Roberto Silvestro

Professeur-Chercheur Sous Octroi
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

FORMATION

• Apr.2024-Sep.2024: Postdoctorat - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
• 2019-2024: Doctorat, Biologie (Ph.D.), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
• 2017-2019: Maîtrise, Foresterie et sciences de l’environnement (M.Sc.) - University of Naples Federico II
• Feb.2018-Jul.2018: Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus+ - Universidade de Évora
• Sep.2016-Feb.2017: Lifelong Learning Programme Erasmus+ - Czech University of Life Science Prague
• 2014-2017: Baccalauréat, Foresterie et sciences de l’environnement (B.Sc.), - University of Naples Federico II

EXPÉRIENCE DE TRAVAIL

• Sep.2024–présent: Professeur-Chercheur Sous Octroi, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  Projet : Desired REgeneration through Assisted Migration (DREAM)
  Projet: Caractéristiques éco-physiologiques de l'érable à sucre et maximisation de la productivité pour la production de sirop d'érable.
• Sep.2021-Dec.2021: Internship Student - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
  Wood formation and ecosystem carbon fluxes temporal synchronisms
• Mar.2019-Aug.2019: Research Intern - University of Naples Federico II
  The effect of wildfires on ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests
• Jul.2018-Nov.2018: Internship Student - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  Phenological adaptive traits in ecotypes of Picea mariana

CHAPITRES DE LIVRES

• Silvestro, R., He, M., Huang, J.G., Morin, H. & Rossi, S. (2024). From wood formation to tree ring: How tree growth responds to climate change. In Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology 2nd Edition(pp. 564-578). Routledge press, London. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Forest-Ecology/Peh-Corlett-Bergeron/p/book/9781032348384?srsltid=AfmBOoogx20wUUi-cFRf2i6SDw_ne7bkyFg_5VEJschbIa58oDhNSGY_ 

PUBLICATIONS DANS DES REVUES AVEC COMITÉ DE LECTURE

• Silvestro, R., Mencuccini, M., García-Valdés, R., Antonucci, S., Arzac, A., Biondi, F., Buttò, V., Camarero, J. J., Campelo, F., Cochard, H., Čufar, K., Cuny, H. E., De Luis, M., Deslauriers, A., Drolet, G., Fonti, M. V., Fonti, P., Giovannelli, A., Gričar, J., Gruber, A., Gryc, V., Guerrieri, R., Güney, A., Guo, X., Huang, J. G., Jyske, T., Kašpar, J., Kirdyanov, A.V., Klein, T., Lemay, A., Li, X., Liang, E., Lintunen A. M., Liu, F., Lombardi, F., Ma, Q., Mäkinen, H., Malik, R.A., Martinez del Castillo, E., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Mayr, S., Morin, H., Nabais, C., Nöjd, P., Oberhuber, W., Olano, J. M., Ouimette A. P., Paljakka, T. V. S., Peltoniemi, M., Peters, R. L., Ping, R., Prislan, P., Rathgeber, C. B. K., Sala, A., Saracino, A., Saulino, L., Schiestl-Aalto, P., Shishov, V., Stokes, A., Sukumar, R., Sylvain, J. D., Tognetti, R., Treml, T., Urban, J., Vavrčík, H., Vieira, J., von Arx, G., Wang, Y., Yang, B., Qiao, Z., Zhang, S., Ziaco, E., Rossi, S. Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale. (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1), 6169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49494-5 
• Kurokawa, S. Y. S., Bhatt, G., de Lima Santos, G., Silvestro, R., Delagrange, S. & Rossi, S. Measuring natural sap production in sugar maple at high temporal resolution. iForest. *Accepté pour publication
• Silvestro, R., Mura, C., Alano Bonacini, D., de Lafontaine, G., Faubert, P., Mencuccini, M., & Rossi, S. (2023). Local adaptation shapes functional traits and resource allocation in black spruce. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48530-6 
• Silvestro, R.,, Zeng, Q., Buttò, V., Sylvain, J.D., Drolet, G., Mencuccini, M., Thiffault, N., Yuan, S. & Rossi, S. (2023). A longer wood growing season does not lead to higher carbon sequestration. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31336-x 
• Saulino, L., Rita, A., Stinca, A., Liuzzi, G., Silvestro, R., Rossi, S. & Saracino, A. (2023). Wildfire promotes the invasion of Robinia pseudoacacia in the unmanaged Mediterranean Castanea sativa coppice forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Changes. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1177551 
• Mura, C., Buttò, V., Silvestro, R., Deslauriers, A., Charrier, G., Raymond, P. & Rossi, S. (2022). The early bud gets the cold: Diverging spring phenology drives exposure to late frost in a Picea mariana [(Mill.) BSP] common garden. Psysiologia Plantarum https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13798 
• Silvestro, R., Sylvain, J.D., Drolet, G., Buttò, V., Auger, I., Mencuccini, M. & Rossi, S. (2022). Upscaling xylem phenology: Sample size matters. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac110 
• Cervelli, E., Pindozzi, S., Allevato, E., Saulino, L., Silvestro, R., Scotto di Perta, E. & Saracino, A. (2022). Landscape planning integrated approaches to support post-wildfire restoration in natural protected areas: the Vesuvius National Park case study. Land, 11(7), 1024. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11071024 
• Silvestro, R., Saulino, L., Cavallo C., Allevato, E., Pindozzi, S., Cervelli, E., Conti, P., Mazzoleni, S. & Saracino, A. (2021). The Footprint of Wildfires on Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem Services in Vesuvius National Park. Fire. 4(4):95. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040095 
• Guo, X., Klisz, M., Puchałka, R., Silvestro, R., Faubert, P., Belien, E., Huang, J. G., & Rossi, S. (2021) Common garden experiment reveals clinal trends of bud phenology in black spruce populations from a latitudinal gradient in the boreal forest. Journal of Ecology, 00:1-11. https://https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13582 
• Silvestro, R., Brasseur, S., Klisz, M., Mencuccini, M. & Rossi, S. (2020). Bioclimatic distance and performance of apical shoot extension: disentangling the role of growth rate and duration in ecotypic differentiation. Forest Ecology and Management, 477, 118483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118483 
• Silvestro, R., Izzo, L. G., Buonanno, M. & Aronne, G. (2020). Serotiny in Primula palinuri: how to face the dry season on Mediterranean cliffs. Diversity, 12, 291.https://doi.org/10.3390/d12080291 
• Usmani, A., Silvestro, R., Zhang, S., Huang, J. G., Saracino, A., & Rossi, S. (2020). Ecotypic differentiation of black spruce populations: temperature triggers bud burst but not bud set. Trees, 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-01999-4 
• Guo, X., Khare, S., Silvestro, R., Huang, J., Sylvain, J. D., Delagrange, S., & Rossi, S. (2020). Minimum spring temperatures at the provenance origin drive leaf phenology in sugar maple populations. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa096 
• Silvestro, R.,Rossi, S., Zhang, S., Froment, I., Huang, J. G., & Saracino, A. (2019). From phenology to forest management: Ecotypes selection can avoid early or late frosts, but not both. Forest Ecology and Management, 436, 21–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.01.005 

