CURRICULUM
Prof.
Pier Luigi NIMIS
L’attività
scientifica del Prof. Nimis è centrata su:
1. Ecologia: biomonitoraggio dell'inquinamento, radioecologia, con contributi significativi allo sviluppo di tecniche di bioindicazione e bioaccumulo basate sull’utilizzo di licheni, muschi e funghi, tra cui le linee-guida nazionali sull’uso dei licheni come bioindicatori di inquinamento ed il protocollo nazionale sull’uso dei muschi come bioccumulatori di radiocesio.
2. Biogeografia quantitativa, con importanti monografie basate sull’analisi multivariata degli areali delle piante vascolari concernenti il Nord America, la Siberia, la Terra del Fuoco, le Isole Canarie e l’Europa.
3. Lichenologia, dalla sistematica alla floristica, a studi ecologici e vegetazionali: la prima checklist annotata dei licheni d’Italia è stata la base per la creazione di ITALIC, uno dei primi sistemi informatizzati sulla flora lichenica a livello internazionale. Attualmente il Prof. Nimis sta lavorando alla creazione di una flora informatizzata dei licheni d’Italia.
4. Biodiversity Informatics, con particolare riguardo alla generazione automatica di strumenti di identificazione. In questo campo il Prof. Nimis ed il suo team sono stati molto attivi negli ultimi anni a livello internazionale, soprattutto attraverso il coordinamento del progetto europeo KeyToNature e del progetto interreg SiiT, sviluppando importanti basi di dati e software originali che permettono la creazione e pubblicazione su diversi media di chiavi interattive per la identificazione di piante, funghi ed animali.
Pubblicazioni
del Prof. Pier Luigi Nimis
Il prof. Nimis ha pubblicato 258 tra articoli, libri e monografie,
la maggior parte in lingua inglese e su riviste internazionali. Di seguito si
elencano alcuni lavori significativi.
Nimis P.L.
(1997). Die Frühlingsblüte im Buchenwald in Beziehung zur
Hummelbestäubung. - In: R. Tüxen (ed.): Vegetation und Fauna. Cramer, Vaduz.
pp. 209-217.
Nimis
P.L.(1981). Epigaeous lichen synusiae in the Yukon Territory. - Cryptogamie,
Bryologie Lichenolologie, 2, 2: 127-151.
Nimis P.L.(1981). The thorny cushions vegetation in Mediterranean Italy. Phytogeographical Problems. - Anales Jardin Botanico de Madrid, 37, 2: 339-351.
Nimis P.L., Feoli E., Pignatti S. (1984). The Network of Databanks for the Italian Flora and
Vegetation. - In: Allkin R., F.A. Bisby (eds.) Databases in Systematics.
Academic Press.
Lausi D., Nimis P.L. (1985). Roadside
vegetation in boreal South Yukon and adjacent
Nimis
P.L.(1985). Phytogeography and Ecology of epiphytic lichens at the southern Rim of the Clay
Belt (
Nimis
P.L.(1985). Structure and floristic composition of a high-arctic tundra: Ny Alesund (Svalbard Archipelago). - Inter Nord, 17: 47-58.
Lausi D., Nimis P.L.(1985). Quantitative phytogeography of the
Nimis P.L., Poelt
J (1987). The lichens and Lichenicolous
Fungi of Sardinia (
Nimis P.L.(1989).
Phytogeographical analysis of a treeline community in
northern
Nimis P.L. (1991). Developments in lichen community studies. - Lichenologist,
23, 3: 215-225.
Lausi D., Nimis P.L. (1991). Ecological Phytogeography
of the southern
Nimis P.L., Crovello
T. (eds.) (1991). Quantitative Approaches to Phytogeography. - Tasks for Vegetation Science, 24, Kluwer,
Nimis P.L. (1993). The Lichens of
Nimis P.L., Bolognini
G. (1993). Quantitative phytogeography
of the Italian beech forests. - Vegetatio 109:
125-143.
Nimis P.L.,
Bolognini G., Giovani C. (1993). Radiocontamination
patterns of vascular plants in a forest ecosystem. - Science of the Total
Environment, 157: 181-188.
