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Elenco delle Pubblicazioni su riviste ISI

  • Cianflone G., Conforti M., Soleri S., Ietto F. (2021) - A preliminary data on slow-moving landslides-affected urban areas through geological, geomorphological and InSAR analysis.  Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, 1 (2021). DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2021-01.S-02
  • Gullà G., Conforti M., Borrelli L. (2021) - A refinement analysis of the shallow landslides susceptibility at regional scale supported by GIS-aided geo-database. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 12 (1), 2500–2543. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2021.1967204
  • Conforti M., Ietto F. (2021) - Modeling Shallow Landslide Susceptibility and Assessment of the Relative Importance of Predisposing Factors, through a GIS-Based Statistical Analysis. Geosciences, 11, 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11080333 
  • Buttafuoco G., Conforti M. (2021) - Improving Mean Annual Precipitation Prediction Incorporating Elevation and Taking into Account Support Size, Applied Sciences, 13, 880 https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060830
  • Buttafuoco G., Quarto R., Quarto F., Conforti M., Venezia A., Vitti C., Castrignanò A. (2021) - Taking into account change of support when merging heterogeneous spatial data for field partition. Precision Agriculture, 22: 586–607 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-020-09781-9.
  • Conforti M., Mercuri M., Borrelli L. (2021) - Morphological Changes Detection of a Large Earthflow Using Archived Images, LiDAR-Derived DTM, and UAV-Based Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing, 13, 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010120 .
  • Conforti M., Longobucco T., Scarciglia F., Niceforo G., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2020) - Interplay between soil formation and geomorphic processes along a soil catena in a Mediterranean mountain landscape: an integrated pedological and geophysical approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79:59.
  • Conforti M., Ietto F. (2020) - Influence of tectonics and morphometric features on the landslide distribution: a case study from the Mesima basin (Calabria, south Italy). Journal of Earth Sciences, 31(2), 393–409.
  • Riefolo C., Castrignanò A., Colombo C., Conforti M., Ruggieri S., Vitti C. Buttafuoco G. (2020) - Investigation of soil surface organic and inorganic carbon contents in a low-intensity farming system using laboratory visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 66(10), 1436–1448
  • Borrelli L., Conforti M., Mercuri M. (2019) - LiDAR and UAV System Data to Analyse Recent Morphological Changes of a Small Drainage Basin. Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8, 536.
  • Conforti M., Ietto F. (2019) - An integrated approach to investigate slope instability affecting infrastructures. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 78, 2355–2375. (Doi 10.1007/s10064-018-1311-9).
  • Conforti M., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2018) - Using laboratory Vis-NIR spectroscopy for monitoring some forest soil properties. Journal of soils and sediments, 18, 1009-1019 (DOI 10.1007/s11368-017-1766-5).
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G. (2017) - Assessing space-time variations of denudation processes and related soil loss from 1955 to 2016 in southern Italy (Calabria region). Environmental Earth Sciences, 76:457 (DOI 10.1007/s12665-017-6786-3).
  • Conforti M., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2017) - Monitoring soil organic carbon content using Vis-NIR spectroscopy: A case study in southern Italy. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 42, 38-41.
  • Conforti M., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2017) - Organic carbon and total nitrogen topsoil stocks, Biogenetic Natural Reserve “Marchesale” (Calabria region, southern Italy). Journal of maps, 13, 91–99.
  • Lucà F., Conforti M., Castrignanò A. M. Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G.  (2017) - Effect of calibration set size on prediction at local scale of soil carbon by Vis-NIR spectroscopy. Geoderma, 288, 175–183.
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., Rago V., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2016) - Soil loss assessment in the Turbolo catchment (Calabria, Italy). Journal of maps, 12, 815-825. (doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2015.1077168).
  •  Aucelli P.P.C. Conforti M., Della Seta M., Del Monte M., D’uva L., Rosskopf C.M., Vergari F. (2016) - Multi-Temporal Digital Photogrammetric Analysis for Quantitative Assessment of Soil Erosion Rates in the Landola Catchment of the Upper Orcia Valley (Tuscany, Italy). Land Degradation & Development, 27, 1075–1092. (DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2324).
