Franco Biondi
Prof. Franco Biondi
DendroLab Director
DendroLab
Dept. of Geography
University of Nevada, Reno
Mail Stop 0154
Reno, NV 89557-0048
United States of America
Phone: +1 775 784 6921
Phone2: +1 775 784 6348
E-mail:
fbiondi(at)unr.eduURL Institution:
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Key Publications of Franco Biondi (up to ten) :
(in press) Biondi, F. and S. Rossi. Plant-water relationships in the Great Basin Desert of North America derived from Pinus monophylla hourly dendrometer records. International Journal of Biometeorology, doi: 10.1007/s00484-014-0907-4, 15 pages
2014a Biondi, F. Paleoecology Grand Challenge. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: 1-3 (article 50), doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00050 (ARTICLE in PDF format - about 0.3 Mb).
2014b Biondi, F. Dendroclimatic reconstruction at kilometer-scale grid points: A case study from the Great Basin of North America. Journal of Hydrometeorology 15(2): 891-906
2014 Biondi, F., M. Hay, and S. Strachan. The Tree-Ring Interpolation Model (TRIM) and its application to Pinus monophylla chronologies in the Great Basin of North America. Forestry 87(4): 582–597
2013 Biondi, F. and M. Bradley. Long-term survivorship of single-needle pinyon (Pinus monophylla) in mixed-conifer ecosystems of the Great Basin, USA. Ecosphere 4(10): art120 (19 pages), doi: 10.1890/ES13-00149.1
2011 Biondi, F., L. Jamieson, S. Strachan, and J. Sibold. Dendroecological testing of the pyroclimatic hypothesis in the central Great Basin, Nevada, USA. Ecosphere 2(1): art5 (20 pages). doi:10.1890/ES10-00068.1
2008 Biondi, F., and F. Qeadan. Inequality in paleorecords. Ecology 89(4): 1056–1067.
2005 Biondi, F., P.C. Hartsough, and I. Galindo Estrada. Daily weather and tree growth at the tropical treeline of North America. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 37(1): 16-24.
2004 Biondi, F. and K. Waikul. DENDROCLIM2002: A C++ program for statistical calibration of climate signals in tree-ring chronologies. Computers & Geosciences 30: 303-311.
2001 Biondi, F., A. Gershunov, and D.R. Cayan. North Pacific decadal climate variability since AD 1661. Journal of Climate (Letters) 14: 5–10.
Expertise of Franco Biondi:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Atmosphere | Climate |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Precipitation / Runoff |
| Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Carbon Cycle |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Water |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
| Topic Health | Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Time Frame | Past: Historical / Archeological |
| Recent / Today |
| Statistical Focus | Mean Change / Trends |
| Variability |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial |
| Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Analysis |
| Modeling |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
| Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions |
| Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins |
| Sustainable land use and natural resources management |
| Europe (including Eastern Europe) |
| North America |
| Latin America |
Specialties of Franco Biondi:
http://mri.scnatweb.ch/download-document?gid=2107
Research Summary 2008
Last update: 11/14/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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