Gianluigi Ottaviani
Researcher
+420380720377
gianluigi.ottaviani@ibot.cas.cz
I am a plant functional ecologist, with a special focus on functional (island) biogeography. I have a broad interest in examining plant-environment links at different scales and across different gradients in relation to aboveground and belowground compartments. I am particularly intrigued by exploring which plant traits and strategies promote or hinder species persistence in insular systems and refugia.
Expertise:
trait-based plant functional ecology, functional biogeography, biomass and trait scaling relationships, conservation
Education:
The University of Western Australia (Ph.D)
Employment:
Researcher at the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Field experience:
Temperate grasslands (Central Apennines, Italy; Zelezne Hory & Trebic, Czech Republic); Mediterranean herbfields, shrublands, woodlands on and around granite outcrops in SW Australia. My specific skills relate to sampling whole-plant (above- and belowground) functional traits, soil and (micro)climate parameters.
Selected publications:
1. Ottaviani G, Keppel G, Götzenberger L, Harrison S, Opedal Ø, Conti L, Liancourt P, Klimešová J, Silveira FAO, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Negoita L, Doležal J, Hájek M, Ibanez T, Méndez-Castro FE, Chytrý M (2020) Linking plant functional ecology to island biogeography. Trends in Plant Science 25: 329–339
2. Ottaviani G, Molina-Venegas R, Charles-Dominique T, Chelli S, Campetella G, Canullo R, Klimešová J (2020) The neglected belowground dimension of plant dominance. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35: 763–766
3. Klimešová J, Martínková J, Ottaviani G (2018) Belowground plant functional ecology: towards an integrated perspective. Functional Ecology 32: 2115–2126
4. Klimešová J, Martínková J, Pausas JG, de Moraes MG, Herben T, Yu F-H, Puntieri J, Vesk PA, de Bello F, Janeček Š, Altman J, Appezzato-da-Glória B, Bartušková A, Crivellaro A, Doležal J, Ott JP, Paula S, Schnablová R, Schweingruber FH, Ottaviani G (2019) Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 40: 125485
5. Keppel G, Ottaviani G, Harrison S, Wardell-Johnson G, Marcantonio M, Mucina L (2018) Towards an eco-evolutionary understanding of endemism hotspots and refugia. Annals of Botany 122: 927–934
6. Ottaviani G, Lubbe FC, Lepš J, Lisner A, Martínková J, Mudrák O, Klimešová J (2021) Strong impact of management regimes on rhizome biomass across Central European temperate grasslands. Ecological Applications 31: e02317
7. Klimešová J, Ottaviani G, Charles-Dominique T, Campetella G, Canullo R, Chelli S, Janovský Z, Lubbe FC, Martínková J, Herben T (2021) Incorporating clonality into the plant ecology research agenda. Trends in Plant Science 26: 1236–1247
8. Méndez-Castro FE, Conti L, Chytrý M, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Hájek M, Horsák M, Zelený D, Malavasi M, Ottaviani G (2021) What defines insularity for plants in edaphic islands? Ecography 44: 1249–1258
9. Klimešová J, Mudrák O, Martínková J, Lisner A, Lepš J, Filartiga AL, Ottaviani G (2021) Are belowground clonal traits good predictors of ecosystem functioning in temperate grasslands? Functional Ecology 35: 787–795
10. Ottaviani G, Marcantonio M (2021) Precipitation seasonality promotes acquisitive and variable leaf water-economics traits in southwest Australian granite outcrop species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 411–417
Research topics and projects:
functional island biogeography; trait-based plant ecology, biomass scaling, multifunctional and multifaceted approaches, plant persistence strategies. Current project entitled “Functional biogeography of insular habitats: do clonality and longevity determine plant persistence?” [Jan 2019-June 2022] funded by the Czech Science Foundation dedicated to Junior Researchers [GACR Project 19-14394Y].