  • Conforti M., Lucà F., Scarciglia F., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G.  (2016) - Soil carbon stock in relation to soil properties and landscape position in a forest ecosystem of southern Italy (Calabria region). Catena, Vol. 144, pp. 23-33.
  • Bertolotto P., Calienno L., Conforti M., D'Andrea E., Lo Monaco A., Magnani E., Marinšek A., Micali M., Picchio R., Sicuriello F., Spina R., Venanzi R. (2016) - Assessing indicators of forest ecosystem health. Annals of Silvicultural Research, 40, 64-69.
  • Becagli C., Bertini G., Cammarano M., Cantiani P., Čater M., Chiavetta U., Coletta V., Conforti M., D'Andrea E., Di Salvatore D., Fabbio G., Ferlan M., Ferreira A., Ferretti F., Giovannozzi Sermanni A., Kobler A., Kovač, M., Marinsek A., Micali M., Pellicone G., Planinšek Š., Rezaei N., Sicuriello F., Skudnik M., Tonti D. (2016) - Assessing the maintenance of forest resources and their contribution to carbon cycles. Annals of Silvicultural Research, 40, 55-63.
  • D’Andrea E., Micali M., Sicuriello F., Cammarano M., Sermanni A.G., Ferlan M., Skudnik M., Mali B., Čater M., Simončič P., Rezaie N., Mazzenga F., Magnani E., Bertolotto P., De Cinti B., Levanic T., Marinsek A., Kobal M., Ricca N., Coletta V., Conforti M., Pellicone G., Veltri A., Froio R., Buttafuoco G., Matteucci G. (2016) -  Did ManFor C.BD forest treatments influence carbon stock and sequestration?. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 11, 118-125.
  • Conforti M., Rago, V. Muto, F. Versace P. (2016) - GIS-based statistical analysis for assessing shallow-landslide susceptibility along the highway in Calabria (southern Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 39,155-158.
  • Rago V., Muto F., Armaş I., Conforti M. (2016) - Landslide susceptibility mapping using a spatial multi-criteria methodology in the town of Amendolara (southern Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 38, -84.
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G. (2016) - Interplay between land use changes and soil erosion in a small mountainous catchment in southern Italy. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 38, 25-28.
  • Conforti M., Froio R., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2015) - Visible and near infrared spectroscopy for predicting texture in forest soil: an application in Southern Italy. iForest, 8, 339-347. (doi: 10.3832/ifor1221-007).
  • Conforti M., Pascale S., Sdao F. (2015) - Mass movements inventory map of the Rubbio stream catchment (Basilicata - south Italy). Journal of maps, 11, 454-463.  (DOI:10.1080/17445647.2014.924038).
  • Conforti M., Castrignanò A., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F., Stelluti M., Buttafuoco G. (2015) - Laboratory-based Vis-NIR spectroscopy and partial least square regression with spatially correlated errors for predicting soil organic matter content. Catena,124, 60 - 67.
  • Conforti M., Muto F., Rago V., Critelli S. (2014) – Landslide inventory map of north-eastern Calabria (South Italy). Journal of maps, 11, 90 - 102.
  • Conforti M., Pascale S., Robustelli G., Sdao F. (2014) - Evaluation of prediction capability of the artificial neural networks for mapping landslide susceptibility in the Turbolo River catchment (northern Calabria, Italy). Catena, 113, 236-250
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., Leone A., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2013) - Studying the relationship between water-induced soil erosion and soil organic matter using Vis-NIR spectroscopy and geomorphological analysis: a case study in a southern Italy area. Catena, 110, 44-58.
  • Pascale S., Parisi S., Mancini A., Schiattarella M., Conforti M., Sole A., Murgante B., Sdao F., (2013) - Landslide susceptibility mapping using artificial neural network in the urban area of Senise and San Costantino Albanese (Basilicata, Southern Italy). Computational Science and Its Applications–ICCSA 2013, 473-488.
