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2. Ecological features facilitating spread of alien plants along Mediterranean mountain roads
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Santoianni, Lucia Antonietta, Innangi, Michele, Varricchione, Marco, Carboni, Marta, La Bella, Greta, Haider, Sylvia, and Stanisci, Angela
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- 2024
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3. Methodological Proposal about the Role of Landscape in the Tourism Development Process in Rural Areas: The Case of Molise Region (Italy)
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Mastronardi Luigi, Giaccio Vincenzo, Giannelli Agostino, and Stanisci Angela
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landscape ,biodiversity ,agriculture ,tourism ,rural areas ,ecosystem services ,italy ,Agriculture ,Social Sciences - Abstract
The landscape has always been a fundamental factor in defining tourist flow attraction for local development. In this paper, landscape related to tourism have been analysed using three different measurements through appropriate performance indicators and rationalised with the aim of identifying a scheme of mutual relations. Applying advanced statistical methods of ranking and data synthesis, the area investigated (Molise, Italy) has been divided into different zones. Each area described has a specific relation between tourism and landscape useful in the implementation of optimal promotion strategies and valorisation of the area. In marginal areas, tourism can have an excellent growth potential, since they are characterized by the high quality of the landscape. However, the analysis highlights some gap areas, which means the existence of areas with high quality of the natural and agricultural landscape is not associated with an appropriate tourism development, or areas where the high tourism development is not associated with an appreciable quality of the landscape.
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- 2017
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4. Acacia saligna: an invasive species on the coast of Molise (southern Italy)
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Calabrese V, Frate L, Iannotta F, Prisco I, and Stanisci A
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Alien Species ,Acacia Saligna ,EC Priority Habitat ,Nitrophilous Species ,Molise ,Forestry ,SD1-669.5 - Abstract
Italy is one of the European countries most affected by biological invasions. In this study, we focused on the impact of Acacia saligna, an Australian invasive plant species, on the coastal ecosystem’s ecology and biodiversity along the sandy coasts of Molise (southern Italy). We analyzed data from 61 vegetation plots recorded in coastal pine forest and Mediterranean scrub habitats of Molise throughout the preparatory actions of the “LIFE Maestrale” project (NAT/IT/000262). In order to study the ecological impact of Acacia saligna comparing invaded and non-invaded areas, we first assigned the Ellenberg’s indicator values to each plant species, which were then used to relate the presence of Acacia saligna with ecological characteristics of sites through a generalized linear model (GLM). Our results showed a significant positive relationship between the presence of Acacia saligna and high levels of soil nutrients and, on the contrary, a negative relationship with the presence of mesophilic species, which are typical of the community interest habitats of pine forest (2270*). The use of ecological indicators is effective to pinpoint the ecological effects of biological invasions, as well as to evaluate habitat conservation state and to identify vulnerable native species.
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- 2017
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5. Assessing external exposome by implementing an Environmental Data Management System using Open Data
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Sofia Tagliaferro, Sara Maio, Federico Pirona, Ilaria Stanisci, Giuseppe Sarno, Patrizia Silvi, Marianthi Kermenidou, Nafsika Papaioannou, Reena Perchard, Igor Prpic, Kinga Polanska, Joanna Jerzynska, Elisabete Ramos, Joaquim Rovira, Jordina Belmonte, Janja Snoj Snoj Tratnik, Milena Horvat, David Kocman, Zdravko Spiric, Jacqueline Zickella, Salvatore Fasola, Stefania La Grutta, Velia Malizia, Laura Montalbano, EarlyFOOD, HEALS EXHES, Sandra Baldacci, and Isabella Annesi-Maesano
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Air quality ,Lifestyle ,Noise ,Pollen ,Pesticides ,Water quality ,Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Due to the increasing importance of exposome in environmental epidemiology, feasibility and usefulness of an Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) using Open Data was evaluated. The EDMS includes data from 10 European cities (Celje (Slovenia), Łódź (Poland), Manchester (UK), Palermo (Italy), Paris (France), Porto (Portugal), Regensburg (Germany), Reus (Spain), Rijeka (Croatia), Thessaloniki (Greece)) about external non-specific and specific exposome factors at the city or country level (2017–2020). Findings showed that the highest values of life expectancy were in Reus females (86 years) and Palermo males (81 years). UK had the highest obesity rate (28%), Croatia the highest prescribed drug consumption (62%), Greece and Portugal the highest smoking rates (37%, 42%) and daily alcohol consumption (21%), respectively. The most polluted cities were Thessaloniki for PM10 (38 µg/m3), Łódź for PM2.5 (25 µg/m3), Porto for NO2 (62 µg/m3) and Rijeka for O3 (92 µg/m3). Thessaloniki had the highest grey space (98%) and Łódź the highest cumulative amount of pollen (39,041 p/m3). The highest daily noise levels ≥ 55 dB was in Reus (81% to traffic) and Regensburg (21% to railway). In drinking water, arsenic had the highest value in Thessaloniki (6.4 µg/L), boron in Celje (24 mg/L) and lead in Paris (46.7 µg/L). Portugal and Greece showed the highest pesticide residues in food (7%). In conclusion, utilizing open-access databases enables the translation of research findings into actionable strategies for public health interventions.
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- 2024
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6. Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe
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Kambach, Stephan, Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Attorre, Fabio, Biurrun, Idoia, Boenisch, Gerhard, Bonari, Gianmaria, Čarni, Andraž, Carranza, Maria Laura, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Chytrý, Milan, Dengler, Jürgen, Garbolino, Emmanuel, Golub, Valentin, Güler, Behlül, Jandt, Ute, Jansen, Jan, Jašková, Anni, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, Kattge, Jens, Knollová, Ilona, Midolo, Gabriele, Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, Pielech, Remigiusz, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, Rūsiņa, Solvita, Šibík, Jozef, Stančić, Zvjezdana, Stanisci, Angela, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Yamalov, Sergey, Zimmermann, Niklaus E., and Bruelheide, Helge
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- 2023
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7. A new approach for assessing winning and losing plant species facing climate change on the GLORIA alpine summits
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Lodetti, Silvano, Orsenigo, Simone, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Stanisci, Angela, Tomaselli, Marcello, Petraglia, Alessandro, Carbognani, Michele, di Cecco, Valter, di Martino, Luciano, Rossi, Graziano, and Porro, Francesco
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- 2024
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8. Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines
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Rogora, M., Frate, L., Carranza, M. L., Freppaz, M., Stanisci, A., Bertani, I., Bottarin, R., Brambilla, A., Canullo, R., Carbognani, M., Cerrato, C., Chelli, S., Cremonese, E., Cutini, M., Di Musciano, M., Erschbamer, B., Godone, D., Iocchi, M., Isabellon, M., Magnani, A., Mazzola, L., di Cella, U. Morra, Pauli, H., Petey, M., Petriccione, B., Porro, F., Psenner, R., Rossetti, G., Scotti, A., Sommaruga, R., Tappeiner, U., Theurillat, J. -P., Tomaselli, M., Viglietti, D., Viterbi, R., Vittoz, P., Winkler, M., and Matteucci, G.
