{"id":148513,"date":"2025-05-12T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/margherita-gioria-194627-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:41:25","slug":"margherita-gioria-194627-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/margherita-gioria-194627-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Margherita Gioria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professore Associato &#8211; Dipartimento di Biologia | Tel.: 050 2212412 &#8211; Email: margherita.gioria@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"194627","unipi-persone-nome":"Margherita","unipi-persone-cognome":"Gioria","unipi-persone-email":"margherita.gioria@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Current position: Associate Professor, Environmental and Applied Botany, BIO\/03<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEducation <br \/>\r\n2007 \tPh.D. Botany, University College Dublin, Ireland\t<br \/>\r\n2005\tPostgraduate Certificate in Research Methods, University College Dublin, Ireland<br \/>\r\n2003\tM.Sc.(Agr.) Environmental Resource Management (Honors), University College Dublin<br \/>\r\n1999\tLaurea in Economia e Commercio, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Torino (cum laude)<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAcademic positions<br \/>\r\n2014 \u2013 2023\tResearch Fellow, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic<br \/>\r\n2017 \u2013 2018 \tResearch Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland<br \/>\r\n2014 \u2013 2018 \tVisiting Lecturer, University College Dublin, Ireland<br \/>\r\n2012 \u2013 2013 \tW1 Professor of Plant Ecology, GeoEcology and Modelling, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany\t\t<br \/>\r\n2008 \u2013 2011 \tResearch Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland<br \/>\r\n2007 \u2013 2008 \tPost-doctoral Researcher, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nVisiting Academic Positions <br \/>\r\n2019 \tVisiting Fellow, University of Pisa, Italy<br \/>\r\n2011 \tVisiting Researcher, University of Siena, Italy<br \/>\r\n2011 \tVisiting Researcher, University of Konstanz, Germany<br \/>\r\n2010 \tVisiting Researcher, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nProjects <br \/>\r\n2019 \u2013 2021\tGA&#268;R (Czech Science Foundation) \u2013 Principal Investigator. Project: \u201cLive long, spread fast: the role of seed persistence in plant invasions.\u201d <br \/>\r\n2019 \u2013 2021\tGA&#268;R (Czech Science Foundation) \u2013 Principal Investigator. Project: \u201cTiming is everything: the role of soil seed banks in plant invasions\u201d<br \/>\r\n2007 \u2013 2011 \tEnvironmental Protection Agency Ireland \u2013 Principal Investigator. Project: \u201cThe effects of agriculture on freshwater biodiversity\u201d<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEditorial work <br \/>\r\n2017 \u2013 present \tAssociate Editor, Biological Invasions <br \/>\r\n2010 \u2013 2019 \tSubject Editor, Ecosphere","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"Per appuntamenti scrivere a margherita.gioria@unipi.it","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"Via Derna 1, Pisa - SEEDPLANT Group - Secondo Piano","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"Mercoledi 12:00 - 14:00 (su appuntamento)","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2212412","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=061879","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=061879&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Botanica Ambientale e Applicata BIOS-01\/C","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Associato","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp280783","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1342567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seed germination traits reveal naturalization potential: Global insights from temperate European herbaceous species<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, Margherita; Fern\u00e1ndez-pascual, Eduardo; Rosbakh, Sergey; Cruz Tejada, Diana Mar\u00eda; Dawson, Wayne; Essl, Franz; Kreft, Holger; Lukacs, Katalin; Pergl, Jan; Pinzani, Lorenzo; Van Kleunen, Mark; Wagner, Markus; Weigelt, Patrick; Py\u0161ek, Petr; Carta, Angelino - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Habitats Supporting Dytiscid Life<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, Margherita; Feehan, John - 2023 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chapter 10. Habitats supporting dytiscid life<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M; Feehan, J - 2023 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The \u2018WATTLES\u2019 Invasion Syndrome<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Novoa, Ana; Wilson, John R.; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Gioria, Margherita; Py\u0161ek, Petr; Richardson, David M. - 2023 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why are invasive plants successful?