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1. How to improve the distribution maps of habitat types at national scale

Author: Carli, E., Massimi, M., Angelini, P., Casella, L., Attorre, F., and Agrillo, E.
Published: 2020
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2. Habitat conservation in Italy: the state of the art in the light of the first European Red List of Terrestrial and Freshwater Habitats

Author: Gigante, D., Acosta, A. T. R., Agrillo, E., Armiraglio, S., Assini, S., Attorre, F., Bagella, S., Buffa, G., Casella, L., Giancola, C., Giusso del Galdo, G. P., Marcenò, C., Pezzi, G., Prisco, I., Venanzoni, R., and Viciani, D.
Published: 2018
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3. Assessing escapes from short rotation plantations of the invasive tree species Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Mediterranean ecosystems: a study in central Italy

Author: Crosti R, Agrillo E, Ciccarese L, Guarino R, Paris P, and Testi A
Subjects: False Acacia, Mediterranean Region, Risk Assessment, Containment, EU Regulation, Invasive Species, Forestry, SD1-669.5
Abstract: Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is a fast growing tree species native to temperate North America, and widely diffused and naturalized in Europe. It is one of the candidate species for establishing bioenergy plantations on marginal lands in temperate and sub-Mediterranean regions. This potential is in contrast to its well-known invasive habit, leading to a potential damage to plant biodiversity in many European countries. Advise against black locust plantation in regions where it is already invasive has been issued by several international reports, as well as the adoption of mitigation measures (e.g., “containment” buffer zones) to prevent the spread of the species into natural and semi-natural habitats. In the Mediterranean basin, however, no studies have been carried out aimed at quantifying the escape rate of black locust saplings from plantation stands and its recruitment into natural habitats, together with the effectiveness of a buffer zone in reducing the spread. In this study we investigated the spread of black locust along 35 transects surrounding three 20-year- old plantations and including three different land cover types: abandoned arable land, semi-natural woodland and a buffer zone (orchards) with a low degree of farming input. In addition, the effect of soil disturbance on seed propagation was investigated. Our results demonstrate that the density of black locust regeneration is strongly affected by the land cover, abandoned agricultural land being the most prone to black locust colonization. Contrastingly, the spread was minimal in the buffer zone and negligible in semi-natural woodland. During the investigated year, seed generative propagation was also negligible. The semi-natural woodland seems to resist well to black locust invasion, though further observations are needed to assess the consequences of stand harvesting disturbance as well, according to local standard forest management. Buffer zones seem to be very effective in controlling black locust invasion. Best management practices, with active farming inputs, are also discussed.
Published: 2016
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4. Valutazione e classificazione degli impatti e distribuzione delle specie alloctone in Italia

Author: Montagnani, C., Gentili, R., Brundu, G., Celesti‐grapow, L., Galasso, G., Lazzaro, L., Armeli Minicante, S., Carnevali, L., Acosta, A. T. R., Agrillo, E., Alessandrini, A., Angiolini, C., Ardenghi, N. M. G., Arduini, I., Armiraglio, S., Attorre, F., Bacchetta, G., Bagella, S., Barni, E., Barone, G., Bartolucci, F., Beretta, A., Berta, G., Bolpagni, R., Bona, I., Bonari, G., Bouvet, D., Bovio, M., Briozzo, I., Brusa, G., Buldrini, F., Buono, S., Burnelli, M., Carboni, M., Carli, E., Casella, F., Castello, M., Ceriani, R. M., Cianfaglione, K., Cicutto, M., Conti, F., Dagnino, D., Domina, G., Fanfarillo, E., Fascetti, S., Ferrario, A., Ferretti, G., Foggi, B., Gariboldi, L., Giancola, C., Gigante, D., Guarino, R., Iamonico, D., Iberite, M., Kleih, M., Laface, V. L. A., Latini, M., Lazzeri, V., Lozano, V., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Marinangeli, F., Martini, F., Masiero, F., Massimi, M., Mazzola, L., Medagli, P., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Nicolella, G., Orsenigo, S., Peccenini, S., Pedullà, L., Perrino, E. V., Plutino, M., Podda, L., Poggio, L., Posillipo, G., Proietti, C., Prosser, F., Ranfa, A., Rempicci, M., Rivieccio, G., Rodi, E. S., Rosati, L., Salerno, G., Santangelo, A., Scalari, F., Selvaggi, A., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Turcato, C., Viciani, D., Vidali, M., Villani, M., Vurro, M., Wagensommer, R. P., Wilhalm, T., and Citterio, S.
Published: 2022