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Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution - Abstract
Mountain ecosystems are sensitive indicators of climate change. Long-term studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high-elevation ecosystems to climate change and other anthropogenic drivers. Mountain research sites within the LTER (Long-Term Ecosystem Research) network are representative of various types of ecosystems and span a wide bioclimatic and elevational range. Here, we present a synthesis and a review of the main results from long-term ecological studies in mountain ecosystems at 20 LTER sites in Italy, Switzerland and Austria. We analyzed a set of key climate parameters, such as temperature and snow cover duration, in relation to vascular species composition, plant traits, abundance patterns, pedoclimate, nutrient dynamics in soils and water, phenology and composition of freshwater biota. The overall results highlight the rapid response of mountain ecosystems to climate change. As temperatures increased, vegetation cover in alpine and subalpine summits increased as well. Years with limited snow cover duration caused an increase in soil temperature and microbial biomass during the growing season. Effects on freshwater ecosystems were observed, in terms of increases in solutes, decreases in nitrates and changes in plankton phenology and benthos communities. This work highlights the importance of comparing and integrating long-term ecological data collected in different ecosystems, for a more comprehensive overview of the ecological effects of climate change. Nevertheless, there is a need for i) adopting co-located monitoring site networks to improve our ability to obtain sound results from cross-site analysis, ii) carrying out further studies, with fine spatial and temporal resolutions to improve understanding of responses to extreme events, and iii) increasing comparability and standardizing protocols across networks to clarify local from global patterns., Comment: 30 pages plus references, 7 figures, 23 tables Paper from the LTER Europe and ILTER network
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- 2019
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9. Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe
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Stephan Kambach, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Fabio Attorre, Idoia Biurrun, Gerhard Boenisch, Gianmaria Bonari, Andraž Čarni, Maria Laura Carranza, Alessandro Chiarucci, Milan Chytrý, Jürgen Dengler, Emmanuel Garbolino, Valentin Golub, Behlül Güler, Ute Jandt, Jan Jansen, Anni Jašková, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Jens Kattge, Ilona Knollová, Gabriele Midolo, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Remigiusz Pielech, Valerijus Rašomavičius, Solvita Rūsiņa, Jozef Šibík, Zvjezdana Stančić, Angela Stanisci, Jens-Christian Svenning, Sergey Yamalov, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, and Helge Bruelheide
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Science - Abstract
Climatic variables are useful but often weak predictors of plant functional trait variation across ecosystems. Here the authors investigate how assigning plant communities to a habitat hierarchy improves the explanatory power of climate-trait relationships at the continental scale.
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- 2023
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10. SoilTemp: A global database of near‐surface temperature
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Lembrechts, Jonas J, Aalto, Juha, Ashcroft, Michael B, De Frenne, Pieter, Kopecký, Martin, Lenoir, Jonathan, Luoto, Miska, Maclean, Ilya MD, Roupsard, Olivier, Fuentes‐Lillo, Eduardo, García, Rafael A, Pellissier, Loïc, Pitteloud, Camille, Alatalo, Juha M, Smith, Stuart W, Björk, Robert G, Muffler, Lena, Backes, Amanda Ratier, Cesarz, Simone, Gottschall, Felix, Okello, Joseph, Urban, Josef, Plichta, Roman, Svátek, Martin, Phartyal, Shyam S, Wipf, Sonja, Eisenhauer, Nico, Pușcaș, Mihai, Turtureanu, Pavel D, Varlagin, Andrej, Dimarco, Romina D, Jump, Alistair S, Randall, Krystal, Dorrepaal, Ellen, Larson, Keith, Walz, Josefine, Vitale, Luca, Svoboda, Miroslav, Higgens, Rebecca Finger, Halbritter, Aud H, Curasi, Salvatore R, Klupar, Ian, Koontz, Austin, Pearse, William D, Simpson, Elizabeth, Stemkovski, Michael, Graae, Bente Jessen, Sørensen, Mia Vedel, Høye, Toke T, Calzado, M Rosa Fernández, Lorite, Juan, Carbognani, Michele, Tomaselli, Marcello, Forte, T'ai GW, Petraglia, Alessandro, Haesen, Stef, Somers, Ben, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, Björkman, Mats P, Hylander, Kristoffer, Merinero, Sonia, Gharun, Mana, Buchmann, Nina, Dolezal, Jiri, Matula, Radim, Thomas, Andrew D, Bailey, Joseph J, Ghosn, Dany, Kazakis, George, Pablo, Miguel A, Kemppinen, Julia, Niittynen, Pekka, Rew, Lisa, Seipel, Tim, Larson, Christian, Speed, James DM, Ardö, Jonas, Cannone, Nicoletta, Guglielmin, Mauro, Malfasi, Francesco, Bader, Maaike Y, Canessa, Rafaella, Stanisci, Angela, Kreyling, Juergen, Schmeddes, Jonas, Teuber, Laurenz, Aschero, Valeria, Čiliak, Marek, Máliš, František, De Smedt, Pallieter, Govaert, Sanne, Meeussen, Camille, Vangansbeke, Pieter, Gigauri, Khatuna, Lamprecht, Andrea, Pauli, Harald, Steinbauer, Klaus, Winkler, Manuela, Ueyama, Masahito, and Nuñez, Martin A
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Climate Action ,Climate Change ,Ecosystem ,Microclimate ,Snow ,Temperature ,climate change ,database ,ecosystem processes ,microclimate ,soil climate ,species distributions ,temperature ,topoclimate ,Environmental Sciences ,Biological Sciences ,Ecology - Abstract
Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long-term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate-forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to effects of observation height (e.g. vegetation, snow and soil characteristics) and in habitats varying in their exposure to radiation, moisture and wind (e.g. topography, radiative forcing or cold-air pooling). Since organisms living close to the ground relate more strongly to these microclimatic conditions than to free-air temperatures, microclimatic ground and near-surface data are needed to provide realistic forecasts of the fate of such organisms under anthropogenic climate change, as well as of the functioning of the ecosystems they live in. To fill this critical gap, we highlight a call for temperature time series submissions to SoilTemp, a geospatial database initiative compiling soil and near-surface temperature data from all over the world. Currently, this database contains time series from 7,538 temperature sensors from 51 countries across all key biomes. The database will pave the way toward an improved global understanding of microclimate and bridge the gap between the available climate data and the climate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions relevant to most organisms and ecosystem processes.
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- 2020
11. Relationship of long-term air pollution exposure with asthma and rhinitis in Italy: an innovative multipollutant approach
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Maio, Sara, Fasola, Salvatore, Marcon, Alessandro, Angino, Anna, Baldacci, Sandra, Bilò, Maria Beatrice, Bono, Roberto, La Grutta, Stefania, Marchetti, Pierpaolo, Sarno, Giuseppe, Squillacioti, Giulia, Stanisci, Ilaria, Pirina, Pietro, Tagliaferro, Sofia, Verlato, Giuseppe, Villani, Simona, Gariazzo, Claudio, Stafoggia, Massimo, and Viegi, Giovanni
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- 2023
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12. Issue 2 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution”. Part 2): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: Perspectives from Italy and some other GARD countries
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Sarno, G., Stanisci, I., Maio, S., Williams, S., Khoo, E.M., Diaz, S.G., Ponte, E.V., Lan, L.T.T., Soronbaev, T., Behera, D., Tagliaferro, S., Baldacci, S., and Viegi, G.
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- 2023
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13. Urban woods in a small Mediterranean city: are native vs alien woods lonely together?
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Varricchione, Marco, primary, Carranza, Maria L., additional, D’Angeli, Chiara, additional, de Francesco, Maria C., additional, Innangi, Michele, additional, Santoianni, Lucia A., additional, and Stanisci, Angela, additional
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- 2024
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14. Coastal Biodiversity Assessment Aided by Citizen Science Volunteers: A Look at the Italian Central Adriatic
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Federica Compagnone, Marco Varricchione, Michele Innangi, Mirko Di Febbraro, Anna Loy, Angela Stanisci, Maria Carla de Francesco, Giorgio Matteucci, and Maria Laura Carranza
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cross taxa monitoring ,iNaturalist ,Habitats Directive ,European regulation on alien species ,IUCN Red List ,Long-Term Ecological Research sites ,Agriculture - Abstract
Coastal ecosystems, encompassing land and marine environments and hosting substantial biodiversity, are among the most threatened worldwide. The European Habitats Directive prioritises coastal habitats and species, requiring legislative, direct protection, monitoring, and informational measures. Accurate habitat and species monitoring is crucial to conservation efforts, yet biodiversity research in complex, ever-changing environments like coastal areas is difficult. Citizen Science may bridge biodiversity assessment and eco-friendly monitoring by incorporating non-scientists into the data collection for scientists and stakeholders. A Citizen Science approach supported by a dedicated iNaturalist project (called Wild Coast CASCADE) was implemented to obtain a complete monitoring framework that includes observations of many taxa in terrestrial, aquatic, and transitional dynamic coastal environments in the Central Italian Adriatic coast. We explored data gathered focusing on the IUCN Red List species, the species and habitats of European conservation concern, and the non-native species. Between 2020 and 2023, we collected 3784 records covering 742 species, with 81% meeting the “research grade criteria”, and these were retained for subsequent research. Citizen Science volunteers have collected 291 georeferenced animal records from the global IUCN Red List, 51 plant species from 14 species that are indicators of the presence of habitats of European Conservation Concern, and 44 non-native plants and animals. Our results provide evidence that citizen research projects can effectively assist in monitoring coastal–marine habitats and species. They also underline the potential of Citizen Science for biodiversity conservation and emphasize the importance of public engagement in conservation efforts.
