ECOphys LAB has developed more than 35 years of research activities on trees and forests ecophysiology, under actual and future climate.
ECOphys LAB, laboratorio di Ecofisiologia Forestale del Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF) dell’Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italia), coordina attività di ricerca volte ad analizzare le risposte degli alberi e delle foreste ai fattori ambientali (temperatura, disponibilità idrica, fertilità dei suoli, inquinamento), con partic
07/08/2026
Trees-Traits!
🌲These findings highlight the predictive roles of individual traits related to carbon acquisition, water transportation, soil resource capture and tissue investment in growth.
👉️ https://buff.ly/dpjWDLj
30/07/2026
Today: analysis of adaptation to sunflecks in Q.robur seedlings
27/07/2026
Study of the regeneration of Quercus robur in a gap protected from grazing by large mammals: the role of the microclimate
02/03/2026
An interesting paper
Source or sink? Trees with heart rot disease emit more methane, upending forest carbon models
https://news.nd.edu/news/source-or-sink-trees-with-heart-rot-disease-emit-more-methane-upending-forest-carbon-models/
26/02/2026
Il ciclo del bosco!
10/02/2026
Invitation to contribute to the special issue
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/special_issues/5X47LKED7B
07/02/2026
A new publication with the contribution of our Lab
Site-Specific Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Consortium Developed Using Functional and Genomic Analyses Bioaugmentation, defined as the strategic incorporation of specifically selected microbial biomass into contaminated environments, can significantly enhance the biodegradation of pollutants and is extensively employed in soil bioremediation efforts. A multistep screening process was applied to devel...
23/01/2026
Trees are complex organisms!
In a new Science study, researchers report that bark microbes process methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, showing that bark is an important component of global trace gas dynamics.
Learn more in a new Science Perspective: https://scim.ag/3NUvKIn
16/01/2026
Working in nature... the thing we love most!
Technology advances mean some scientists rarely leave the lab and have stopped doing field work. A feature in Nature reports how ecologists fear this loss could lead to error, bias and oversimplification of results.
Link to the article in the comments.