  • Conforti M., Pascale S., Pepe M., Sdao. F., Sole A., (2013) – Denudation processes and landforms map of the Camastra River catchment (Basilicata – South Italy). Journal of maps, 9, 444-445.
  • Rago V., Conforti M., Muto F., Critelli S., (2013) - Landslide susceptibility assessment in the Ferro Torrent (Calabria, south Italy) using GIS-based conditional analysis method. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 24, 257-259. (IF rivista: -; Nr. Citazioni fonte scopus: 3)
  • Conforti M., Robustelli G., Muto F., Critelli S. (2012) - Application and validation of bivariate GIS-based landslide susceptibility assessment for the Vitravo river catchment (Calabria, south Italy). Natural Hazards, 61, 127-141. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9781-0.
  • Buttafuoco G., Conforti M., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2012) - Assessing spatial propagation of error in soil erodibility factor using geostatistical stochastic simulation. Environmental Earth Sciences, 66, 1111-1125. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1317-0.
  • Aucelli P.P.C., Conforti M., Della Seta M., Del Monte M., D’Uva L., Rosskopf C.M., Vergari F. (2012) - Quantitative assessment of soil erosion rates: results from direct monitoring and digital photogrammetric analysis on the Landola catchment in the Upper Orcia Valley (Tuscany, Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, 1199-1201.
  • Conforti M., Filomena L., Muto F. (2012) - Integrating geological, geomorphological and GIS analysis to evaluate the spatial distribution of landslides in the Cino stream catchment (Calabria, south Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, 387-389.
  • Conforti M., Pascale S., Muto F., Robustelli G., Sdao F. (2012) - Neural Network model for predicting landslide susceptibility: a case study from Crotone Province (Calabria, South Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, 390-392.
  • Conforti M., Pascale S., Pastore V., Pepe M., Sdao F., Sole A. (2012) - Geomorphology and GIS analysis for mapping landslides in the Camastra basin (Basilicata, South Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, 1152-1154.
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., Leone A.P., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2012) - Soil erosion assessment using proximal spectral reflectance in VIS-NIR-SWIR region in sample area of Calabria region (southern Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21,  1202-1204.
  • Scarciglia F., Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., Robustelli G., Aucelli P.P.C., Morrone F., Casuscelli F., Palumbo G. (2012) - Integrated study of a soil catena in the Turbolo watershed (Calabria, southern Italy): soil processes, hydrology and geomorphic dynamics. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, 1215-1217.
  • Lucà F., Robustelli G., Conforti M., Fabbricatore D. (2011) - Geomorphological map of the Crotone Province(Calabria, South Italy). Journal of Maps, 7, 375-390. DOI:10.4113/jom.2011.1190.
  • Lucà F., Conforti M., Robustelli G. (2011) - Comparison of GIS based gullying susceptibility mapping using bivariate and multivariate statistics in Northern Calabria (South Italy). Geomorphology, 134, 297-308. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.006.
  • Conforti M., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2011) - Geomorphology and GIS analysis for mapping gully erosion susceptibility in the Turbolo catchment (Northern Calabria, Italy). Natural Hazards, 56, 881-898.

Elenco delle Pubblicazioni su riviste non ISI 

  • Conforti M., Muto F., Rago V., Critelli S., Versace P. (2016) - Suscettibilità di frana sulle grandi vie di comunicazione: caso studio autostrada A3, tratto Cosenza sud – Altilia (Calabria settentrionale). Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL - Memorie di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 134° (2016), Vol. 40, Parte II, pp. 79-97.
  • Rago V., Conforti M., Caloiero P., Iovine G., Teranova O., Muto F., Pascale S. (2016) - Problematiche di valutazione della suscettibilità da frana. L’esempio del bacino del torrente Turbolo (Calabria settentrionale). Geologi Marche, Vol 57, pp. 4 - 44.