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- 2023
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15. Dimensions of invasiveness : Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe’s alien and native floras
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Fristoe, Trevor S., Chytrý, Milan, Dawson, Wayne, Essl, Franz, Heleno, Ruben, Kreft, Holger, Maurel, Noëlie, Pergl, Jan, Pyšek, Petr, Seebens, Hanno, Weigelt, Patrick, Vargas, Pablo, Yang, Qiang, Attorre, Fabio, Bergmeier, Erwin, Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus, Biurrun, Idoia, Boch, Steffen, Bonari, Gianmaria, Botta-Dukát, Zoltán, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Byun, Chaeho, Čarni, Andraž, Carranza, Maria Laura, Catford, Jane A., Cerabolini, Bruno E. L., Chacón-Madrigal, Eduardo, Ciccarellia, Daniela, Ćušterevskab, Renata, de Rondec, Iris, Dengler, Jürgen, Golub, Valentin, Haveman, Rense, Hough-Snee, Nate, Jandt, Ute, Jansen, Florian, Kuzemko, Anna, Küzmič, Filip, Lenoir, Jonathan, Macanović, Armin, Marcenò, Corrado, Martin, Adam R., Michaletz, Sean T., Mori, Akira S., Niinemets, Ülo, Peterka, Tomáš, Pielech, Remigiusz, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, Rūsiņa, Solvita, Dias, Arildo S., Šibíková, Mária, Šilc, Urban, Stanisci, Angela, Jansen, Steven, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Swacha, Grzegorz, van der Plas, Fons, Vassilev, Kiril, and van Kleunen, Mark
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- 2021
16. Vegetation Dynamics on a Restored salt Marsh Mosaic: a Re-Visitation Study in a Coastal Wetland in Central Italy
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Tozzi, Francesco Pio, Varricchione, Marco, de Francesco, Maria Carla, Carranza, Maria Laura, and Stanisci, Angela
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- 2022
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17. Assessing external exposome by implementing an Environmental Data Management System using Open Data.
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Tagliaferro, Sofia, Maio, Sara, Pirona, Federico, Stanisci, Ilaria, Sarno, Giuseppe, Silvi, Patrizia, Kermenidou, Marianthi, Papaioannou, Nafsika, Perchard, Reena, Prpic, Igor, Polanska, Kinga, Jerzynska, Joanna, Ramos, Elisabete, Rovira, Joaquim, Belmonte, Jordina, Snoj Tratnik, Janja Snoj, Horvat, Milena, Kocman, David, Spiric, Zdravko, and Zickella, Jacqueline
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ENVIRONMENTAL management ,PESTICIDE residues in food ,ENVIRONMENTAL exposure ,DATA management ,ARSENIC in water ,CITIES & towns - Abstract
Due to the increasing importance of exposome in environmental epidemiology, feasibility and usefulness of an Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) using Open Data was evaluated. The EDMS includes data from 10 European cities (Celje (Slovenia), Łódź (Poland), Manchester (UK), Palermo (Italy), Paris (France), Porto (Portugal), Regensburg (Germany), Reus (Spain), Rijeka (Croatia), Thessaloniki (Greece)) about external non-specific and specific exposome factors at the city or country level (2017–2020). Findings showed that the highest values of life expectancy were in Reus females (86 years) and Palermo males (81 years). UK had the highest obesity rate (28%), Croatia the highest prescribed drug consumption (62%), Greece and Portugal the highest smoking rates (37%, 42%) and daily alcohol consumption (21%), respectively. The most polluted cities were Thessaloniki for PM
10 (38 µg/m3 ), Łódź for PM2.5 (25 µg/m3 ), Porto for NO2 (62 µg/m3 ) and Rijeka for O3 (92 µg/m3 ). Thessaloniki had the highest grey space (98%) and Łódź the highest cumulative amount of pollen (39,041 p/m3 ). The highest daily noise levels ≥ 55 dB was in Reus (81% to traffic) and Regensburg (21% to railway). In drinking water, arsenic had the highest value in Thessaloniki (6.4 µg/L), boron in Celje (24 mg/L) and lead in Paris (46.7 µg/L). Portugal and Greece showed the highest pesticide residues in food (7%). In conclusion, utilizing open-access databases enables the translation of research findings into actionable strategies for public health interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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18. New national and regional Annex I Habitat records: from #26 to #36
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Giovanni Rivieccio, Michele Aleffi, Claudia Angiolini, Simonetta Bagella, Giuseppe Bazan, Federica Bonini, Maria Carmela Caria, Simona Casavecchia, Miris Castello, Davide Dagnino, Maria Carla de Francesco, Emanuele Farris, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Tiberio Fiaschi, Luigi Forte, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Flavia Landucci, Fabio Maneli, Francesca Mantino, Mauro Mariotti, Gianfranco Pirone, Livio Poldini, Silvia Poponessi, Safiya Praleskouskaya, Angela Stanisci, Valeria Tomaselli, Francesco Pio Tozzi, Claudia Turcato, Roberto Venanzoni, and Daniela Gigante
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Plant culture ,SB1-1110 ,Plant ecology ,QK900-989 - Abstract
New Italian data on the distribution of the Annex I Habitats 1510*, 2130*, 2250*, 3180*, 3260, 5230*, 6410, 7140, 7220*, 9320 are reported in this contribution. Specifically, 14 new occurrences in Natura 2000 sites are presented and 20 new cells are added in the EEA 10 km × 10 km reference grid. The new data refer to the Italian administrative regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Umbria.
