Dino TORRI

Research personnel
Research associate
dino.torri (at) irpi.cnr.it
Via della Madonna Alta, 126 06128, Perugia
Perugia


geomorphology

Fanfarillo, E., Torri, D., Angiolini, C., Bacaro, G., Bonari, G., Cangelmi, G., Cannucci, S., Coppi, A., Giorgi, P.D., Simone, L.D., Fiaschi, T., Fontana, D., Franzoni, J., Giacò, A., Lazzaro, L., Marignani, M., Mugnai, M., Pinzani, L., Rocchini, D., Stinca, A., Tiburtini, M., Maccherini, S., 2023. Chronicle of a death foretold: The vanishing of an emblematic cultural landscape results in the loss of its unique plant communities. Global Ecology and Conservation 47, e02655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02655

Dino Torri, Mauro Rossi, Giulia Margaritelli, Simona Maccherini, Claudia Angiolini, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Tiberio Fiaschi, Irene Mazza, Elena Salerni, Claudia Perini , Leonardo Favilli, 2022. IL TERRITORIO DI ASCIANO, pagg. 11-24,  in Carta archeologica della provincia di Siena, vol XIV, Asciano. a cura di F. Brogi, Nuova Immagine, ISBN 978-88-7145-415-3.

Rossi, M., Torri, D., De Geeter, S., Cremer, C., Poesen, J., 2022. Topographic thresholds for gully head formation in badlands. Earth Surf Processes Landf esp.5473. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5473

Todisco, F., Vergni, L., Vinci, A., Torri, D., 2022. Infiltration and bulk density dynamics with simulated rainfall sequences. CATENA 218, 106542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106542

Agostini, M., Mondini, A.C., Torri, D., Rossi, M., 2021. Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms esp.5259. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5259

Vanmaercke, M., Panagos, P., Vanwalleghem, T., Hayas, A., Foerster, S., Borrelli, P., Rossi, M., Torri, D., Casali, J., Borselli, L., Vigiak, O., Maerker, M., Haregeweyn, N., De Geeter, S., Zgłobicki, W., Bielders, C., Cerdà, A., Conoscenti, C., de Figueiredo, T., Evans, B., Golosov, V., Ionita, I., Karydas, C., Kertész, A., Krása, J., Le Bouteiller, C., Radoane, M., Ristić, R., Rousseva, S., Stankoviansky, M., Stolte, J., Stolz, C., Bartley, R., Wilkinson, S., Jarihani, B., Poesen, J., 2021. Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art. Earth-Science Reviews 218, 103637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103637

Vinci, A., Todisco, F., Vergni, L., & Torri, D., 2020. A comparative evaluation of random roughness indices by rainfall simulator and photogrammetry. Catena, 188 doi:10.1016/j.catena.2020.104468

Maccherini S., Santi E., Torri D., 2019. Germinable Soil Seed Bank in Biancana Badlands. Diversity, 11, 223; doi:10.3390/d11120223.

Zgłobicki W., Poesen J., Cohen M., Del Monte M., García-Ruiz J.M., Machová Z., Martín-Duque J.F., Nadal-Romero E., Pica A., Rey F., Solé-Benet A., Soms J., Stankoviansky M., Stolz Ch., Torri D., Vergari F., 2019. The potential of permanent gullies in Europe as geomorphosites. Geoheritage, 11: 217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-017-0252-1.

Torri D., Poesen J., Rossi M., Amici V., Spennacchi D., Cremer C., 2018. Gully head modeling: a Mediterranean badland case study. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43: 2547–256, DOI: 10.1002/esp.4414

Torri, D., Rossi, M., Brogi, F., Marignani, M., Bacaro, G., Santi, E., Tordoni, E., Amici, V., Maccherini, S., 2018. Chapter 4 - Badlands and the Dynamics of Human History, Land Use, and Vegetation Through Centuries, in: Nadal-Romero, E., Martínez-Murillo, J.F., Kuhn, N.J. (Eds.), Badlands Dynamics in a Context of Global Change. Elsevier, pp. 111–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813054-4.00004-6

Maccherini S., Marignani M., Santi E., Torri D., 2019.  “Le biancane delle Crete Senesi e della Val d’Orcia: erosione, copertura vegetale e impatto antropico”, Etruria Natura XIII - 2019, the journal of the Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Siena, 43-53.