Friesen N. Bolognini G., Nimis
P.L. (1993). Quantitative
phytogeography of the genus Allium
in Siberia and
Nimis P.L.,
Bolognini G., Giovani C. (1993). Radiocontamination
patterns of vascular plants in a forest ecosystem. - Science of the Total
Environment, 157: 181-188.
Malyshev L., Nimis P.L., Bolognini G. (1994). Essays on the
modelling of spatial floristic diversity in Europe:
Nimis P.L., Malyshev L., Bolognini G. (1994). Phytogeographical analysis of
birch forests on the south of
Cislaghi C., Nimis P.L. (1997). Lichens, air
pollution and lung cancer. - Nature, 387, 6632: 463-464.
Malyshev L., Nimis P.L.(1997). Climatic dependance of the ecotone between alpine and forest orobiomes
in southern
Nimis P.L., Fonda
G. (1997). Phytogeography of parasteppic vegetation
in the high Friulian Plain (
Nimis P.L., Tretiach M. (1997). A
revision of Tornabea, a genus of fruticose
lichens new to
Nimis P.L., Malyshev L.I., Bolognini G., Friesen N. (1998). A
multivariate phytogeographic
analysis bof plant diversity in the Putorana Plateau (
Nimis P.L.(1998).
A critical appraisal of the genus concept in Lichenology. - Lichenologist, 30, 4-5: 427-438.
Berendsohn
W. G., Agnastopoulos A, Hagedorn
G., Jakupovich J., Nimis
P.L., Valdes B., Guentsch A, Pankhurst R.J., White R.
(1999). A comprehensive reference model for biological
collections and surveys. - Taxon, 48: 511-562.
Berendsohn
W., Nimis P.L. (2000). The complexity of collection
information - In: Berendsohn W. (ed.) BIOCISE, Resourse identification for a Collection Information
Service in
Nimis P.L. (2001). A Tale from Bioutopia. - Nature,
413: 21.
Nimis
P.L.(2001). Artistic and Historical Monuments:
Threatened Ecosystems. - In: Frontiers of Life, Part 2: Discovery and
Spoliation of the Biosphere, sect. 2: Man and the Environment, Academic Press,
S. Diego Ca, pp. 557-569.
Nimis P.L., Andreussi S., Pittao E. (2001). The
performance of two lichen species as bioaccumulators
of trace metals. - The Science of the Total
Environment, 275: 43-51.
Nimis P.L., Martellos S. (2001). Testing
the predictivity of ecological indicator values. A comparison of real and virtual releves
of lichen vegetation. - Plant Ecology, 157: 165-172.
Nimis P.L., Scheidegger
Nimis P.L., Martellos
S. (2002). ITALIC, a database on Italian Lichens - Bibliotheca Lichenologica 82: 271-282.
Nimis P. L., Martellos
S. (2003). A second checklist of the lichens of
Nimis P.L., Martellos
S. (2004). Keys to the lichens of Italy I. Terricolous species. – Ed. Goliardiche,
341 pp.
Ryan B.D., Nimis P.L. (2004). Melaspilea. - In: Nash T.H. III et al. (eds.): Lichen Flora of the
Greater
Castello
M., Martellos S., Nimis
P.L. (2006).
Cesa M., Bizzotto
A., Ferraro C., Fumagalli F., Nimis
P.L. (2006). Assessment
of intermittent trace element pollution by moss bags. -
Environmental Pollution, 144, 3: 886-892.
Nimis P.L., Poldini L., Martellos S. (2006). Guide alla flora III. Guida alla flora della Val Rosandra (Trieste). - Le guide di Dryades 4. Serie Flore III (F-III). Edizioni Goliardiche, Trieste, 467 pp
Nascimbene J., Nimis P.L., Marini L. (2007). Testing
indicators of epiphytic lichen diversity: a case study in
Nimis, P.L., Martellos, S. (2009). Computer-aided
Tools for Identifying Organisms and their Importance for Protected Areas -
Journal of Eco.Mont 1(2): 55-60.
Nimis
P.L., Vignes Lebbe R. (eds.)