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- 2021
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19. ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe
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Knollová, Ilona, primary, Chytrý, Milan, additional, Bruelheide, Helge, additional, Dullinger, Stefan, additional, Jandt, Ute, additional, Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus, additional, Biurrun, Idoia, additional, de Bello, Francesco, additional, Glaser, Michael, additional, Hennekens, Stephan, additional, Jansen, Florian, additional, Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja, additional, Kadaš, Daniel, additional, Kaplan, Ekin, additional, Klinkovská, Klára, additional, Lenzner, Bernd, additional, Pauli, Harald, additional, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, additional, Verheyen, Kris, additional, Winkler, Manuela, additional, Abdaladze, Otar, additional, Aćić, Svetlana, additional, Acosta, Alicia T. R., additional, Alignier, Audrey, additional, Andrews, Christopher, additional, Arlettaz, Raphaël, additional, Attorre, Fabio, additional, Axmanová, Irena, additional, Babbi, Manuel, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Baran, Jakub, additional, Barni, Elena, additional, Benito‐Alonso, José‐Luis, additional, Berg, Christian, additional, Bergamini, Ariel, additional, Berki, Imre, additional, Boch, Steffen, additional, Bock, Barbara, additional, Bode, Frank, additional, Bonari, Gianmaria, additional, Boublík, Karel, additional, Britton, Andrea J., additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Bruzzaniti, Vanessa, additional, Buholzer, Serge, additional, Burrascano, Sabina, additional, Campos, Juan A., additional, Carlsson, Bengt‐Göran, additional, Carranza, Maria Laura, additional, Černý, Tomáš, additional, Charmillot, Kévin, additional, Chiarucci, Alessandro, additional, Choler, Philippe, additional, Chytrý, Kryštof, additional, Corcket, Emmanuel, additional, Csecserits, Anikó, additional, Cutini, Maurizio, additional, Czarniecka‐Wiera, Marta, additional, Danihelka, Jiří, additional, de Francesco, Maria Carla, additional, De Frenne, Pieter, additional, Di Musciano, Michele, additional, De Sanctis, Michele, additional, Deák, Balázs, additional, Decocq, Guillaume, additional, Dembicz, Iwona, additional, Dengler, Jürgen, additional, Di Cecco, Valter, additional, Dick, Jan, additional, Diekmann, Martin, additional, Dierschke, Hartmut, additional, Dirnböck, Thomas, additional, Doerfler, Inken, additional, Doležal, Jiří, additional, Döring, Ute, additional, Durak, Tomasz, additional, Dwyer, Ciara, additional, Ejrnæs, Rasmus, additional, Ermakova, Inna, additional, Erschbamer, Brigitta, additional, Fanelli, Giuliano, additional, Fernández‐Calzado, María‐Rosa, additional, Fickert, Thomas, additional, Fischer, Andrea, additional, Fischer, Markus, additional, Foremnik, Kacper, additional, Frouz, Jan, additional, García‐González, Ricardo, additional, García‐Magro, Daniel, additional, García‐Mijangos, Itziar, additional, Gavilán, Rosario G., additional, Germ, Mateja, additional, Ghosn, Dany, additional, Gigauri, Khatuna, additional, Gizela, Jaroslav, additional, Golob, Aleksandra, additional, Golub, Valentin, additional, Gómez‐García, Daniel, additional, Gowing, David, additional, Grytnes, John‐Arvid, additional, Güler, Behlül, additional, Gutiérrez‐Girón, Alba, additional, Haase, Peter, additional, Haider, Sylvia, additional, Hájek, Michal, additional, Halassy, Melinda, additional, Harásek, Martin, additional, Härdtle, Werner, additional, Heinken, Thilo, additional, Hester, Alison, additional, Humbert, Jean‐Yves, additional, Ibáñez, Ricardo, additional, Illa, Estela, additional, Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, additional, Jensen, Kai, additional, Jentsch, Anke, additional, Jiroušek, Martin, additional, Kalníková, Veronika, additional, Kanka, Róbert, additional, Kapfer, Jutta, additional, Kazakis, George, additional, Kermavnar, Janez, additional, Kesting, Stefan, additional, Khanina, Larisa, additional, Kindermann, Elisabeth, additional, Kotrík, Marek, additional, Koutecký, Tomáš, additional, Kozub, Łukasz, additional, Kuhn, Gisbert, additional, Kutnar, Lado, additional, La Montagna, Dario, additional, Lamprecht, Andrea, additional, Lenoir, Jonathan, additional, Lepš, Jan, additional, Leuschner, Christoph, additional, Lorite, Juan, additional, Madsen, Bjarke, additional, Ugarte, Rosina Magaña, additional, Malicki, Marek, additional, Maliniemi, Tuija, additional, Máliš, František, additional, Maringer, Alexander, additional, Marrs, Robert, additional, Matesanz, Silvia, additional, Metze, Katrin, additional, Meyer, Stefan, additional, Millett, Jonathan, additional, Mitchell, Ruth J., additional, Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold, additional, Moiseev, Pavel, additional, di Cella, Umberto Morra, additional, Mudrák, Ondřej, additional, Müller, Frank, additional, Müller, Norbert, additional, Naaf, Tobias, additional, Nagy, Laszlo, additional, Napoleone, Francesca, additional, Nascimbene, Juri, additional, Navrátilová, Jana, additional, Ninot, Josep M., additional, Niu, Yujie, additional, Normand, Signe, additional, Ogaya, Romá, additional, Onipchenko, Vladimir, additional, Orczewska, Anna, additional, Ortmann‐Ajkai, Adrienne, additional, Pakeman, Robin J., additional, Pardo, Iker, additional, Pätsch, Ricarda, additional, Peet, Robert K., additional, Penuelas, Josep, additional, Peppler‐Lisbach, Cord, additional, Pérez‐Hernández, Javier, additional, Pérez‐Haase, Aaron, additional, Petraglia, Alessandro, additional, Petřík, Petr, additional, Pielech, Remigiusz, additional, Piórkowski, Hubert, additional, Pladevall‐Izard, Eulàlia, additional, Poschlod, Peter, additional, Prach, Karel, additional, Praleskouskaya, Safiya, additional, Prokhorov, Vadim, additional, Provoost, Sam, additional, Pușcaș, Mihai, additional, Pustková, Štěpánka, additional, Randin, Christophe François, additional, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, additional, Reczyńska, Kamila, additional, Rédei, Tamás, additional, Řehounková, Klára, additional, Richner, Nina, additional, Risch, Anita C., additional, Rixen, Christian, additional, Rosbakh, Sergey, additional, Roscher, Christiane, additional, Rosenthal, Gert, additional, Rossi, Graziano, additional, Rötzer, Harald, additional, Roux, Camille, additional, Rumpf, Sabine B., additional, Ruprecht, Eszter, additional, Rūsiņa, Solvita, additional, Sanz‐Zubizarreta, Irati, additional, Schindler, Meret, additional, Schmidt, Wolfgang, additional, Schories, Dirk, additional, Schrautzer, Joachim, additional, Schubert, Hendrik, additional, Schuetz, Martin, additional, Schwabe, Angelika, additional, Schwaiger, Helena, additional, Schwartze, Peter, additional, Šebesta, Jan, additional, Seiler, Hallie, additional, Šilc, Urban, additional, Silva, Vasco, additional, Šmilauer, Petr, additional, Šmilauerová, Marie, additional, Sperle, Thomas, additional, Stachurska‐Swakoń, Alina, additional, Stanik, Nils, additional, Stanisci, Angela, additional, Steffen, Kristina, additional, Storm, Christian, additional, Stroh, Hans Georg, additional, Sugorkina, Nadezhda, additional, Świerkosz, Krzysztof, additional, Świerszcz, Sebastian, additional, Szymura, Magdalena, additional, Teleki, Balázs, additional, Thébaud, Gilles, additional, Theurillat, Jean‐Paul, additional, Tichý, Lubomír, additional, Treier, Urs A., additional, Turtureanu, Pavel Dan, additional, Ujházy, Karol, additional, Ujházyová, Mariana, additional, Ursu, Tudor Mihai, additional, Uziębło, Aldona K., additional, Valkó, Orsolya, additional, Van Calster, Hans, additional, Van Meerbeek, Koenraad, additional, Vandevoorde, Bart, additional, Vandvik, Vigdis, additional, Varricchione, Marco, additional, Vassilev, Kiril, additional, Villar, Luis, additional, Virtanen, Risto, additional, Vittoz, Pascal, additional, Voigt, Winfried, additional, von Hessberg, Andreas, additional, von Oheimb, Goddert, additional, Wagner, Eva, additional, Walther, Gian‐Reto, additional, Wellstein, Camilla, additional, Wesche, Karsten, additional, Wilhelm, Markus, additional, Willner, Wolfgang, additional, Wipf, Sonja, additional, Wittig, Burghard, additional, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Wulf, Monika, additional, and Essl, Franz, additional
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20. Climate regulation processes are linked to the functional composition of plant communities in European forests, shrublands, and grasslands
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Kambach, Stephan, primary, Attorre, Fabio, additional, Axmanová, Irena, additional, Bergamini, Ariel, additional, Biurrun, Idoia, additional, Bonari, Gianmaria, additional, Carranza, Maria Laura, additional, Chiarucci, Alessandro, additional, Chytrý, Milan, additional, Dengler, Jürgen, additional, Garbolino, Emmanuel, additional, Golub, Valentin, additional, Hickler, Thomas, additional, Jandt, Ute, additional, Jansen, Jan, additional, Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja, additional, Karger, Dirk Nikolaus, additional, Lososová, Zdeňka, additional, Rašomavičius, Valerijus, additional, Rūsiņa, Solvita, additional, Sieber, Petra, additional, Stanisci, Angela, additional, Thuiller, Wilfried, additional, Welk, Erik, additional, Zimmermann, Niklaus E., additional, and Bruelheide, Helge, additional
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21. Diagnostic Species Diversity Pattern Can Provide Key Information on Vegetation Change: An Insight into High Mountain Habitats in Central Apennines
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Marco Varricchione, Valter Di Cecco, Lucia A. Santoianni, Angela Stanisci, Mirko Di Febbraro, Luciano Di Martino, and Maria Laura Carranza
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ecological monitoring ,EU Habitats Directive ,rarefaction curves ,Rènyi’s diversity profiles ,re-visitation study ,vegetation database ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Zoology ,QL1-991 - Abstract
High mountain ecosystems are hotspots of biodiversity that are highly vulnerable to climate warming and land use change. In Europe, high mountain habitats are included in the EC Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) and the identification of practices facilitating effective monitoring is crucial for meeting HD goals. We analyzed the temporal changes in species composition and diversity on high mountain EU habitats and explored if the subgroup of diagnostic species was able to summarize the comprehensive information on plant community variations. We performed a re-visitation study, using a set of 30 georeferenced historical plots newly collected after 20 years on two EU habitats (Galium magellense community growing on screes (8120 EU) and Trifolium thalii community of snowbeds (6170 EU)) in the Maiella National Park (MNP), which is one of the most threatened Mediterranean mountains in Europe. The presence of several endangered species and the availability of a botanical garden, a seed bank, and a nursery, make the MNP an excellent training ground to explore in situ and ex situ conservation strategies. We compared overall and diagnostic species richness patterns over time by rarefaction curves and described the singular aspects of species diversity (e.g., richness, Shannon index, Simpson index, and Berger–Parker index), by Rènyi’s diversity profiles. Diversity values consistently varied over time and across EU habitat types, with increasing values on scree communities and decreasing values on snowbeds. These changes could be associated with both land use change, through the increase of grazing pressure of Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata), which determined a rise of nitrophilous species in the scree community, and an increase of grasses at the expense of forbs in snowbeds, and to climate change, which promoted a general expansion of thermophilous species. Despite the two opposite, ongoing processes on the two plant communities studied, our results evidenced that diagnostic species and overall species followed the same trend of variation, demonstrating the potential of diagnostics for EU habitat monitoring. Our observations suggested that the re-visitation of historical plots and the implementation of frequent monitoring campaigns on diagnostic species can provide important data on species abundance and distribution patterns in these vulnerable ecosystems, supporting optimized in situ and ex situ conservation actions.
