M. Sc. Eleonora Franceschi

Research and consultancy

- Growth and ecosystem services of urban trees
- Urban climate and microclimatic influences on the growth of urban trees
- Human meteorology

Publications

• Pattnaik, N.; Honold, M.; Franceschi, E.; Moser-Reischl, A.; Rötzer, T.; Pretzsch, H.; Pauleit, S.; Rahman, M. A.: Growth and cooling potential of urban trees across different levels of imperviousness. Journal of Environmental Management 361, 2024, 121242, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121242
• Rahman, M. A.; Arndt, S.; Bravo, F.; Cheung, P. K.; van Doorn, N.; Franceschi, E.; del Río, M.; Livesley, S. J.; Moser-Reischl, A.; Pattnaik, N.; Rötzer, T.; Paeth, H.; Pauleit, S.; Preisler, Y.; Pretzsch, H.; Tan, Puay Y.; Cohen, S.; Szota, C.; Torquato, P. R.: More than a canopy cover metric: Influence of canopy quality, water-use strategies and site climate on urban forest cooling potential. Landscape and Urban Planning 248, 2024, 105089, doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105089
• Rahman, M. A.; Franceschi, E.; Reischl, A.; Pretzsch, H.; Pauleit, S.; Rötzer, T.: Wachstum, Verdunstung und Kühlleistung von Stadtbäumen unter Trockenstress. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege. Haymarket Media, 2024, 68-78
• Reischl, A.; Franceschi, E.; Rahman, M.; Pauleit, S.; Pretzsch, H.; Rötzer, T.: Einfluss der künstlichen Bewässerung auf das Wachstum und die Ökosystemleistungen von Stadtbäumen. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege. Haymarket Media, 2024, 103-110
• Rötzer, T.; Reischl, A.; Franceschi, E.; Dervishi, V.; Rahman, M.; Pauleit, S.; Pretzsch, H.: Ein interaktiver Leitfaden zur Bestimmung von Wachstum, Struktur und Ökosystemleistungen von Stadtbäumen. In: Jahrbuch der Baumpflege. Haymarket Media, 2024, 52-67
• Franceschi, E., Moser-Reischl, A., Honold, M., Rahman, M.A., Pretzsch, H., Pauleit, S., Rötzer, T.: Urban environment, drought events and climate change strongly affect the growth of common urban tree species in a temperate city. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023, 128083, doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128083
• Franceschi, E., Moser-Reischl, A., Rahman, M.A., Pauleit, S., Pretzsch, H., Rötzer, T.: Crown Shapes of Urban Trees - Their Dependences on Tree Species, Tree Age and Local Environment, and Effects on Ecosystem Services. Forests, 2022, 13, 748, p. 19, doi: 10.3390/f13050748
• Amer, A., Franceschi, E., Hjazin, A., Shoqeir, J.H., Moser-Reischl, A., Rahman, M.A., Tadros, M., Pauleit, S., Pretzsch, H., Rötzer, T.: Structure and Ecosystem Services of Three Common Urban Tree Species in an Arid Climate City. Forests, 2023, 14, 671. doi: 10.3390/f14040671
• Hartmann, C., Moser-Reischl, A., Rahman, M.A., Franceschi, E., von Strachwitz, M., Pauleit, S., Pretzsch, H, Rötzer, T., Paeth, H.: The footprint of heat waves and dry spells in the urban climate of Wuerzburg, Germany, deduced from a continuous measurement campaign during the anomalously warm years 2018 bis 2020. Meteorol. Z. (Contrib. Atm. Sci.), 2023, doi: 10.1127/metz/2023/1151
• Shashua-Bar, L., Rahman, M.A., Moser-Reischl, A., Peeters, A., Franceschi, E., Pretzsch, H., Rötzer, T., Pauleit, T., Winters, G., Groner, E., Cohen, S.: Do urban tree hydraulics limit their transpirational cooling? A comparison between temperate and hot arid climates. Urban Climate 49, 2023, 101554, (p.17), doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101554
• Rahman, M.A., Franceschi, E., Pattnaik, N., et al. Spatial and temporal changes of outdoor thermal stress: influence of urban land cover types. Sci Rep 12, 671, 2022, doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04669-8

Biography

• Since May 2023: Coordination of the "Center for Urban Nature and Climate Adaptation" at the Chair of Strategy and Management of Landscape Development, TU Munich.
• Since April 2020: PhD student in the project "CUT - Influence of trees on urban climate in climate change: Mechanisms and environmental services of urban tree species in large cities of temperate, Mediterranean and arid climate zones" at the Chair of Forest Growth Science, TU Munich
• 10/2017-03/2020 Intern and assistant scientist at Helmholtz Zentrum München (Group: Environmental Risks)
• 10/2016-09/2019 Master studies “Climate and Environmental Sciences” at the University of Augsburg incl. internship and master thesis at Helmholtz Zentrum München
• 10/2013-09/2016 Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences (minor in Meteorology and Climatology) at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Università degli Studi di Padova (IT) and Universidad de Huelva (ES)