Annali di Botanica dates back to 1884 when Pietro Romualdo Pirotta, Professor in Botany at the University of Rome, founded the Journal under the name "Annuario del Regio Istituto Botanico di Roma" (1885-1901), which was later changed in 1902 to its present name.
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Vol 3 (2013)
Table of Contents
Research Articles
| FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE: THE CASE STUDY OF INSUBRIA | |
| M. Pautasso | 1-29 |
| TREECREEPER: SOFTWARE FOR TESTING FOR HABITAT FILTERING IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES | |
| D. Heathfield, V. Kvistö, S. Mazzoleni, Carlo Ricotta | 31-33 |
| MACROPHYTE RICHNESS AND AQUATIC VEGETATION COMPLEXITY OF THE LAKE IDRO (NORTHERN ITALY) | |
| R. Bolpagni | 35-43 |
| LICHENS AS BIOINDICATORS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS - CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES | |
| J. Nascimbene, P. L. Nimis, H. Thüs | 45-50 |
| THE FRESHWATER ALGAL FLORA OF THE “GIARA DI GESTURI” (SARDINIA, ITALY) | |
| S. Alfinito, M. Iberite | 51-85 |
| MULTIMETRIC INDICES BASED ON VEGETATION DATA FOR ASSESSING ECOLOGICAL AND HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL QUALITY OF A MAN-REGULATED LAKE | |
| R. Bolpagni | 87-95 |
| FLORISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE WEED COMMUNITIES IN WHEAT AND CORN CROPS: A CASE STUDY IN WESTERN-CENTRAL ITALY | |
| G. Abbate, M. Iberite | 97-105 |
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| 2013 PALYNOLOGY: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN PALAEOECOLOGY AND ECOLOGY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL CHANGES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA | |
| A. M. Mercuri, M. Marignani, L. Sadori | 107-113 |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES BETWEEN 9500 BP AND 4500 BP: A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE SAHARA TO UNDERSTAND EXPANDING DROUGHTS IN THE “GREAT MEDITERRANEAN” | |
| E. A.A. Garcea, A. M. Mercuri, C. Giraudi | 115-120 |
| EFFECTS OF HUMAN IMPACTS AND CLIMATE VARIATION ON FORESTS: THE RIETI BASIN SINCE MEDIEVAL TIME | |
| S. Mensing, I. Tunno, G. Cifani, F. Florindo, P. Noble, L. Sagnotti, G. Piovesan | 121-126 |
| NEOLITHIC PLANT USE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE AGRIWESTMED PROJECT | |
| L. Peña-Chocarro, G. Pérez Jordà, J. Morales Mateos, L. Zapata | 135-141 |
| ANTHROPOGENIC POLLEN INDICATORS (API) FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AS LOCAL EVIDENCE OF HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTS IN THE ITALIAN PENINSULA | |
| A. M. Mercuri, M. Bandini Mazzanti, A. Florenzano, M.C. Montecchi, E. Rattighieri, P. Torri | 143-153 |
| THE ORIGIN OF GRAPEVINE CULTIVATION IN ITALY: THE ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE | |
| S. Marvelli, S. De’ Siena, E. Rizzoli, M. Marchesini | 155-163 |
| THE PROBLEM OF THE ALTERNATING DOMINANCE OF DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN VEGETATION: ARCHAEO-ANTHRACOLOGICAL DATA FROM NORTHERN MAREMMA | |
| M. Buonincontri, E. Allevato, G. Di Pasquale | 165-171 |
| ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE GREEK COLONIAL SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN ITALY: POLLEN AND NPPS EVIDENCE OF GRAZING FROM THE RURAL SITE OF FATTORIA FABRIZIO (VI-IV CENT. BC; METAPONTO, BASILICATA) | |
| A. Florenzano, A.M. Mercuri, J.C. Carter | 173-181 |
| LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE BIOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN ITALY: THE TRIFOGLIETTI LAKE | |
| E. Brugiapaglia, J.-L. de Beaulieu, F. Guiter, S. Joannin, M. Magny, O. Peyron, J. Didier, A. Stock, G. Zanchetta | 183-190 |
| HOLOCENE LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AT THE GARIGLIANO RIVER MOUTH. | |
| K. Ferrari, P.L. Dall’Aglio, P. Bellotti, L. Davoli, L. Di Bella, D. Esu, P. Torri, M. Bandini Mazzanti | 191-198 |
| ARCHAEOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND HUMAN IMPACT AT THE IMPERIAL HARBOUR OF ROME | |
| M. Giardini, C. Giraudi, J.P. Goiran, A. Masi, I. Mazzini, C. Pepe, L. Sadori | 199-205 |
| LAND USE FROM SEASONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES: THE ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE OF SMALL ROMAN FARMHOUSES IN CINIGIANO, SOUTH-EASTERN TUSCANY - CENTRAL ITALY | |
| E. Rattighieri, R. Rinaldi, K. Bowes, A. M. Mercuri | 207-215 |
| ARCHAEOBOTANY IN URBAN SITES: THE CASE OF MUTINA | |
| R. Rinaldi, M. Bandini Mazzanti, G. Bosi | 217-230 |
| POLLEN MICROMORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS OF THE TYRRHENIAN STACHYS SALISII JORD. & FOURR. (LAMIACEAE) | |
| M. Boi, V. Lazzeri, G. Bacchetta | 231-235 |
| HUMAN IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE SICILIAN AGROECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF MELLIFEROUS AREAS | |
| G. Ferrauto, R.M.S. Costa, P. Pavone, G.L. Cantarella | 237-244 |
| CAN PALYNOLOGY CONTRIBUTE TO PLANT DIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES? THE WETLAND PLANTS IN SOUTHERN PO PLAIN AS A CASE STUDY. | |
| F. Buldrini, D. Dallai, P. Torri | 245-254 |
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