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22. A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains
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Bürli, Sarah, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Winkler, Manuela, Lamprecht, Andrea, Pauli, Harald, Rixen, Christian, Steinbauer, Klaus, Wipf, Sonja, Abdaladze, Otar, Andrews, Christopher, Barančok, Peter, Benito-Alonso, José Luis, Fernández Calzado, Maria Rosa, Carranza, Maria Laura, Dick, Jan, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Ghosn, Dany, Gigauri, Khatuna, Kazakis, George, Mallaun, Martin, Michelsen, Ottar, Moiseev, Dmitry, Moiseev, Pavel, Molau, Ulf, Molero Mesa, Joaquín, Morra di Cella, Umberto, Nadeem, Imran, Nagy, Laszlo, Nicklas, Lena, Palaj, Andrej, Pedersen, Bård, Petey, Martina, Puşcaş, Mihai, Rossi, Graziano, Stanisci, Angela, Tomaselli, Marcello, Unterluggauer, Peter, Ursu, Tudor-Mihai, Villar, Luis, and Vittoz, Pascal
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- 2021
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23. Using automated vegetation cover estimation from close-range photogrammetric point clouds to compare vegetation location properties in mountain terrain
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R. Niederheiser, M. Winkler, V. Di Cecco, B. Erschbamer, R. Fernández, C. Geitner, Hannah Hofbauer, C. Kalaitzidis, Barbara Klingraber, A. Lamprecht, J. Lorite, L. Nicklas, P. Nyktas, H. Pauli, A. Stanisci, K. Steinbauer, J.-P. Theurillat, P. Vittoz, and M. Rutzinger
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high-mountain vegetation ,vegetation stand properties ,topographic parameters ,3d point cloud processing ,random forest ,linear mixed-effects model ,Mathematical geography. Cartography ,GA1-1776 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
In this paper we present a low-cost approach to mapping vegetation cover by means of high-resolution close-range terrestrial photogrammetry. A total of 249 clusters of nine 1 m2 plots each, arranged in a 3 × 3 grid, were set up on 18 summits in Mediterranean mountain regions and in the Alps to capture images for photogrammetric processing and in-situ vegetation cover estimates. This was done with a hand-held pole-mounted digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. Low-growing vegetation was automatically segmented using high-resolution point clouds. For classifying vegetation we used a two-step semi-supervised Random Forest approach. First, we applied an expert-based rule set using the Excess Green index (ExG) to predefine non-vegetation and vegetation points. Second, we applied a Random Forest classifier to further enhance the classification of vegetation points using selected topographic parameters (elevation, slope, aspect, roughness, potential solar irradiation) and additional vegetation indices (Excess Green Minus Excess Red (ExGR) and the vegetation index VEG). For ground cover estimation the photogrammetric point clouds were meshed using Screened Poisson Reconstruction. The relative influence of the topographic parameters on the vegetation cover was determined with linear mixed-effects models (LMMs). Analysis of the LMMs revealed a high impact of elevation, aspect, solar irradiation, and standard deviation of slope. The presented approach goes beyond vegetation cover values based on conventional orthoimages and in-situ vegetation cover estimates from field surveys in that it is able to differentiate complete 3D surface areas, including overhangs, and can distinguish between vegetation-covered and other surfaces in an automated manner. The results of the Random Forest classification confirmed it as suitable for vegetation classification, but the relative feature importance values indicate that the classifier did not leverage the potential of the included topographic parameters. In contrast, our application of LMMs utilized the topographic parameters and was able to reveal dependencies in the two biomes, such as elevation and aspect, which were able to explain between 87% and 92.5% of variance.
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24. Impact of invasive alien plants on native plant communities and Natura 2000 habitats: State of the art, gap analysis and perspectives in Italy
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Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Bolpagni, Rossano, Buffa, Gabriella, Gentili, Rodolfo, Lonati, Michele, Stinca, Adriano, Acosta, Alicia Teresa Rosario, Adorni, Michele, Aleffi, Michele, Allegrezza, Marina, Angiolini, Claudia, Assini, Silvia, Bagella, Simonetta, Bonari, Gianmaria, Bovio, Maurizio, Bracco, Francesco, Brundu, Giuseppe, Caccianiga, Marco, Carnevali, Lucilla, Di Cecco, Valter, Ceschin, Simona, Ciaschetti, Giampiero, Cogoni, Annalena, Foggi, Bruno, Frattaroli, Anna Rita, Genovesi, Piero, Gigante, Daniela, Lucchese, Fernando, Mainetti, Andrea, Mariotti, Mauro, Minissale, Pietro, Paura, Bruno, Pellizzari, Mauro, Perrino, Enrico Vito, Pirone, Gianfranco, Poggio, Laura, Poldini, Livio, Poponessi, Silvia, Prisco, Irene, Prosser, Filippo, Puglisi, Marta, Rosati, Leonardo, Selvaggi, Alberto, Sottovia, Lucio, Spampinato, Giovanni, Stanisci, Angela, Venanzoni, Roberto, Viciani, Daniele, Vidali, Marisa, Villani, Mariacristina, and Lastrucci, Lorenzo
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- 2020
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25. Healthcare assistant with additional training (operatore socio-sanitario con formazione complementare): the solution?