  • Conforti M., Rago V., Muto F., Critelli S. (2014) - Caratterizzazione della franosità nel settore Ionico della Calabria settentrionale. Geologia Tecnica & Ambientale Vol. 2, pp. 9 - 25.
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G. (2014) - Vis-NIR spectroscopy for physical and chemical soil properties determination: an application to an area of southern Italy. Global Journal of Agricultural Innovation, Research & Development, Vol 1, pp. 17-26.
  • Conforti M., Froio R., Matteucci G., Caloiero T., Buttafuoco G. (2013) - Potentiality of laboratory visible and near infrared spectroscopy for determining clay content in forest soils: a case study from high forest beech (fagus sylvatica) in Calabria (southern Italy). International Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 11 pp. 49-64.
  • Conforti M., Critelli S. (2012) - Analisi dei processi denudazionali nel territorio compreso tra Belvedere Spinello e San Nicola dell’Alto, Crotone (Calabria orientale). Geologia Tecnica & Ambientale, Vol. 2, pp. 42-54.
  • Conforti M., Critelli S., Muto F., Carbone M. (2011) - Valutazione della suscettibilità da frana mediante un'analisi statistica in ambiente GIS: applicazione al bacino del T. Incinerato (Calabria Meridionale). Engeneering Hydro Enviromental Geology, Vol. 14, pp. 37-47
  • Pulice I., Scarciglia F., Leonardi L., Robustelli G., Conforti M., Cuscino M., Lupiano V., Critelli S. (2009) - Studio multidisciplinare di forme e processi denudazionali nell’area di Vrica (Calabria orientale). Memorie della Società Geografica Italiana, Vol. 87 n. II, 403-417.
  • Conforti M., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2009) - Suscettibilità da gully erosion nel bacino del T. Turbolo (Calabria Settentrionale): approccio multidisciplinare. Engineering Hydro Enviromental Geology, Vol. 11, pp. 83-92.

Elenco delle pubblicazioni in atti di convegno nazionali / internazionali (peer-reviewed)

  • Buttafuoco G., Quarto R., Quarto F., Conforti M., Venezia A., Vitti C., Castrignanò A. (2019) - Geophysical and spectrometric sensor data fusion approach for homogeneous within-field zone delineationPrecision agricolture,19 pp. 705-712.
  • Conforti M., Lucà F., Scarciglia F., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2016) - Assessing organic carbon stock at scale profile in forest soils of Calabria (Southern Italy). Proceedings del 40° Congresso Nazionale SISS - SUOLI di QUALITA' per una VITA di QUALITA'. Roma, 1 - 3 Dicembre 2015. pp. 151-158 (ISBN: 978-88-940679-3-4).
  • Lucà F., Conforti M., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2015) - Prediction of organic carbon and nitrogen in forest soil using visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Proceedings of the First Conference on Proximal Sensing Supporting Precision Agriculture. Near Surface Geoscience 2015. Torino, 6 - 10 September 2015. pp. 1-5 (DOI:10.3997/2214-4609.201413834).
  • Conforti M., Muto F., Rago V., Versace P. (2015) - Landslide spatial Risk assessment along the highway in Calabria (Southern Italy). Proceedings of the International Conference: GEORISKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THEIR MITIGATION, University of Malta - Valletta Campus 20-21 July 2015, pp. 297-302.
  • Rago V., Muto F., Armaş I., Conforti M., Gheorghe D. (2015) - Comparison of GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Methods In Amendolara Town (Southern Italy). Proceedings of the International Conference: GEORISKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THEIR MITIGATION, University of Malta - Valletta Campus 20-21 July 2015, pp. 325-333.
  • Conforti M., Lucà F., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2015) - Caratterizzazione di alcune proprietà di suoli forestali mediante la spettroscopia Vis-NIR: un caso studio in Calabria. Proceedings of the Workshop: Telerilevamento per la Difesa del Suolo e la Salvaguardia di Ambiente e Territorio”. Bologna, 04-05 giugno 2015, pp, 23-27.