DIFFUSION SCIENTIFIQUE

• Kurokawa, S.Y.S., Silvestro, R., De Lima Santos, G. & Rossi, S. (2024). La coulée de la sève d’érable face aux aléas du climat. Info Sirop Été 2024. https://ppaq.ca/fr/blogue/la-coulee-de-la-seve-derable-face-aux-aleas-du-climat/ 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2023). Le changement climatique rend les arbres plus grands, mais plus faibles. The Conversation Canada FR. https://theconversation.com/le-changement-climatique-rend-les-arbres-plus-grands-mais-plus-faibles-195341#:~:text=Alors%20que%20les%20temp%C3%A9ratures%20de,accumulation%20de%20bois%20plus%20%C3%A9lev%C3%A9e. 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2023). Climate change is making trees bigger, but also weaker. The Conversation Canada.https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-making-trees-bigger-but-also-weaker-203090 
• Silvestro, R. (2022). Ça brûle et j’aime ça : la science du piquant. The Conversation Canada FR. https://theconversation.com/ca-brule-et-jaime-ca-la-science-du-piquant-193983 
• Silvestro, R. (2022). Why some like it hot: The science of spiciness. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/why-some-like-it-hot-the-science-of-spiciness-192291 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2022). Climate change is altering the seasonal rhythm of plant life-cycle events. The Conversation Canada. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-altering-the-seasonal-rhythm-of-plant-life-cycle-events-181231 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2022). Les changements climatiques modifient le rythme saisonnier du cycle de vie des plantes. The Conversation Canada FR. https://theconversation.com/les-changements-climatiques-modifient-le-rythme-saisonnier-du-cycle-de-vie-des-plantes-181812 
• Silvestro, R. & Rossi, S. (2022). La distanciation sociale a été inventée par les arbres. Progrès Forestier.
• Silvestro, R., Buttò, V., Mura, C., & Rossi, S. (2021). La radio frequency identification en foresterie, opportunités et applications. Progrès Forestier.