Torri, D., Rossi, M., Brogi, F., Marignani, M., Bacaro, G., Santi, E., Tordoni, E., Amici, V., Maccherini, S., 2018. Chapter 4 - Badlands and the Dynamics of Human History, Land Use, and Vegetation Through Centuries, in: Nadal-Romero, E., Martínez-Murillo, J.F., Kuhn, N.J. (Eds.), Badlands Dynamics in a Context of Global Change. Elsevier, pp. 111–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813054-4.00004-6

 Amici V., Maccherini S., Santi E., Torri D., Vergari F., Del Monte M., 2017. Long-term patterns of change in a vanishing cultural landscape: a GIS-based assessment. Ecological Informatics 37, 38–51. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.11.008 

Hooke J., Barberá G.,   Cammeraat L.H., Poesen J., Torri D., and van Wesemael B., 2017. Chapter 1, Introduction. In Hooke J., and Sandercock P. (eds.), Combating Desertification and Land Degradation - Spatial Strategies Using Vegetation. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 1-12.

Hooke J., Sandercock P., Cammeraat L.H., Lesschen J.P., Borselli L., Torri D., Meerkerk A., van Wesemael B., Miguel Marchamalo, Barberá G., Boix-Fayos C., Castillo V., and Navarro-Cano J.A., 2017. Chapter 2: Mechanisms of Degradation and Identification of Connectivity and Erosion Hotspots. In Hooke J., and Sandercock P. (eds.), Combating Desertification and Land Degradation - Spatial Strategies Using Vegetation. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 13-38.

Hooke J., Sandercock P., Barberá G., Castillo V., Cammeraat L.H., De Baets S., Poesen J., Torri D., and van Wesemael B., 2017. Chapter 5: Synthesis and Application of Spatial Strategies for Use of Vegetation to Minimise Connectivity, In Hooke J., and Sandercock P. (eds.), Combating Desertification and Land Degradation - Spatial Strategies Using Vegetation. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 105-124. 

Bacaro G., Rocchini D., Diekermann M., Gasparini P., Gioria M., Maccherini S., Marcantonio M., Amici V., Landi S., Torri D., Castello M., Altobelli A., Chiarucci A., 2015. Shape matters in sampling plant diversity: evidence from the field. Ecological Complexity. 12/2015, 24, 37-45. DOI:10.1016/j.ecocom.2015.09.003

Bacaro G., Maccherini S., Chiarucci A., Jentsch A., Rocchini D., Torri D., Gioria M., Otto R.,. Escudero C. G., Fernandez-Lugo S., Fernandez-Palacios J.M., Arévalo J.R., 2015. Distributional patterns of endemic, native and alien species along a roadside elevational gradient in Tenerife, Canary Islands.  Community Ecology. In press

Fiorucci F., Ardizzone F., Rossi M., Torri D., 2015. The use of stereoscopic satellite images to map rills and ephemeral gullies. Remote Sensing, 7, 14151-14178; doi:10.3390/rs71014151.

Rossi M., Torri D., Santi e., 2015. Bias in topographic thresholds for gully heads . Natural Hazards, 79, S51–S69.  DOI 10.1007/s11069-015-1701-2

Nasri B., Fouché O., and Torri D.B., 2015. Coupling published pedotransfer functions for the estimation of bulk density and saturated hydraulic conductivity in stony soils. Catena, 121, 99-108.

Bacaro G., Ricotta C., Marignani M., Torri D., and Chiarucci A., 2014. Using Shannon’s recursivity to summarize forest structural diversity. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods,  23, 3, 211–216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2013.844933\.

Santi E., Tarantino C., Amici V., Bacaro G, Blonda P., Borselli L.. Rossi M.. Tozzi S., Torri D., 2014. Fine-scale spatial distribution of biomass using satellite images. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment (AcademicJournals), 6(2), 75-86. DOI: 10.5897/JENE2013.0416

Torri D., and Poesen, J., 2014. A review of topographic threshold conditions for gully head development in different environments. Earth Science Review.130, 73-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.12.006

Kosmas C.,  Kairis Or. , …, Torri D., ...  et al., 2013. Evaluation and Selection of Indicators for Land Degradation and Desertification Monitoring: Methodological Approach. Environmental Management,  DOI 10.1007/s00267-013-0109-6.

Kairis Or., Kosmas C.,   …, Torri D., et al., ... 2013. Evaluation and Selection of Indicators for Land Degradation and Desertification Monitoring: Types of Degradation, Causes, and Implications for Management. Environmental Management, DOI 10.1007/s00267-013-0110-0.