(2010). Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems. - EUT, 455
pp
Nimis
P.L. (2010), A key To Nature. - International
Innovation, Oct. 2010: 20-22.
CURRICULUM
Prof. Pier Luigi Nimis
Position
Professor of Systematic Botany at the Department of Life Sciences of the
Experience
The scientific interests of Prof. Nimis are centered on four main
fields:
Activities
Prof. Nimis is member of the Editorial Boards
of several international Journals . He is the
coordinator of National and European Research Projects since 1991 and
responsible for Lichenology within the Italian
Antarctic Survey. He was Co-ordinator of the European Project KeyToNature from 2007 to 2010 and is presently coordinating
the international project SiiT.
Prof. Nimis was President of the Italian
Lichen Society (1987-1993), Secretary of the Lichen Commission of O.P.T.I.M.A.
(1993-2003), Member of the Executive Council of the International Association
for Lichenology (IAL) and of the International
Mycological Association, Editor-in-chief of the International Lichenological
Newsletter (1997-2000), President of the International Association of Lichenology (2000-2004), and Member of the International
Committee for Botanical Nomenclature, member of the group of evaluation experts
of ANVUR (National Agency for the evaluation of the University
System and Research) for the area ‘Biological Sciences’ (2012).
Prof. Nimis was awarded with the small golden
Panda of W.W.F. for his biomonitoring studies with
lichens, with the O.P.T.I.M.A. medal (1995) for the best study on the
Mediterranean flora published in 1993 (his monograph on the Lichens of Italy),
and with the International Ferrari-Soave Prize for Biology from the Academy of
Sciences of Turin (2009).
Academic career:
Publications:
Prof.
Nimis has
published ca. 258 articles and monographs. A small selection is given below.
Nimis P.L. (1997). Die Frühlingsblüte im Buchenwald in
Beziehung zur Hummelbestäubung. - In: R. Tüxen (ed.): Vegetation und Fauna.
Cramer, Vaduz. pp. 209-217.
Nimis
P.L.(1981). Epigaeous lichen synusiae in the Yukon Territory. - Cryptogamie,
Bryologie Lichenolologie, 2, 2: 127-151.
Nimis P.L.(1981). The thorny cushions vegetation in Mediterranean Italy. Phytogeographical Problems. - Anales Jardin Botanico de Madrid, 37, 2: 339-351.
Nimis P.L., Feoli E., Pignatti S. (1984). The Network of Databanks for the Italian Flora and
Vegetation. - In: Allkin R., F.A. Bisby (eds.) Databases in Systematics.
Academic Press.
Lausi D., Nimis
P.L. (1985). Roadside vegetation in boreal South Yukon and
adjacent
Nimis P.L.(1985).
Phytogeography and Ecology of epiphytic lichens at the southern Rim of the Clay
Belt (
Nimis P.L.(1985).
Structure and floristic composition of a high-arctic
tundra: Ny Alesund
(Svalbard Archipelago). - Inter Nord, 17: 47-58.
Lausi D., Nimis P.L.(1985). Quantitative phytogeography of the
Nimis P.L., Poelt J (1987). The lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Sardinia (
Nimis P.L.(1989). Phytogeographical analysis of a treeline community in
northern
Nimis P.L. (1991).
Developments in lichen community studies. -
Lichenologist, 23, 3: 215-225.
Lausi D., Nimis P.L. (1991). Ecological
Phytogeography of the southern
Nimis P.L., Crovello T. (eds.) (1991). Quantitative
Approaches to Phytogeography. - Tasks for
Vegetation Science, 24, Kluwer,
Nimis P.L.
(1993). The Lichens of
Nimis P.L., Bolognini G. (1993). Quantitative phytogeography of the Italian beech forests. - Vegetatio 109: 125-143.
Nimis P.L., Bolognini G., Giovani C. (1993). Radiocontamination patterns of
vascular plants in a forest ecosystem. - Science of the Total Environment, 157:
181-188.
Friesen N. Bolognini G., Nimis
P.L. (1993). Quantitative
phytogeography of the genus Allium
in Siberia and
Nimis P.L.,
Bolognini G., Giovani C. (1993). Radiocontamination
patterns of vascular plants in a forest ecosystem. - Science of the Total
Environment, 157: 181-188.
