Massimo Terzi

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Position : Research Scientist

2001- : Permanent position as Researcher at CNR - IBBR (ex-Germplasm Institute)

1. PhD “Plant Biology and Ecology in Mediterranean Environment”, University of Catania, IT
2. Postgraduate Specialized Training in “Energy and environmental management in industry”, CSEI / Polytechnic-University of Bari, IT
3. Master’s degree in Natural Science, cum laude, University of Bari, IT
4. Scientific high school degree, Inst. Di Cagno Abbrescia, Bari, IT

Main Research Interests

• Diversity of Mediterranean flora and vegetation;
• Phytosociology and classification of habitat and vegetation (syntaxonomy);
• Phytosociological nomenclature;
• Sustainable management of Mediterranean agro-pastoral systems;
• Conservation and monitoring of habitat and species (Natura 2000 network).

List of selected papers

- Terzi, M., Bogdanović, S., D’Amico, F.S., Jasprica, N., 2020 Rare plant communities of the Vis Archipelago (Croatia), Botany Letters, 167:2, 241-254, DOI: 10.1080/23818107.2019.1684359

- Terzi, M., Ciaschetti, G., Fortini, P., Rosati, L., Viciani, D., Di Pietro, R., 2020. A revised phytosociological nomenclature for the Italian ’Quercus cerris’ woods. Mediterranean Botany, 41(1), 101-120. DOI: 10.5209/mbot.65052

- Di Pietro, R., Fortini, P., Ciaschetti, G., Rosati, L., Viciani, D., Terzi, M., 2020. A revision of the syntaxonomy of the Apennine-Balkan Quercus cerris and Q. frainetto forests and correct application of the name Melittio-Quercion frainetto, Plant Biosystems. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2019.1701127

- Tomaselli, V., Terzi, M., 2019. Rocky coastal vegetation of the Crithmo-Staticetea in the south-east of Italy. Acta Botanica Croatica, 78 (1): 46-56. DOI: 10.2478/botcro-2019-0007.

- Terzi, M., Jasprica, N., Caković, D., Di Pietro, R. 2018. Revision of the central Mediterranean xerothermic cliff vegetation. Appl Veg Sci. 2018; 21: 514- 532. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12386

- Terzi, M., Jasprica, N., 2018. Syntaxonomic revision of chasmophytic vegetation of the Centaureo cuspidatae-Portenschlagiellion ramosissimae (Southeastern Adriatic), Plant Biosystems, 154:1, 9-16, DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2018.1549602

- Terzi, M., Jasprica, N., Caković, D., 2017. Xerothermic chasmophytic vegetation of the central Mediterranean Basin: a nomenclatural revision. Phytocoenologia, 47 (4): 365 - 382. DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2017/0185

- Di Pietro, R., Terzi, M., Fortini, P., 2017. A revision of the high-altitude acidophilous and chionophilous grasslands of the Apennines (Peninsular Italy), a long-lasting intricate syntaxonomic issue. Phytocoenologia 47: 261-304. DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2017/0162

- Terzi, M., Di Pietro, R., Theurillat, J.-P., 2017. Proposal (21): to conserve the name Festucetalia valesiacae Braun-Blanquet et Tüxen ex Braun-Blanquet 1950 against the name Festucetalia Soó 1940. Phytocoenologia, 47 (3): 305-307; DOI: 10.1127/phyto/2017/0186

- Terzi, M., Di Pietro, R., 2016. Nomenclatural remarks on the chasmophytic vegetation of the Centaureo-Campanuletalia, Plant Biosystems, 150:6, 1364-1369, DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2016.1149121

- Terzi, M., Di Pietro, R., Theurillat, J.-P., 2016. Nomenclature of the class Festuco-Brometea in Italy and remarks on the interpretation of articles 1 and 2b ICPN, Botany Letters, 163:3, 307-319, DOI: 10.1080/23818107.2016.1201692

- Terzi ,M., D’Amico, F. S., 2016. Dry grasslands of Hippocrepido glaucae-Stipion austroitalicae in the Pollino Massif (Calabria, Italy). Acta Botanica Croatica, 75(1), 89-98.

- Terzi, M., 2015. Numerical analysis of the order Scorzoneretalia villosae. Phytocoenologia, 45(1-2), 11-32.

- Terzi, M., 2011. Nomenclatural revision for the order Scorzonero-Chrysopogonetalia. Folia Geobotanica, 46(4), 411-444.