5. The aggregation of preferential and probabilistic datasets to investigate Italian forests: a case-study through the LifeWatch infrastructure

Author: Alessi, N., Bonari, G., Zannini, P., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Canullo, R., Casella, L., Cervellini, M., Chelli, S., Di Musciano, M., Guarino, R., Martellos, S., Massimi, M., Zerbe, S., and Chiarucci, A.
Published: 2021

6. sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots

Author: Sabatini, F.M., Lenoir, J., Hattab, T., Arnst, E., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., De Ruffray, P., Hennekens, S.M., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jimenez‐Alfaro, B., Kattge, J., Levesley, A., Pillar, V.D., Purschke, O., Sandel, B., Sultana, F., Aavik, T., Aćić, S., Acosta, A.T.R., Agrillo, E., Álvarez, M., Apostolova, I., Arfin Khan, M.A.S., Arroyo, L., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Banerjee, A., Bauters, M., Bergeron, Y., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bjorkman, A.D., Bonari, G., Bondareva, V., Brunet, J., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Cayuela, L., Černý, T., Chepinoga, V., Csiky, J., Ćušterevska, R., De Bie, E., Gasper, A.L., De Sanctis, M., Dimopoulos, P., Dolezal, J., Dziuba, T., El‐Sheikh, M.A.El‐R.M., Enquist, B., Ewald, J., Fazayeli, F., Field, R., Finckh, M., Gachet, S., Galán‐de‐Mera, A., Garbolino, E., Gholizadeh, H., Giorgis, M., Golub, V., Alsos, I.G., Grytnes, J‐A, Guerin, G.R., Gutiérrez, A.G., Haider, S., Hatim, M.Z., Hérault, B., Hinojos Mendoza, G., Hölzel, N., Homeier, J., Hubau, W., Indreica, A., Janssen, J.A.M., Jedrzejek, B., Jentsch, A., Jürgens, N., Kącki, Z., Kapfer, J., Karger, D.N., Kavgacı, A., Kearsley, E., Kessler, M., Khanina, L., Killeen, T., Korolyuk, A., Kreft, H., Kühl, H.S., Kuzemko, A., Landucci, F., Lengyel, A., Lens, F., Lingner, D.V., Liu, H., Lysenko, T., Mahecha, M.D., Marcenò, C., Martynenko, V., Moeslund, J.E., Monteagudo Mendoza, A., Mucina, L., Müller, J.V., Munzinger, J., Naqinezhad, A., Noroozi, J., Nowak, A., Onyshchenko, V., Overbeck, G.E., Pärtel, M., Pauchard, A., Peet, R.K., Penuelas, J., Pérez‐Haase, A., Peterka, T., Petřík, P., Peyre, G., Phillips, O.L., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Revermann, R., Rivas‐Torres, G., Rodwell, J.S., Ruprecht, E., Rūsiņa, S., Samimi, C., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Shan, H., Shirokikh, P., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Sklenář, P., Škvorc, Ž., Sparrow, B., Sperandii, M.G., Stančić, Z., Svenning, J‐C, Tang, Z., Tang, C.Q., Tsiripidis, I., Vanselow, K.A., Vásquez Martínez, R., Vassilev, K., Vélez‐Martin, E., Venanzoni, R., Vibrans, A.C., Violle, C., Virtanen, R., Wehrden, H., Wagner, V., Walker, D.A., Waller, D.M., Wang, H‐F, Wesche, K., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Willner, W., Wiser, S.K., Wohlgemuth, T., Yamalov, S., Zobel, M., Bruelheide, H., Bates, A., Sabatini, F.M., Lenoir, J., Hattab, T., Arnst, E., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., De Ruffray, P., Hennekens, S.M., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jimenez‐Alfaro, B., Kattge, J., Levesley, A., Pillar, V.D., Purschke, O., Sandel, B., Sultana, F., Aavik, T., Aćić, S., Acosta, A.T.R., Agrillo, E., Álvarez, M., Apostolova, I., Arfin