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BOLCATO, Vittorio, primary, FASSINA, Giovanni, additional, STANISCI, Laura, additional, and TRONCONI, Livio P., additional
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26. A first checklist of the alien-dominated vegetation in Italy
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Daniele Viciani, Marisa Vidali, Daniela Gigante, Rossano Bolpagni, Mariacristina Villani, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Michele Adorni, Michele Aleffi, Marina Allegrezza, Claudia Angiolini, Silvia Assini, Simonetta Bagella, Gianmaria Bonari, Maurizio Bovio, Francesco Bracco, Giuseppe Brundu, Gabriella Buffa, Marco Caccianiga, Lucilla Carnevali, Simona Ceschin, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Annalena Cogoni, Valter Di Cecco, Bruno Foggi, Anna Rita Frattaroli, Piero Genovesi, Rodolfo Gentili, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Michele Lonati, Fernando Lucchese, Andrea Mainetti, Mauro Mariotti, Pietro Minissale, Bruno Paura, Mauro Pellizzari, Enrico Vito Perrino, Gianfranco Pirone, Laura Poggio, Livio Poldini, Silvia Poponessi, Irene Prisco, Filippo Prosser, Marta Puglisi, Leonardo Rosati, Alberto Selvaggi, Lucio Sottovia, Giovanni Spampinato, Angela Stanisci, Adriano Stinca, Roberto Venanzoni, and Lorenzo Lastrucci
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Plant culture ,SB1-1110 ,Plant ecology ,QK900-989 - Abstract
This study provides a first step toward the knowledge of the alien-dominated and co-dominated plant communities present in Italy. The first ever checklist of the alien phytocoenoses described or reported in literature for the Italian territory has been compiled, produced by data-mining in national and local thematic literature. The resulting vegetation-type draft-list has been checked in the light of the most recent syntaxonomic documentation and updated with regards to syntaxonomy and nomenclature, with special reference to the frame proposed in the Italian Vegetation Prodrome. The list includes 27 vascular and one bryophyte vegetation classes, hosting 194 low rank alien-dominated syntaxa. The different vegetation types detected for each syntaxonomic class and macro-vegetation group, defined by physiognomical and ecological attributes, are discussed.
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27. Identification of a Pivotal Residue for Determining the Block Structure-Forming Properties of Alginate C‑5 Epimerases
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Annalucia Stanisci, Anne Tøndervik, Margrethe Gaardløs, Anders Lervik, Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk, Håvard Sletta, and Finn L. Aachmann
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Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Published
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28. Identifying Critical Thresholds in the Impacts of Invasive Alien Plants and Dune Paths on Native Coastal Dune Vegetation
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Maria Carla de Francesco, Francesco Pio Tozzi, Gabriella Buffa, Edy Fantinato, Michele Innangi, and Angela Stanisci
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invasive alien plants ,shifting dunes ,transition dunes ,Adriatic coast ,Oenothera stucchii ,ecological guilds ,Agriculture - Abstract
Invasive alien plants (IAP) pose a major threat to biodiversity and have a negative impact on the integrity and conservation status of plant communities. Mediterranean dunes are widely exposed to IAP, due to their environmental heterogeneity and the anthropogenic pressures to which they are subjected. The current study explored the possible existence of critical thresholds of IAP cover/abundance and dune path impacts that may cause the decline in diagnostic species cover in shifting and transition dunes. A random sampling of 126 plots in areas invaded and not invaded by IAP across the Italian Adriatic dunes has been used and the recorded species have been classified in ecological guilds. In order to explore the effect of plant community composition and distances from dune paths on the diagnostic species cover, a Random Forest regression model has been fitted. The results revealed that three main critical thresholds can be detected concerning IAP total cover, IAP Oenothera stucchii Soldano abundance and the distance from dune paths and they work differently in shifting and transition dunes. The identification of such cut-off points provides useful insights for an array of actions to preserve the biodiversity of the Mediterranean coastal dunes.
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29. Urban expansion depletes cultural ecosystem services: an insight into a Mediterranean coastline
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Carranza, Maria Laura, Drius, Mita, Marzialetti, Flavio, Malavasi, Marco, de Francesco, Maria Carla, Acosta, Alicia T. R., and Stanisci, Angela
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- 2020
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30. Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
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TaeOh Kwon, Hideaki Shibata, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Inger K. Schmidt, Klaus S. Larsen, Claus Beier, Björn Berg, Kris Verheyen, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Frank Hagedorn, Nico Eisenhauer, Ika Djukic, TeaComposition Network, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Jean Francois Lamarque, Adriano Caliman, Alain Paquette, Alba Gutiérrez-Girón, Alessandro Petraglia, Algirdas Augustaitis, Amélie Saillard, Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández, Ana I. Sousa, Ana I. Lillebø, Anderson da Rocha Gripp, Andrea Lamprecht, Andreas Bohner, André-Jean Francez, Andrey Malyshev, Andrijana Andrić, Angela Stanisci, Anita Zolles, Anna Avila, Anna-Maria Virkkala, Anne Probst, Annie Ouin, Anzar A. Khuroo, Arne Verstraeten, Artur Stefanski, Aurora Gaxiola, Bart Muys, Beatriz Gozalo, Bernd Ahrends, Bo Yang, Brigitta Erschbamer, Carmen Eugenia Rodríguez Ortíz, Casper T. Christiansen, Céline Meredieu, Cendrine Mony, Charles Nock, Chiao-Ping Wang, Christel Baum, Christian Rixen, Christine Delire, Christophe Piscart, Christopher Andrews, Corinna Rebmann, Cristina Branquinho, Dick Jan, Dirk Wundram, Dušanka Vujanović, E. Carol Adair, Eduardo Ordóñez-Regil, Edward R. Crawford, Elena F. Tropina, Elisabeth Hornung, Elli Groner, Eric Lucot, Esperança Gacia, Esther Lévesque, Evanilde Benedito, Evgeny A. Davydov, Fábio Padilha Bolzan, Fernando T. Maestre, Florence Maunoury-Danger, Florian Kitz, Florian Hofhansl, Flurin Sutter, Francisco de Almeida Lobo, Franco Leadro Souza, Franz Zehetner, Fulgence Kouamé Koffi, Georg Wohlfahrt, Giacomo Certini, Gisele Daiane Pinha, Grizelle González, Guylaine Canut, Harald Pauli, Héctor A. Bahamonde, Heike Feldhaar, Heinke Jäger, Helena Cristina Serrano, Hélène Verheyden, Helge Bruelheide, Henning Meesenburg, Hermann Jungkunst, Hervé Jactel, Hiroko Kurokawa, Ian Yesilonis, Inara Melece, Inge van Halder, Inmaculada García Quirós, István Fekete, Ivika Ostonen, Jana Borovská, Javier Roales, Jawad Hasan Shoqeir, Jean-Christophe Lata, Jean-Luc Probst, Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Jiri Dolezal, Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, Joël Merlet, John Loehr, Jonathan von Oppen, Jörg Löffler, José Luis Benito Alonso, José-Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano, Josep Peñuelas, Joseph C. Morina, Juan Darío Quinde, Juan J. Jiménez, Juha M. Alatalo, Julia Seeber, Julia Kemppinen, Jutta Stadler, Kaie Kriiska, Karel Van den Meersche, Karibu Fukuzawa, Katalin Szlavecz, Katalin Juhos, Katarína Gerhátová, Kate Lajtha, Katie Jennings, Katja Tielbörger, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ken Green, Klaus Steinbauer, Laryssa Pazianoto, Laura Dienstbach, Laura Yahdjian, Laura J. Williams, Laurel Brigham, Lee Hanna, Liesbeth van den Brink, Lindsey Rustad, Lourdes Morillas, Luciana Silva Carneiro, Luciano Di Martino, Luis Villar, Luísa Alícida Fernandes Tavares, Madison Morley, Manuela Winkler, Marc Lebouvier, Marcello Tomaselli, Marcus Schaub, Maria Glushkova, Maria Guadalupe Almazan Torres, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Marie-Noëlle Pons, Marijn Bauters, Marina Mazón, Mark Frenzel, Markus Wagner, Markus Didion, Maroof Hamid, Marta Lopes, Martha Apple, Martin Weih, Matej Mojses, Matteo Gualmini, Matthew Vadeboncoeur, Michael Bierbaumer, Michael Danger, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Michal Růžek, Michel Isabellon, Michele Di Musciano, Michele Carbognani, Miglena Zhiyanski, Mihai Puşcaş, Milan Barna, Mioko Ataka, Miska Luoto, Mohammed H. Alsafaran, Nadia Barsoum, Naoko Tokuchi, Nathalie Korboulewsky, Nicolas Lecomte, Nina Filippova, Norbert Hölzel, Olga Ferlian, Oscar Romero, Osvaldo Pinto-Jr, Pablo Peri, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Peter Haase, Peter Macreadie, Peter B. Reich, Petr Petřík, Philippe Choler, Pierre Marmonier, Quentin Ponette, Rafael Dettogni Guariento, Rafaella Canessa, Ralf Kiese, Rebecca Hewitt, Robert Weigel, Róbert Kanka, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Rodrigo Lemes Martins, Romà Ogaya, Romain Georges, Rosario G. Gavilán, Sally Wittlinger, Sara Puijalon, Satoshi Suzuki, Schädler Martin, Schmidt Anja, Sébastien Gogo, Silvio Schueler, Simon Drollinger, Simone Mereu, Sonja Wipf, Stacey Trevathan-Tackett, Stefan Stoll, Stefan Löfgren, Stefan Trogisch, Steffen Seitz, Stephan Glatzel, Susanna Venn, Sylvie Dousset, Taiki Mori, Takanori Sato, Takuo Hishi, Tatsuro Nakaji, Theurillat Jean-Paul, Thierry Camboulive, Thomas Spiegelberger, Thomas Scholten, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Till Kleinebecker, Tomáš Rusňák, Tshililo Ramaswiela, Tsutom Hiura, Tsutomu Enoki, Tudor-Mihai Ursu, Umberto Morra di Cella, Ute Hamer, Valentin Klaus, Valter Di Cecco, Vanessa Rego, Veronika Fontana, Veronika Piscová, Vincent Bretagnolle, Vincent Maire, Vinicius Farjalla, Vittoz Pascal, Wenjun Zhou, Wentao Luo, William Parker, Yasuhiro Utsumi, Yuji Kominami, Zsolt Kotroczó, and Zsolt Tóth