Selected Publications
(full list available at CNR People)

A revision of the syntaxonomy of the Apennine-Balkan Quercus cerris and Q. frainetto forests and correct application of the name Melittio-Quercion frainetto

Di Pietro R, Fortini P, Ciaschetti G, Rosati L, Viciani D, Terzi M
Year: 2020

A revised phytosociological nomenclature for the Italian Quercus cerris woods

Terzi M, Ciaschetti G, Fortini P, Rosati L, Viciani D, Di Pietro R
Year: 2020

Effetti di Ailanthus altissima sulla biodiversità del Parco Nazionale dell’Alta Murgia

Casella F, Terzi M
Year: 2019

Species-area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

Dengler J, Matthews TJ, Steinbauer MJ, Wolfrum S, Boch S, Chiarucci A, Conradi T, Dembicz I, Marcenò C, García-Mijangos I, Nowak A, Storch D, Ulrich W, Campos JA, Cancellieri L, Carboni M, Ciaschetti G, De Frenne P, Dolezal J, Dolnik C, Essl F, Fantinato E, Filibeck G, Grytnes J, Guarino R, Güler B, Janišová M, Klichowska E, Kozub Å, Kuzemko A, Manthey M, Mimet A, Naqinezhad A, Pedersen C, Peet RK, Pellissier V, Pielech R, Potenza G, Rosati L, Terzi M, Valkó O, Vynokurov D, White H, Winkler M, Biurrun I
Year: 2019

A new proposal of syntaxonomic framework for the Brachypodium rupestre communities in Italy

Di Pietro R, Fortini P, Ciaschetti G, Gianguzzi L, Rosati L, Terzi M
Year: 2019

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7

Galasso G, Domina G, Ardenghi NM, Aristarchi C, Bacchetta G, Bartolucci F, Bonari G, Bouvet D, Brundu G, Buono S, Caldarella O, Calvia G, Cano-Ortiz A, Corti E, D’Amico F, D’Antraccoli M, Di Turi A, Dutto M, Fanfarillo E, Ferretti G, Fiaschi T, Ganz C, Guarino R, Iberite M, Laface VL, La Rosa A, Lastrucci L, Latini M, Lazzaro L, Lonati M, Lozano V, Luchino F, Magrini S, Mainetti A, Manca M, Mugnai M, Musarella CM, Nicolella G, Olivieri N, Orrù I, Pazienza G, Peruzzi L, Podda L, Prosser F, Ravetto Enri S, Restivo S, Roma-Marzio F, Ruggero A, Scoppola A, Selvi F, Spampinato G, Stinca A, Terzi M, Tiburtini M, Tornatore E, Vetromile R, Nepi C
Year: 2019

Floristic, ecological and chorological differentiation of Italian Quercus cerris woods

Rosati L, Viciani D, Terzi M, Ciaschetti G, Fortini P, Angiolini C, Armiraglio S, Caccianiga M, Ercole S, Foggi B, Gabellini A, Gennai M, Gigante D, Selvaggi A, Di Pietro R
Year: 2019

Rare plant communities of the Vis Archipelago (Croatia)

Terzi M, Bogdanović S, D’Amico FS, Jasprica N
Year: 2019

Amphi-Adriatic salt-sprayed rocky cliffs vegetation

Terzi M, Tomaselli V, Jasprica N
Year: 2019

Rocky coastal vegetation of the class Crithmo-Staticetea in the south-east of Italy

Tomaselli V, Terzi M
Year: 2019

Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 6

Bartolucci F, Domina G, Ardenghi NM, Bacchetta G, Bernardo L, Buccomino G, Buono S, Caldararo F, Calvia G, Carruggio F, Cavagna A, D’amico FS, Di Carlo F, Festi F, Forte L, Galasso G, Gargano D, Gottschlich G, Lazzaro L, Magrini S, Maiorca G, Medagli P, Mei G, Mennini F, Mereu G, Miserocchi D, Olivieri N, Passalacqua NG, Pazienza G, Peruzzi L, Prosser F, Rempicci M, Roma-Marzio F, Ruggero A, Sani A, Saulle D, Steffanini C, Stinca A, Terzi M, Tondi G, Trenchi M, Viciani D, Wagensommer RP, Nepi C, Bartolucci F, Domina G, Ardenghi NM, Bacchetta G, Bernardo L, Buccomino G, Buono S, Caldararo F, Calvia G, Carruggio F, Cavagna A, D’amico FS, Di Carlo F, Festi F, Forte L, Galasso G, Gargano D, Gottschlich G, Lazzaro L, Magrini S, Maiorca G, Medagli P, Mei G, Mennini F, Mereu G, Miserocchi D, Olivieri N, Passalacqua NG, Pazienza G, Peruzzi L, Prosser F, Rempicci M, Roma-Marzio F, Ruggero A, Sani A, Saulle D, Steffanini C, Stinca A, Terzi M, Tondi G, Trenchi M, Viciani D, Wagensommer RP, Nepi C
Year: 2018