Khan, M.A.S., Arroyo, L., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Banerjee, A., Bauters, M., Bergeron, Y., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bjorkman, A.D., Bonari, G., Bondareva, V., Brunet, J., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Cayuela, L., Černý, T., Chepinoga, V., Csiky, J., Ćušterevska, R., De Bie, E., Gasper, A.L., De Sanctis, M., Dimopoulos, P., Dolezal, J., Dziuba, T., El‐Sheikh, M.A.El‐R.M., Enquist, B., Ewald, J., Fazayeli, F., Field, R., Finckh, M., Gachet, S., Galán‐de‐Mera, A., Garbolino, E., Gholizadeh, H., Giorgis, M., Golub, V., Alsos, I.G., Grytnes, J‐A, Guerin, G.R., Gutiérrez, A.G., Haider, S., Hatim, M.Z., Hérault, B., Hinojos Mendoza, G., Hölzel, N., Homeier, J., Hubau, W., Indreica, A., Janssen, J.A.M., Jedrzejek, B., Jentsch, A., Jürgens, N., Kącki, Z., Kapfer, J., Karger, D.N., Kavgacı, A., Kearsley, E., Kessler, M., Khanina, L., Killeen, T., Korolyuk, A., Kreft, H., Kühl, H.S., Kuzemko, A., Landucci, F., Lengyel, A., Lens, F., Lingner, D.V., Liu, H., Lysenko, T., Mahecha, M.D., Marcenò, C., Martynenko, V., Moeslund, J.E., Monteagudo Mendoza, A., Mucina, L., Müller, J.V., Munzinger, J., Naqinezhad, A., Noroozi, J., Nowak, A., Onyshchenko, V., Overbeck, G.E., Pärtel, M., Pauchard, A., Peet, R.K., Penuelas, J., Pérez‐Haase, A., Peterka, T., Petřík, P., Peyre, G., Phillips, O.L., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Revermann, R., Rivas‐Torres, G., Rodwell, J.S., Ruprecht, E., Rūsiņa, S., Samimi, C., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Shan, H., Shirokikh, P., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Sklenář, P., Škvorc, Ž., Sparrow, B., Sperandii, M.G., Stančić, Z., Svenning, J‐C, Tang, Z., Tang, C.Q., Tsiripidis, I., Vanselow, K.A., Vásquez Martínez, R., Vassilev, K., Vélez‐Martin, E., Venanzoni, R., Vibrans, A.C., Violle, C., Virtanen, R., Wehrden, H., Wagner, V., Walker, D.A., Waller, D.M., Wang, H‐F, Wesche, K., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Willner, W., Wiser, S.K., Wohlgemuth, T., Yamalov, S., Zobel, M., Bruelheide, H., and Bates, A.
Abstract: Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation plots record the occurrence or abundance of all plant species co-occurring within delimited local areas. This allows species absences to be inferred, information seldom provided by existing global plant datasets. Although many vegetation plots have been recorded, most are not available to the global research community. A recent initiative, called ‘sPlot’, compiled the first global vegetation plot database, and continues to grow and curate it. The sPlot database, however, is extremely unbalanced spatially and environmentally, and is not open-access. Here, we address both these issues by (a) resampling the vegetation plots using several environmental variables as sampling strata and (b) securing permission from data holders of 105 local-to-regional datasets to openly release data. We thus present sPlotOpen, the largest open-access dataset of vegetation plots ever released. sPlotOpen can be used to explore global diversity at the plant community level, as ground truth data in remote sensing applications, or as a baseline for biodiversity monitoring.
Published: 2021