Nadal-Romero E., Yair A., and Torri D., 2013. Updating the badlands experience – preface. Catena, 106;1-3.

Torri D., Santi E., Marignani M., Rossi M., Borselli L., Maccherini S., 2013. The recurring cycles of biancana badlands: erosion, vegetation and human impact. Catena, 106:22-30 doi:10.1016/j.catena.2012.07.001.

Torri D., Poesen J.,  Borselli L., Bryan R.,  Rossi M., 2012. Spatial variation of bed roughness in eroding rills and gullies. Catena. 90, 76–86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2011.10.004.

Borselli L., Torri D., Poesen J., Iaquinta P., 2012. A robust algorithm for estimating probable values of soil erodibility in different climates. Catena. 97, 85-94.

D Torri, L Borselli, SL Gariano, R Greco, P Iaquinta, G Iovine, J Poesen, OG Terranova, 2012. Identifying gullies in the Mediterranean environment by coupling a complex threshold model and a GIS. Rendiconti online Società Geologica Italiana, 21: 441-3.

T .Smets, L. Borselli, J. Poesen, D. Torri. 2011.  Evaluation of the EUROSEM model for predicting  the effects of  erosion-control blankets on runoff and interrill soil erosion by water. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 29; 285-297.

Maccherini, S.; Marignani, M.; Gioria, M.; Renzi, M.; Rocchini, D.; Santi, E.; Torri, D.; Tundo, J.; and Honnay, O. (2011). Determinants of plant community composition of remnant biancane badlands: a hierarchical approach to quantify species-environment relationships. Applied Vegetation Science, 1-Borselli  L., Torri D. , 2010. Soil roughness, slope and surface storage relationship for impervious areas. Journal of Hydrology 393 (2010) 389–400. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.09.002

Salvador Sanchis M.P., Torri D., Borselli L., Bryan R., Poesen J. , Yañez M. S., Cremer C., (2009). Rill and gully junctions: estimating the parameters of the width-discharge relation in the field. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/esp.1887.

Borselli L., Cassi P., Torri D., 2008. Prolegomena to sediment and flow connectivity in the landscape: A GIS and field numerical assessment. Catena 75, 268–277 DOI-10.1016 J.Catena.2008.07.007.

De Baets, S., Torri, D., Poesen, J., Salvador, M.P., Meersmans, J., 2008. Modelling increased soil cohesion due to roots with EUROSEM. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms33(13): 1948-1963, published online in Wiley InterScience, (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/esp.1647.

Marignani M., Rocchini D., Torri D., Chiarucci A., Maccherini S.,2008. Planning restoration in a cultural landscape in Italy using an object-based approach and historical analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning 84 28–37

Salvador Sanchis M.P., Torri D., Borselli L., and Poesen J., 2008. Climate Effects on Soil Erodibility. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(7):1082 – 1097. published online in Wiley InterScience, (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10. 1002/esp.1604, 2007

Torri D., Poesen J., Borselli L., Knapen A., 2006. Channel width – flow discharge relationships for rills and gullies. Geomorphology, 76, 273-279.
De Alba S., Borselli L., Torri D., Pellegrini S., Bazzoffi P., 2006. Assessment of tillage erosion by mouldboard plough in Tuscany (Italy). Soil & Tillage Research, 85: 123- 142.

Torri D., Borselli L.,Guzzetti F., Calzolari M.C., Bazzoffi P., Ungaro F., Bartolini D. Salvador Sanchis M.P., 2006 . “Soil Erosion In Italy”. In J. Boardman and J. Poesen (eds) Soil Erosion in Europe, John Willey & Sons Ltd, West Sussex. England pp.243-261

Borselli L., Torri D., Øygarden L., De Alba S., Martínez-Casasnovas J.A., Bazzoffi P., Jakab G., 2006 . Land Levelling. In J. Boardman and J. Poesen (eds) Soil Erosion In Europe. John Willey & Sons Ltd, West Sussex. England pp. 643-658

Torri D. and Borselli L., 2003. Equation for high-rate gully erosion. Catena, 50, 449-467.

Torri D., Borselli L., Calzolari C., Yañez M.S. and Salvador Sanchis M.P., 2002. Soil erosion, land use,soil qualities and soil functions: effect of erosion. In Rubio J.L., Morgan R.P.C., Asins S. and Andreu V. (eds.) Man and Soil at the Third Millennium; Vol.I, Geoforma Ediciones S.L., Logroño, Spain, pp. 131-148.