GrassPlot - a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

Dengler J, Wagner V, Dembicz I, García-Mijangos I, Naqinezhad A, Boch S, Chiarucci A, Conradi T, Goffredo F, Guraino R, Janišová M, Steinbauer MJ, Aćić S, Acosta AT, Akasaka M, Allers MA, Apostolova I, Axmanová I, Bakan B, Baranova A, Bardy-Durchhalter M, Bartha S, Baumann E, Becker T, Becker U, Belonovskaya E, Bengtsson K, Benito Alonso JL, Berastegi A, Bergamini A, Bonini I, Bruun HH, Budzhak V, Bueno A, Campos JA
Year: 2018

Quercus pubescens forests in Italy. A syntaxonomical issue over three vegetation classes

Di Pietro R, Angiolini L, Armiraglio S, Caccianiga M, Ciaschetti G, Gigante D, Rosati L, Terzi M, Viciani D
Year: 2018

Floristic and phytosociological features of the Brachypodium rupestre communities in Italy

Fortini P, Caldarella O, Ciaschetti G, Gianguzzi L, Rosati L, Terzi M, Di Pietro R
Year: 2018

Chasmophytic vegetation of the Centaureo cuspidatae-Portenschlagiellion ramosissimae (south-eastern Adriatic, Mediterranean)

Terzi M, Jasprica N
Year: 2018

Syntaxonomic revision of chasmophytic vegetation of the Centaureo cuspidatae-Portenschlagiellion ramosissimae (Southeastern Adriatic)

Terzi M, Jasprica N
Year: 2018

Revision of the central Mediterranean xerothermic cliff vegetation

Terzi M, Jasprica N, Caković D, Di Pietro R
Year: 2018

Xerothermic cliff vegetation of the central Mediterranean basin

Terzi M, Jasprica N, Cakovic D, Di Pietro R
Year: 2018

Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 3

Bartolucci F, Domina G, Adorni M, Alessandrini A, Ardenghi NM, Banfi E, Baragliu GA, Bernardo L, Bertolli A, Biondi E, Carotenuto L, Casavecchia S, Cauzzi P, Conti F, Crisanti MA, D’amico FS, Di Cecco V, Di Martino L, Faggi G, Falcinelli F, Forte L, Galasso G, Gasparri R, Ghillani L, Gottschlich G, Guzzon F, Harpke D, Lastrucci L, Lattanzi E, Maiorca G, Marchetti D, Medagli P, Olivieri N, Pascale M, Passalacqua NG, Peruzzi L, Picollo S, Prosser F, Ricciardi M, Salerno G, Stinca A, Terzi M, Viciani D, Wagensommer RP, Nepi C
Year: 2017

A revision of the high-altitude acidophilous and chionophilous grasslands of the Apennines (Peninsular Italy), a long-lasting intricate syntaxonomic issue

Di Pietro R, Terzi M, Fortini P
Year: 2017

Conservation and pastoral value of former arable lands in the agro-pastoral system of the Alta Murgia National Park (Southern Italy)

Fracchiolla M, Terzi M, D’amico FS, Tedone L, Cazzato E
Year: 2017

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 3

Galasso G, Domina G, Ardenghi NM, Assini S, Banfi E, Bartolucci F, Bigagli V, Bonari G, Bonivento E, Cauzzi P, D’amico FS, D’antraccoli M, Dinelli D, Ferretti G, Gennai M, Gheza G, Guiggi A, Guzzon F, Iamonico D, Iberite M, Latini M, Lonati M, Mei G, Nicolella G, Olivieri N, Peccenini S, Peraldo G, Perrino EV, Prosser F, Roma-Marzio F, Russo G, Selvaggi A, Stinca A, Terzi M, Tison JM, Vannini J, Verloove F, Wagensommer RP, Wilhalm T, Nepi C
Year: 2017

Limestone cliff vegetation of Portenschlagiello ramosissimae-Campanuletum portenschlagianae, Croatia

Jasprica N, Terzi M
Year: 2017

Proposal (21): to conserve the name Festucetalia valesiacae Br.-Bl. and Tx. ex Br.-Bl. 1950 against Festucetalia Soó 1940