<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, Margherita; Hulme, Philip E.; Richardson, David M.; Py\u0161ek, Petr - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changes in the functional and phylogenetic diversity of above- and below-ground plant communities invaded by two alien herbs<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M; Carta, A; Balogianni, V; Fornara, D; Pysek, P; Osborne, Ba - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1351367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editorial: Biological invaders: Always the bad guys?<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Osborne, Bruce Arthur; Gioria, Margherita - 2022 - 1.2 Recensione in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1233689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gunnera tinctoria invasions increase, not decrease, earthworm abundance and diversity<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Cruz Mantoani, Maur\u00edcio; Talal Alhakami, Fawzah; Fearon, Hannah; Gioria, Margherita; Schmidt, Olaf; Arthur Osborne, Bruce - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soil seed banks under a warming climate<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M; Osborne, Ba; Py\u0161ek, P - 2022 - 2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio))<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1181168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long-term seed burial reveals differences in the seed-banking strategies of naturalized and invasive alien herbs<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Moravcov\u00e1, Lenka; Carta, Angelino; Py\u0161ek, Petr; Sk\u00e1lov\u00e1, Hana; Gioria, Margherita - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1134206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate shapes the seed germination niche of temperate flowering plants: a meta-analysis of European seed conservation data<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Carta, Angelino; Fern\u00e1ndez-Pascual, Eduardo; Gioria, Margherita; M\u00fcller Jonas, V; Rivi\u00e8re, St\u00e9phane; Rosbakh, Sergey; Saatkamp, Arne; Vandelook, Filip; Mattana, Efisio - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1119840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Persistent soil seed banks promote naturalisation and invasiveness in flowering plants<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M.; Carta, A.; Baskin, C. C.; Dawson, W.; Essl, F.; Kreft, H.; Pergl, J.; van Kleunen, M.; Weigelt, P.; Winter, M.; Pysek, P. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1076305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seed persistence in the soil promotes naturalization and invasiveness in seed plants<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M.; Carta, A.; Baskin, C. C.; Dawson, W.; Essl, F.; Kreft, H.; Pergl, J.; Weigelt, P.; Winter, M.; van Kleunen, M.; Moravcov\u00e1, L.; Sk\u00e1lov\u00e1, H.; Py\u0161ek, P. - 2020 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1070259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phylogenetic relatedness mediates persistence and density of soil seed banks<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M.; Pysek, P.; Baskin, C. C.; Carta, A. - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1219554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing invasions by terrestrial alien plants in Ireland: challenges and opportunities<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gioria, M; O\u2019Flynn, C; Osborne, B - 2019 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-didattica":"<ul class=\"registri-list\"><li>Monitoraggio della vegetazione negli ecosistemi terrestri (cod. 0014E) per Laurea Magistrale in Scienze ambientali<\/li><li>Monitoraggio della vegetazione negli ecosistemi terrestri (cod. 0014E) per Laurea Magistrale in Scienze dell&#039;ambiente e del clima<\/li><li>Plant ecology and global change (cod. 0043E) per Laurea in Scienze biologiche<\/li><li>Strategie di gestione e monitoraggio della biodiversit\u00e0 in aree protette (cod. 0086P) per Laurea Magistrale in Conservazione ed evoluzione<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-codocenze":"<h4 class=\"mt-2\">Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli\/insegnamenti<\/h4><ul><li>Biostatistica (Cod. 130PP) per Laurea Magistrale in Biologia marina<\/li><li>Biostatistica (Cod. 130PP) per Laurea Magistrale in Biologia marina<\/li><li>Biostatistica (Cod. 130PP) per Laurea Magistrale in Biologia marina<\/li><li>Biostatistica (Cod. 130PP) per Laurea Magistrale in Biologia marina<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-interessi-ricerca":"","_wpml_word_count":"14","_last_translation_edit_mode":"translation-editor","_elementor_page_assets":[]},"organizzazioni":[3588],"class_list":["post-148513","unipi_persone","type-unipi_persone","status-publish","hentry","organizzazioni-dipartimento-di-biologia-409999-en"],"email":"margherita.gioria@unipi.it","telefono":"050 2212412","content_plain":"Professore Associato &#8211; 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