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tea bag ,Green tea ,Rooibos tea ,litter decomposition ,carbon turnover ,nitrogen deposition ,Forestry ,SD1-669.5 ,Environmental sciences ,GE1-350 - Abstract
Litter decomposition is a key process for carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and is mainly controlled by environmental conditions, substrate quantity and quality as well as microbial community abundance and composition. In particular, the effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition on litter decomposition and its temporal dynamics are of significant importance, since their effects might change over the course of the decomposition process. Within the TeaComposition initiative, we incubated Green and Rooibos teas at 524 sites across nine biomes. We assessed how macroclimate and atmospheric inorganic N deposition under current and predicted scenarios (RCP 2.6, RCP 8.5) might affect litter mass loss measured after 3 and 12 months. Our study shows that the early to mid-term mass loss at the global scale was affected predominantly by litter quality (explaining 73% and 62% of the total variance after 3 and 12 months, respectively) followed by climate and N deposition. The effects of climate were not litter-specific and became increasingly significant as decomposition progressed, with MAP explaining 2% and MAT 4% of the variation after 12 months of incubation. The effect of N deposition was litter-specific, and significant only for 12-month decomposition of Rooibos tea at the global scale. However, in the temperate biome where atmospheric N deposition rates are relatively high, the 12-month mass loss of Green and Rooibos teas decreased significantly with increasing N deposition, explaining 9.5% and 1.1% of the variance, respectively. The expected changes in macroclimate and N deposition at the global scale by the end of this century are estimated to increase the 12-month mass loss of easily decomposable litter by 1.1–3.5% and of the more stable substrates by 3.8–10.6%, relative to current mass loss. In contrast, expected changes in atmospheric N deposition will decrease the mid-term mass loss of high-quality litter by 1.4–2.2% and that of low-quality litter by 0.9–1.5% in the temperate biome. Our results suggest that projected increases in N deposition may have the capacity to dampen the climate-driven increases in litter decomposition depending on the biome and decomposition stage of substrate.
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31. Warmer and Poorer: The Fate of Alpine Calcareous Grasslands in Central Apennines (Italy)
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Marco Varricchione, Maria Laura Carranza, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, and Angela Stanisci
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climate change ,endemic species ,Landolt ecological indicator ,life forms ,plant diversity loss ,re-visitation study ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Global change threatens alpine biodiversity and its effects vary across habitat types and biogeographic regions. We explored vegetation changes over the last 20 years on two Mediterranean alpine calcareous grasslands in central Apennines (Italy): stripped grasslands (EUNIS code E4.436) with Sesleria juncifolia growing on steep slopes, and wind edge swards (EUNIS code E4.42) with Carex myosuroides. Based on a re-visitation of 25 vegetation plots of 4 × 4 m, we assessed changes in overall and endemic plant species cover and richness by nonparametric Kruskal–Wallis test. We explored changes in structure and ecology using growth forms and Landolt indicators for temperatures. We identified species’ contribution to temporal changes using the similarity percentage procedure (SIMPER). The results evidenced a significant decline in all species cover and richness on both plant communities with a significant decline in alpine and endemic species and in hemicryptophytes with rosette and scapose ones on stripped grasslands, as well as a decline in subalpine and suffruticose chamaephytes species on wind edge swards. Such biodiversity loss, so far observed only in the warmest and Southern Mediterranean summits of Europe, is likely attributable to the combined effect of higher temperatures; the increase in the vegetative period; and the decrease in water availability, which is particularly severe in calcareous regions. Our study suggested the vulnerability of the analyzed alpine ecosystems to global change and the importance of monitoring activities to better understand vegetation trends and adaptation strategies in subalpine, alpine, and nival ecosystems.
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32. Exposure to air pollution and respiratory diseases in adults: an innovative multipollutant approach
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Maio, Sara, primary, Fasola, Salvatore, additional, Marcon, Alessandro, additional, Angino, Anna, additional, Baldacci, Sandra, additional, Bilò, Maria Beatrice, additional, Bono, Roberto, additional, Gariazzo, Claudio, additional, La Grutta, Stefania, additional, Marchetti, Pierpaolo, additional, Pirina, Pietro, additional, Sarno, Giuseppe, additional, Silvi, Patrizia, additional, Silibello, Camillo, additional, Squillacioti, Giulia, additional, Stafoggia, Massimo, additional, Stanisci, Ilaria, additional, Tagliaferro, Sofia, additional, Verlato, Giuseppe, additional, and Viegi, Giovanni, additional
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- 2023
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33. Obesity and asthma incidence in individuals exposed to agricultural spaces
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Stanisci, Ilaria, primary, Angino, Anna, additional, Tagliaferro, Sofia, additional, Sarno, Giuseppe, additional, Viegi, Giovanni, additional, Maio, Sara, additional, Silvi, Patrizia, additional, La Grutta, Stefania, additional, Fasola, Salvatore, additional, Malizia, Velia, additional, Annesi-Maesano, Isabella, additional, and Baldacci, Sandra, additional
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- 2023
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34. Small airways and decline in pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide in an 8-year follow-up population-based study
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Pistelli, Francesco, primary, Maio, Sara, additional, Angino, Anna, additional, Sarno, Giuseppe, additional, Stanisci, Ilaria, additional, Baldacci, Sandra, additional, Silvi, Patrizia, additional, Carrozzi, Laura, additional, and Viegi, Giovanni, additional
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- 2023
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35. Drivers of plant community (in)stability along a sea–inland gradient
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La Bella, Greta, primary, Carboni, Marta, additional, Sperandii, Marta Gaia, additional, de Bello, Francesco, additional, Stanisci, Angela, additional, and Acosta, Alicia T. R., additional
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- 2023
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36. Towards new marine-coastal Natura 2000 sites in the central Adriatic Sea.
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de Francesco, Maria Carla, primary, Chiuchiarelli, Igino, additional, Frate, Ludovico, additional, Carranza, Maria Laura, additional, Pagliani, Tommaso, additional, and Stanisci, Angela, additional
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- 2020
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37. Outdoor air pollution and respiratory health
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S. Maio, G. Sarno, S. Tagliaferro, F. Pirona, I. Stanisci, S. Baldacci, and G. Viegi
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Infectious Diseases - Abstract
The need to address the impact of air pollution on health is reinforced by recent scientific evidence and the 2021 WHO Air Quality Guidelines (AQG). Air pollution is an avoidable risk factor causing a high burden for society with elevated deaths, health disorders, disabilities and huge socio-economic costs, especially in low- and middle-income countries. We have evaluated recent evidence from international reports, systematic reviews and official websites of international agencies. Growing evidence shows a causal relationship between air pollution exposure and acute lower respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and lung cancer. Exposure to air pollution in both the short- and long-term has a serious impact on respiratory health. Harmful effects occur even at very low pollutant concentration levels, and there are no detectable thresholds below which exposure may be considered safe. The adverse respiratory health effects of air pollutants, even at low levels, are confirmed by recent epidemiological studies. Scientific respiratory societies and patient associations, along with other stakeholders in the health sector, should increase their engagement and advocacy to raise awareness of clean air policies and the latest WHO AQG.