Terzi M, Di Pietro R, Theurillat JP
Year: 2017

Xerothermic chasmophytic vegetation of the central Mediterranean Basin: a nomenclatural revision

Terzi M, Jasprica N, Caković D
Year: 2017

Proposal (22): to conserve the name Mesobromion erecti (Br.-Bl. & Moor 1938) Oberd. 1957 against the name Bromion erecti W. Koch 1926

Theurillat J-P, Terzi M, Di Pietro R
Year: 2017

Influence of different soil management practices on ground-flora vegetation in an almond orchard

Fracchiolla M, Terzi M, Frabboni L, Caramia D, Lasorella C, De Giorgio D, Montemurro P, Cazzato E
Year: 2016

Dry grasslands of Hippocrepido glaucae-Stipion austroitalicae in the Pollino Massif (Calabria, Italy)

Terzi M, D’Amico FS
Year: 2016

Dry grasslands of the Hippocrepido glaucae-Stipion austroitalicae in the Pollino Massif (Calabria, Italy)

Terzi M, D’Amico FS
Year: 2016

Nomenclatural remarks on the chasmophytic vegetation of the Centaureo - Campanuletalia

Terzi M, Di Pietro R
Year: 2016

Nomenclature of the class Festuco-Brometea in Italy and remarks on the interpretation of articles 1 and 2b ICPN

Terzi M, Di Pietro R, Theurillat JP
Year: 2016

Nomenclature and syntaxonomic notes on some high-rank syntaxa of the European grassland vegetation

Di Pietro R, Theurillat J-P, Capelo J, Fernández-González F, Terzi M, Carni A, Mucina L
Year: 2015

Notulae alla checklist della flora vascolare italiana: 2130. Thymus spinulosus Ten. (Lamiaceae)

Terzi M, Tomaselli V, Bartolucci F
Year: 2015

Notulae alla checklist della flora vascolare italiana: 2104. Anacyclus radiatus Loisel. subsp. radiatus (Asteraceae)

Tomaselli V, Terzi M
Year: 2015

Distribuzione, ecologia e stato di conservazione delle popolazioni a Stipa austroitalica Martinovský s.l. (specie di interesse comunitario) in Italia

Paura B, Caldarella O, Gianguzzi L, Terzi M, Uzunov D
Year: 2014

Numerical Analysis of the order Scorzoeneretalia villosae

Terzi M
Year: 2014

Notulae alla checklist della flora vascolare italiana

Tomaselli V, Terzi M
Year: 2014

Translating land cover/land use classifications to habitat taxonomies for landscape monitoring: a Mediterranean assessment

Tomaselli V, Dimopoulos P, Marangi C, Kallimanis AS, Adamo M, Tarantino C, Panitsa M, Terzi M, Veronico G, Lovergine F, Nagendra H, Lucas R, Mairota P, M
Year: 2013

Translating land cover/land use classifications to habitat taxonomies for landscape monitoring: a Mediterranean assessment

Tomaselli V, Dimopoulos P, Marangi C, Kallimanis AS, Adamo M, Tarantino C, Panitsa M, Terzi M, Veronico G, Lovergine F, Nagendra H, Lucas R, Mairota P, Mücher S, Blonda P
Year: 2013

Comparison of Land Cover/Land Use and Habitat classification systems for Habitat mapping from space: strengths and weaknesses evidenced in Mediterranean sites of Natura 2000 network

Tomaselli V, Dimopoulos P, Marangi C, Kallimanis AS, Adamo M, Tarantino C, Panitsa M, Terzi M, Veronico G, Lovergine F, Nagendra H, Lucas R, Mairota P, Mà¼cher CA, Blonda P
Year: 2013

Characterization of plant diversity of pastures and volatile organic compound (voc) analysis in ewe’s milk from a typical farm system in the Alta Murgia National Park (Southern Italy): opportunities for a sustainable land use

Ciani E, Tedone L, Terzi M, De Cillis FM, Castellana E, Fracchiolla M
Year: 2012

Nomenclatural Revision for the Order Scorzonero-Chrysopogonetalia

Terzi M
Year: 2011

Analisi delle specie Indicatrici applicata alle comunità a Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky e relative problematiche sintassonomiche

Terzi M, Di Pietro R, D’Amico
Year: 2010

Application of Indicator Species Analysis to communities with Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky and relevant syntaxonomic problems

Terzi M, Di Pietro R, D’Amico FS
Year: 2010

Chasmophytic vegetation of the class Asplenietea trichomanis in south-eastern Italy

Terzi M, D’Amico FS
Year: 2008