Edy FANTINATO

Position
Associate Professor
Roles
Member of the University Board of Sustainability
Telephone
041 234 8593 / Lab. 7739
E-mail
edy.fantinato@unive.it
Academic discipline
Systematic Botany [BIOS-01/B]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/edy.fantinato(personal record)
Office
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dais
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino
Room: office 003 (Delta building, ground floor)
Research Institute
Research Institute for Green and Blue Growth
Safety Role
Preposto di Laboratorio

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Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente Linea: Ecologia animale/vegetale
Area: Ambiente Linea: Pianificazione territorio
Area: Ambiente
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Valorizzazione di beni culturali
Area: Economia Linea: Sistema economico - modelli e metodi
ATALS Studying symbiotic scenarios linking Heritage assets and green areas to prepare Historic Cities to face Climate Changes
SSD:
CHIM/12
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Francesca Caterina IZZO
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Ecological intensification in agroecosystem
SSD:
BIO/03
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Sebastiano FAVARIN
Landscape restoration
SSD:
BIO/03
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Alberto CERCATO
Simone Marino PREO
Nature-based solutions for coastal sand dune restoration
SSD:
BIO/03
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Plant-Pollinator interaction networks
SSD:
BIO/02
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Sebastiano FAVARIN
Simone Marino PREO
Honey BEE VOLatility: An environmental index for assessing climatic risk impact on ecosystems service provision
Funding body:
MIUR - Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
/
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Luca DI CORATO
Marco LI CALZI
LIFE PollinAction Actions for boosting pollination in rural and urban areas
Funding body:
Comunità Europea
Type:
LIFE
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://lifepollinaction.eu/
Starting date:
Year: 2020 Length in months: 54
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Alberto CERCATO
Chiara FACCA
Stefano MALAVASI
Fabio PRANOVI
Simone Marino PREO
Parco della Pace: Progetto Pilota per la Biodiversità
Funding body:
Fondazione Cariverona
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2024 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA
Studying symbiotic scenarios linking Heritage assets and green areas to prepare Historic Cities to face Climate Changes – ATLAS
Funding body:
CCH 2023 - Climate & Cultural Heritage 2023
Type:
JPI Cultural Heritage
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2024 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Eleonora BALLIANA
Francesca Caterina IZZO
Simone Marino PREO
Elisabetta ZENDRI
Un nuovo “Volto”: Biodiversità nell’ex Cava
Funding body:
Fondazione CariVerona Bando CAPITALE NATURALE
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2024 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Gabriella BUFFA

Publication highlights

Zendri, Elisabetta; Fantinato, Edy Integrating green infrastructure and cultural heritage for urban planning in CITY AND ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS, vol. 30 (ISSN 2590-2520)
DOI 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5117107

Fantinato, Edy; Zendri, Elisabetta; Rummo, Rosario; Fiorin, Federico; Glasnović, Peter; Aronne, Giovanna; Della Bella, Andrea; Preo, Simone Marino; Buffa, Gabriella Species–park networks reflect the spatial structure of urban green infrastructure in URBAN ECOSYSTEMS, vol. 29 (ISSN 1083-8155)
DOI 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5117067

Fantinato, Edy; Manente, Sabrina; Gastaldi, Edoardo; Menegazzo, Andrea; Presotto, Francesco; Scapinello, Giovanni; Toniolo, Nicolò; Lorenzato, Leonardo; Buffa, Gabriella Linking leaf economic spectrum to floral resources along an environmental gradient in JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, vol. na (ISSN 0022-0477)
DOI 2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5096168

Fantinato, Edy; Sonkoly, Judit; Török, Péter; Buffa, Gabriella Patterns of pollination interactions at the community level are related to the type and quantity of floral resources in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, vol. nd (ISSN 0269-8463)
DOI 2021, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3744782

Fantinato E. The impact of (mass) tourism on coastal dune pollination networks in BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, vol. 236, pp. 70-78 (ISSN 0006-3207)
DOI - URL correlato 2019, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3746606

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Curriculum vitae

Edy Fantinato is Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. His teaching activities focus on plant ecology, biodiversity monitoring and sustainability. He is Coordinator of the Minor in Sustainability at the Ca’ Foscari International College.

His research focuses on plant reproductive ecology and biodiversity conservation, with particular emphasis on ecological networks, ecosystem restoration and urban ecology. He is the author of numerous studies published in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as technical reports and book chapters. He has participated in several international and national research and conservation projects, including LIFE16 NAT/IT/000589 “REDUNE” and LIFE19 NAT/IT/000848 “PollinAction” as Project Assistant, COST Action CA18201 “Conserve Plants” as co-leader of WG3 “Filling the gaps in plant conservation”, and the CH JPI project ATLAS (Studying symbiotic scenarios linking Heritage assets and green areas to prepare Historic Cities to face Climate Changes) as Principal Investigator for the Ca’ Foscari unit. He is also involved in research and applied projects funded at the regional level.

He is Secretary of the Italian Society of Vegetation Science (SISV) and a member of the Italian Botanical Society (SBI), the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), and the Associazione Scienza e Beni Culturali. He serves as Associate Editor of Vegetation Ecology and Diversity and is a member of the editorial boards of Discover Conservation, Frontiers in Plant Science, Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, and Palaearctic Grasslands.