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- 2023
38. Lightweight Signal Analysis for R-Peak Detection.
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Maria Rizzi, Matteo D'Aloia, Ruggero Russo, Gianpaolo Cice, Sante Stanisci, Angela Montingelli, and Annalisa Longo
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- 2017
39. Localization and Monitoring System based on BLE Fingerprint Method.
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Annalisa Longo, Maria Rizzi, Davide Amendolare, Sante Stanisci, Ruggero Russo, Gianpaolo Cice, and Matteo D'Aloia
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- 2017
40. A bridge between tourism and nature conservation: boardwalks effects on coastal dune vegetation
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Prisco, Irene, Acosta, Alicia T. R., and Stanisci, Angela
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- 2021
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41. Beach litter in Mediterranean coastal dunes: an insight on the Adriatic coast (central Italy)
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de Francesco, Maria Carla, Carranza, Maria Laura, and Stanisci, Angela
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- 2018
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42. FUN-VIOLA: FUNctional traits of VegetatIOn of centraL Apennines
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Varricchione, Marco, primary, Carranza, Maria Laura, additional, Di Cecco, Valter, additional, Di Martino, Luciano, additional, and Stanisci, Angela, additional
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- 2023
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43. Respiratory/Allergic Symptoms in Italian Children Living Close to Cultivations Sprayed With Pesticides
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Viegi, G., primary, Sarno, G., additional, Maio, S., additional, Angino, A., additional, Stanisci, I., additional, Tagliaferro, S., additional, and Baldacci, S., additional
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- 2023
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44. Enabling Secure Web Payments with GNU Taler.
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Jeffrey Burdges, Florian Dold, Christian Grothoff, and Marcello Stanisci
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- 2016
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45. Enabling Secure Web Payments with GNU Taler
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Burdges, Jeffrey, Dold, Florian, Grothoff, Christian, Stanisci, Marcello, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Carlet, Claude, editor, Hasan, M. Anwar, editor, and Saraswat, Vishal, editor
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- 2016
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46. The rich sides of mountain summits – a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants
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Winkler, Manuela, Lamprecht, Andrea, Steinbauer, Klaus, Hülber, Karl, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Breiner, Frank, Choler, Philippe, Ertl, Siegrun, Girón, Alba Gutiérrez, Rossi, Graziano, Vittoz, Pascal, Akhalkatsi, Maia, Bay, Christian, Alonso, José-Luis Benito, Bergström, Tomas, Carranza, Maria Laura, Corcket, Emmanuel, Dick, Jan, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Calzado, Rosa Fernández, Fosaa, Anna Maria, Gavilán, Rosario G., Ghosn, Dany, Gigauri, Khatuna, Huber, Doris, Kanka, Robert, Kazakis, George, Klipp, Martin, Kollar, Jozef, Kudernatsch, Thomas, Larsson, Per, Mallaun, Martin, Michelsen, Ottar, Moiseev, Pavel, Moiseev, Dmitry, Molau, Ulf, Mesa, Joaquín Molero, di Celia, Umberto Morra, Nagy, Laszlo, Petey, Martina, Puşcaş, Mihai, Rixen, Christian, Stanisci, Angela, Suen, Michael, Syverhuset, Anne O., Tomaselli, Marcello, Unterluggauer, Peter, Ursu, Tudor, Villar, Luis, Gottfried, Michael, and Pauli, Harald
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- 2016
47. Beach litter in Mediterranean coastal dunes: an insight on the Adriatic coast (central Italy)
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de Francesco, Maria, Carranza, Maria, and Stanisci, Angela
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Beach litter is an increasingly important threat, causing a drastic loss of natural biodiversity and the associated ecosystem services. Even if beach litter accumulation in oceanic coasts has been analyzed quite well, new research efforts are still necessary to better understand this phenomenon along the Mediterranean coasts. This work sets out to analyze the sources of beach litter, the type of material, and the distribution and accumulation trend along the sandy coasts of the Adriatic Sea in central Italy (Abruzzo and Molise Regions, Italy). In particular, we focus on the following questions: (i) Which are the most frequent beach litter items and materials on sandy coasts? (ii) How is beach litter distributed on the different coastal dune habitats along the sea–inland gradient? Data were collected and categorized during spring 2014–2015 following the OSPAR guidelines in belts parallel to the shoreline and in transects perpendicular to the shoreline. Before analyzing litter abundance by classes of material, source types, and floating capacity, the spatial trends of waste accumulation along the dune zonation was also explored. Most of litter elements are in plastic, followed by styrofoam with good floating capacity. Majority of the debris derive from food packaging, fishing and recreational activities. The distribution of litter along the sea–land eco-morphological gradient is heterogeneous. The unequal accumulation amounts of debris on the upper beach, embryodunes, mobile dunes and fixed dunes threaten natural EC habitats in different ways. Our results stress the need of specific conservation and cleaning actions able to preserve the ecological value of EC coastal dune habitats.
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- 2024
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48. Coastal Biodiversity Assessment Aided by Citizen Science Volunteers: A Look at the Italian Central Adriatic.
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Compagnone, Federica, Varricchione, Marco, Innangi, Michele, Di Febbraro, Mirko, Loy, Anna, Stanisci, Angela, de Francesco, Maria Carla, Matteucci, Giorgio, and Carranza, Maria Laura
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COASTAL biodiversity ,CITIZEN science ,INTRODUCED animals ,INFORMATION measurement ,BIODIVERSITY conservation ,AQUATIC exercises - Abstract
Coastal ecosystems, encompassing land and marine environments and hosting substantial biodiversity, are among the most threatened worldwide. The European Habitats Directive prioritises coastal habitats and species, requiring legislative, direct protection, monitoring, and informational measures. Accurate habitat and species monitoring is crucial to conservation efforts, yet biodiversity research in complex, ever-changing environments like coastal areas is difficult. Citizen Science may bridge biodiversity assessment and eco-friendly monitoring by incorporating non-scientists into the data collection for scientists and stakeholders. A Citizen Science approach supported by a dedicated iNaturalist project (called Wild Coast CASCADE) was implemented to obtain a complete monitoring framework that includes observations of many taxa in terrestrial, aquatic, and transitional dynamic coastal environments in the Central Italian Adriatic coast. We explored data gathered focusing on the IUCN Red List species, the species and habitats of European conservation concern, and the non-native species. Between 2020 and 2023, we collected 3784 records covering 742 species, with 81% meeting the "research grade criteria", and these were retained for subsequent research. Citizen Science volunteers have collected 291 georeferenced animal records from the global IUCN Red List, 51 plant species from 14 species that are indicators of the presence of habitats of European Conservation Concern, and 44 non-native plants and animals. Our results provide evidence that citizen research projects can effectively assist in monitoring coastal–marine habitats and species. They also underline the potential of Citizen Science for biodiversity conservation and emphasize the importance of public engagement in conservation efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. FUN-VIOLA: FUNctional traits of VegetatIOn of centraL Apennines
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Marco Varricchione, Maria Laura Carranza, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, and Angela Stanisci
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Plant Science - Published
- 2023
50. Issue 2 - 'Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution'. Part 2): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: Perspectives from Italy and some other GARD countries
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G. Sarno, I. Stanisci, S. Maio, S. Williams, E.M. Khoo, S.G. Diaz, E.V. Ponte, L.T.T. Lan, T. Soronbaev, D. Behera, S. Tagliaferro, S. Baldacci, and G. Viegi
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine - Published
- 2023
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