7. sPlotOpen:an environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

Author: Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Hattab, T. (Tarek), Arnst, E. A. (Elise Aimee), Chytry, M. (Milan), Dengler, J. (Juergen), De Ruffray, P. (Patrice), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Jandt, U. (Ute), Jansen, F. (Florian), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Kattge, J. (Jens), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Sandel, B. (Brody), Sultana, F. (Fahmida), Aavik, T. (Tsipe), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Acosta, A. T. (Alicia T. R.), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Arfin Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S.), Arroyo, L. (Luzmila), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Banerjee, A. (Arindam), Bauters, M. (Marijn), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bonari, G. (Gianmaria), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Brunet, J. (Jorg), Carni, A. (Andraz), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Custerevska, R. (Renata), De Bie, E. (Els), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dolezal, J. (Jiri), Dziuba, T. (Tetiana), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fazayeli, F. (Farideh), Field, R. (Richard), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Gachet, S. (Sophie), Galan-de-Mera, A. (Antonio), Garbolino, E. (Emmanuel), Gholizadeh, H. (Hamid), Giorgis, M. (Melisa), Golub, V. (Valentin), Alsos, I. G. (Inger Greve), Grytnes, J.-A. (John-Arvid), Guerin, G. R. (Gregory Richard), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), Herault, B. (Bruno), Hinojos Mendoza, G. (Guillermo), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Hubau, W. (Wannes), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Janssen, J. A. (John A. M.), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jentsch, A. (Anke), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kapfer, J. (Jutta), Karger, D. N. (Dirk Nikolaus), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Khanina, L. (Larisa), Killeen, T. (Timothy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kreft, H. (Holger), Kuehl, H. S. (Hjalmar S.), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lengyel, A. (Attila), Lens, F. (Frederic), Lingner, D. V. (Debora Vanessa), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Mahecha, M. D. (Miguel D.), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vasiliy), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Monteagudo Mendoza, A. (Abel), Mucina, L. (Ladislav), Muller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Naqinezhad, A. (Alireza), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Partel, M. (Meelis), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rivas-Torres, G. (Gonzalo), Rodwell, J. S. (John S.), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Shan, H. (Hanhuai), Shirokikh, P. (Pavel), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Sklenar, P. (Petr), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Sperandii, M. G. (Marta Gaia), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tang, C. Q. (Cindy Q.), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vasquez Martinez, R. (Rodolfo), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Waller, D. M. (Donald M.), Wang, H.-F. (Hua-Feng), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. J. (Timothy J. S.), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. K. (Susan K.), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zobel, M. (Martin), Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Hattab, T. (Tarek), Arnst, E. A. (Elise Aimee), Chytry, M. (Milan), Dengler, J. (Juergen), De Ruffray, P. (Patrice), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Jandt, U. (Ute), Jansen, F. (Florian), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Kattge, J. (Jens), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Sandel, B. (Brody), Sultana, F. (Fahmida), Aavik, T. (Tsipe), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Acosta, A. T. (Alicia T. R.), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Arfin Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S.), Arroyo, L. (Luzmila), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Banerjee, A. (Arindam), Bauters, M. (Marijn), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bonari, G. (Gianmaria), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Brunet, J. (Jorg), Carni, A. (Andraz), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Custerevska, R. (Renata), De Bie, E. (Els), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dolezal, J. (Jiri), Dziuba, T. (Tetiana), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fazayeli, F. (Farideh), Field, R. (Richard), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Gachet, S. (Sophie), Galan-de-Mera, A. (Antonio), Garbolino, E. (Emmanuel), Gholizadeh, H. (Hamid), Giorgis, M. (Melisa), Golub, V. (Valentin), Alsos, I. G. (Inger Greve), Grytnes, J.