwood: are they indicators of plant species composition? A case study from central Italy. Plant Biosystems 142: 313-323

Monographs

• Blasi C., Burrascano S., Maturani A., Sabatini F.M., 2010. Old-growth forests in Italy. Palombi Editori. Roma.
• Blasi C., Burrascano S., Maturani A., Sabatini F.M., 2010. Foreste vetuste in Italia. Palombi Editori. Roma.

Online resources

Italian interpretation manual of Directive 92/43/EEC habitats (in italian)

Dry grasslands habitat types in Italy