Malyshev
L., Nimis P.L., Bolognini G.
(1994). Essays on the modelling of spatial floristic diversity
in Europe:
Nimis P.L., Malyshev L., Bolognini G.
(1994). Phytogeographical
analysis of birch forests on the south of
Cislaghi
C., Nimis P.L. (1997). Lichens, air pollution and lung cancer. -
Nature, 387, 6632: 463-464.
Malyshev
L., Nimis P.L.(1997). Climatic dependance of the ecotone between alpine and forest orobiomes
in southern
Nimis P.L., Fonda
G. (1997). Phytogeography of parasteppic vegetation
in the high Friulian Plain (
Nimis P.L., Tretiach M. (1997). A
revision of Tornabea, a genus of fruticose
lichens new to
Nimis P.L., Malyshev L.I.,
Bolognini G., Friesen N. (1998). A multivariate phytogeographic analysis bof
plant diversity in the Putorana Plateau (
Nimis P.L.(1998). A critical appraisal of the genus
concept in Lichenology. - Lichenologist, 30,
4-5: 427-438.
Berendsohn W. G., Agnastopoulos A, Hagedorn G., Jakupovich J., Nimis P.L., Valdes
B., Guentsch A, Pankhurst R.J., White R. (1999). A comprehensive reference model for biological collections and
surveys. - Taxon, 48: 511-562.
Berendsohn W., Nimis P.L. (2000). The
complexity of collection information - In: Berendsohn
W. (ed.) BIOCISE, Resourse identification for a
Collection Information Service in
Nimis P.L. (2001).
A Tale from Bioutopia. -
Nature, 413: 21.
Nimis P.L.(2001).
Artistic and Historical Monuments: Threatened Ecosystems. - In: Frontiers of
Life, Part 2: Discovery and Spoliation of the Biosphere, sect. 2: Man and the
Environment, Academic Press, S. Diego Ca, pp. 557-569.
Nimis P.L., Andreussi S., Pittao E. (2001). The
performance of two lichen species as bioaccumulators
of trace metals. - The Science of the Total Environment,
275: 43-51.
Nimis P.L., Martellos S. (2001). Testing
the predictivity of ecological indicator values. A comparison of real and virtual releves
of lichen vegetation. - Plant Ecology, 157: 165-172.
Nimis P.L., Scheidegger
Nimis P.L., Martellos S. (2002). ITALIC, a database on Italian Lichens
- Bibliotheca Lichenologica 82: 271-282.
Nimis P. L., Martellos S. (2003). A second checklist
of the lichens of
Nimis P.L., Martellos S. (2004). Keys to the lichens
of Italy I. Terricolous species. – Ed. Goliardiche, 341 pp.
Ryan
B.D., Nimis P.L. (2004). Melaspilea. - In: Nash T.H.
III et al. (eds.): Lichen Flora of the Greater
Castello M., Martellos S., Nimis P.L. (2006).
Cesa M., Bizzotto
A., Ferraro C., Fumagalli F., Nimis
P.L. (2006). Assessment
of intermittent trace element pollution by moss bags. -
Environmental Pollution, 144, 3: 886-892.
Nimis P.L., Poldini L., Martellos S. (2006). Guide alla flora III. Guida alla flora della Val Rosandra (Trieste). - Le guide di Dryades 4. Serie Flore III (F-III). Edizioni Goliardiche, Trieste, 467 pp
Nascimbene J., Nimis P.L., Marini L. (2007). Testing
indicators of epiphytic lichen diversity: a case study in
Nimis, P.L., Martellos, S. (2009). Computer-aided
Tools for Identifying Organisms and their Importance for Protected Areas -
Journal of Eco.Mont 1(2): 55-60.
Nimis P.L., Vignes
Lebbe R. (eds.) (2010). Tools for Identifying
Biodiversity: Progress and Problems. - EUT, 455 pp
Nimis P.L. (2010), A key To Nature. - International Innovation, Oct. 2010:
20-22.