  • Conforti M., Lucà F., Scarciglia F., Froio R., Matteucci G., Buttafuoco G. (2015) - Estimating organic carbon stock at soil profile scale of forest soils in an area of southern Italy. Workshop: Le geoscienze e il ciclo del carbonio”. Milano, 18-19 febbraio 2015, Abstract, 10. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Vol. 35(1) (2015), 12. DOI: 10.3301/ROL.2015.128.  ISSN: 2035-8008
  • Robustelli G., Scarciglia F., Pulice I., Lucà F., Pelle T., Conforti M., Fabbricatore D. (2014) – Evoluzione geomorfologica di lungo termine del paesaggio nell’Italia meridionale, Edited by C. Roskopf, P.P.C. Aucelli, 09/2014: Chapter: Evoluzione geomorfologica della Calabria: il ruolo del clima, della tettonica e dell’eustatismo: pp. 171-185; Arti Grafiche la Regione s.r.l., Campobasso, Italia. ISBN: 978-88-98248-17-9.
  • Muto F., Conforti M., Rago V., (2014) - Landslide susceptibility assessment”. In: “Aspetti idrologici e idraulici per il controllo dei movimenti franosi”. A cura di Capparelli G. e Greco R., XXXIV Convegno Nazionale di idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Bari, 7-10 Settembre, 2014, pp. 6-12.
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., (2013) - Using Vis-NIR spectroscopy to assess some soil properties in a sample area of southern Italy. Proceedings of the IX Conference Società Italiana di Biometria (SIB), Bressanone (BZ), 27-28 Giugno, 2013, pp. 151-154.
  • Buttafuoco G., Guagliardi I., Bastone L., Ricca N., Conforti M. (2013) - Using Reflectance Spectroscopy for the assessment of soil potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in agricultural soils: an application in southern Italy. Proceedings of the III Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing, Potsdam, Germania, 26-29 Maggio, 2013, pp. 236-240. (ISSN 0947-7314).
  • Conforti M., Buttafuoco G., Leone A.P., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2012) - VNIR spectrometry coupled with geostatistics for spatial prediction of soil degradation in sample area of Calabria region (southern Italy). Proceedings “3th Annual Hyperspectral Imaging Conference“, Roma, Italia, 15 – 16 May, 2012. Vol. 2, pp. 29-34.
  • Conforti M., Leone A.P., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2010) - Using visible near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for assessment of soil degradation in a test area of south Italy. Proceedings of the 1ST Italian-Russian Workshop on Water Erosion, Moscow, Russia, pp. 42-45.
  • Aucelli P.P.C., Baldassarre M.A., Conforti M., Della Seta M., Rosskopf C.M., Scarciglia F., Vergari F. (2010) - Assessment of present morphodynamics and related erosion rates by means of direct erosion monitoring and digital photogrammetric analysis: the case study of the Upper Orcia Valley (Tuscany, Italy). Proceedings of the 1ST Italian-Russian Workshop on Water Erosion, Moscow, Russia, pp. 23-26.
  • Angileri S., Aucelli P.P.C., Buccolini M., Conforti M., Conoscenti C., Del Monte M., Forleo M.B., Marino D., Marucci A., Materazzi M., Rosskopf C.M., Vergari F. (2010) - An integrated geomorphologic-economic approach for valuing direct damage in agricultural areas caused by erosion processes in a Mediterranean environment (Italy). Proceedings of the 1ST Italian-Russian Workshop on Water Erosion, Moscow, Russia, pp. 15 -18.
  •  Buttafuoco G., Conforti M., Leone A.P., Aucelli P.P.C., Robustelli G., Scarciglia F. (2010) - Prediction and error modelling of soil organic matter based on spectral reflectance and geostatistical stochastic simulation. Atti del convegno “4th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping”, Roma, Italia, 24 – 26 May, 2010. CDroom - Extended abstracts, pp. 1-8.