Nachtergaele J., Poesen J., Sidorchuk A. and Torri D., 2002. Prediction of concentrated flow width in ephemeral gully channels. Hydrological Processes, 16, 1935-1953.

Torri D. and Borselli L., 2002. Clod movement and tillage tool characteristics for modelling tillage erosion. J. of Soil and Water Conservation, 57 (1), 24-28

Borselli L. and Torri D., 2001.Measurement of soil translocation by tillage using a non invasive electromagnetic method. J. of Soil and Water Conservation. 56, 2, 106-111.

Borselli L., Torri D., Poesen J., and Salvador Sanchis M.P., 2001. Impact of Rainwater Quality on Infiltration, Runoff and Interrill Erosion Processes. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26, 329-342.

Torri D., Calzolari C., Rodolfi G., 2000. Badlands in changing environment: an introduction. Catena, 40, 119-125

Morgan, R.P.C., Quinton, J.N., Smith, R.E., Govers, G., Poesen, J.W.A., Auerswald, K., Chisci, G., Torri, D. and Styczen, M.E., 1998. The European soil erosion model (EUROSEM): a process-based approach for predicting soil loss from fields and small catchments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 527-544.

Poesen, J., Torri, D., & Bunte, K. (1994). Effects of rock fragments on soil erosion by water at different spatial scales : a review. Catena, 23, 141-166

Torri, D., Colica, A. & Rockwell, D., 1994. Preliminary study of the erosion mechanisms in a biancana badland (Tuscany, Italy). Catena, 23, 281-294

Brunori, F., Penzo, M.C. & Torri, D. (1989) Soil shear strength: its measurement and soil detachability. CATENA, 16, 59-71.

Torri, D., Sfalanga, M. & Chisci, G. (1987). Threshold conditions for incipient rilling. CATENA Suppl. 8, 97-105.



 

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Research Interests:
soil erosion, gully erosion, sheet, rill and pipe erosion;  badlands; soil physics; slope hydrology; soil-vegetation interaction, biodiversity; tillage erosion, land levelling; desertification; ecology and ecosystem, landscape evolution, actual and historical antropic drivers,  effects of climate change; modelling and algorithm development.

Progetti in corso/On going projects:

 ecosystem dynamics, antropic and climate drivers, and geomorphological processes

Progetti passati/Past projects 

2010-2013  FP7 SPACE-2010-1 – 263435 – BIO_SOS “BIOdiversity multi-Source Monitoring System: from Space tO Species” Dec.2010-Nov.2013, (member of the coordination unit)

2009-2013  FP7 ENV-GA244088 FIRESENSE “Fire Detection and Management through a Multi-Sensor Network for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Areas from the Risk of Fire and Extreme Weather Conditions” 

2009-2010      Regione Calabria - POR 2000-06 1/1.4c “Pericolosità Legata ai Fenomeni di Intensa Erosione Idrica Areale e Lineare “

2007 – 2009    EC Integrated Project GOCE 037046 – “Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land - a global approach for local solutions (DESIRE)“

2004-2008      national delegate at the COST action 634 “ On- and Off-Site Environmental Impacts of Runoff and Erosion” 

2004-2007      SSPE-CT-2004-501516 “Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the Model of European Agriculture (MEA-Scope)”.

2004-2007      GOCE-CT-2003-505361 “Conditions for restoration and mitigation of desertified areas using vegetation (RECONDES)”.

1998-2003      National delegate at the COST Action 623 “Soil Erosion and Global Change”, 

1997-2001      ENV4-CT97-0687 “Modelling within-storm soil erosion dynamics (MWISED)”; responsible of the local research unit. 

1996-2000      FAIR3-CT96 1478 “Tillage erosion: current state, future trends and prevention (TERON)”.

1995 - 1997    CNR PS project. 'Foreste e produzioni forestali nel territorio montano'

1991-1994:     CEC-STEP 90-0053 “European soil erosion model (EUROSEM)

ecology andecosystem

Degree in Physics (University of Bologna, 1974)
Post-degree fellowship (1978-1982) at the Istitute for soil Study and Conservation (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), Florence, 1978-82 
Researcher of the Italian National Research Council since 1982 . Initially based at the Res. Centre for Soil Genesis, Classification and Cartography (Florence) and later at the Res. Institute for Hydro-geological Protection  (IRPI, Perugia) he was researcher untill 1999, first researcher until 2001 and then research director until retirement (2014, Feb.). Since 2014, March, associate researcher at CNR-IRPI