-A. (John-Arvid), Guerin, G. R. (Gregory Richard), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), Herault, B. (Bruno), Hinojos Mendoza, G. (Guillermo), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Hubau, W. (Wannes), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Janssen, J. A. (John A. M.), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jentsch, A. (Anke), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kapfer, J. (Jutta), Karger, D. N. (Dirk Nikolaus), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Khanina, L. (Larisa), Killeen, T. (Timothy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kreft, H. (Holger), Kuehl, H. S. (Hjalmar S.), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lengyel, A. (Attila), Lens, F. (Frederic), Lingner, D. V. (Debora Vanessa), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Mahecha, M. D. (Miguel D.), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vasiliy), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Monteagudo Mendoza, A. (Abel), Mucina, L. (Ladislav), Muller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Naqinezhad, A. (Alireza), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Partel, M. (Meelis), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rivas-Torres, G. (Gonzalo), Rodwell, J. S. (John S.), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Shan, H. (Hanhuai), Shirokikh, P. (Pavel), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Sklenar, P. (Petr), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Sperandii, M. G. (Marta Gaia), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tang, C. Q. (Cindy Q.), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vasquez Martinez, R. (Rodolfo), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Waller, D. M. (Donald M.), Wang, H.-F. (Hua-Feng), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. J. (Timothy J. S.), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. K. (Susan K.), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zobel, M. (Martin), and Bruelheide, H. (Helge)
Abstract: Motivation: Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation plots record the occurrence or abundance of all plant species co-occurring within delimited local areas. This allows species absences to be inferred, information seldom provided by existing global plant datasets. Although many vegetation plots have been recorded, most are not available to the global research community. A recent initiative, called ‘sPlot’, compiled the first global vegetation plot database, and continues to grow and curate it. The sPlot database, however, is extremely unbalanced spatially and environmentally, and is not open-access. Here, we address both these issues by (a) resampling the vegetation plots using several environmental variables as sampling strata and (b) securing permission from data holders of 105 local-to-regional datasets to openly release data. We thus present sPlotOpen, the largest open-access dataset of vegetation plots ever released. sPlotOpen can be used to explore global diversity at the plant community level, as ground truth data in remote sensing applications, or as a baseline for biodiversity monitoring. Main types of variable contained: Vegetation plots (n = 95,104) recording cover or abundance of naturally co-occurring vascular plant species within delimited areas. sPlotOpen contains three partially overlapping resampled datasets (c. 50,000 plots each), to be used as replicates in global analyses. Besides geographical location, date, plot size, biome, elevation, slope, aspect, vegetation type, naturalness, coverage of various vegetation layers, and source dataset, plot-level data also include community-weighted means and variances of 18 plant functional traits from the TRY Plant Trait Database. Spatial location and grain: Global, 0.01–40,000 m². Time period and grain: 1888–2015, recording dates. Major taxa and level of measuremen
Published: 2021

8. Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure

Author: European Commission, Cervellini, Marco, Musciano, Michele di, Fattorini, Simone, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Agrillo, E., Attorre, Fabio, Angelini, Pierangela, Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Casella, Laura A., Field, Richard, Fischer, Jan-Christopher, Genovesi, Piero, Hoffmann, Samuel, Irl, S.D.H., Nascimbene, Juri, Rocchini, Duccio, Steinbauer, Manuel, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Chiarucci, Alessandro, European Commission, Cervellini, Marco, Musciano, Michele di, Fattorini, Simone, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Agrillo, E., Attorre, Fabio, Angelini, Pierangela, Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Casella, Laura A., Field, Richard, Fischer, Jan-Christopher, Genovesi, Piero, Hoffmann, Samuel, Irl, S.D.H., Nascimbene, Juri, Rocchini, Duccio, Steinbauer, Manuel, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, and Chiarucci, Alessandro
Abstract: Habitat richness, that is, the diversity of ecosystem types, is a complex, spatially explicit aspect of biodiversity, which is affected by bioclimatic, geographic, and anthropogenic variables. The distribution of habitat types is a key component for understanding broad-scale biodiversity and for developing conservation strategies. We used data on the distribution of European Union (EU) habitats to answer the following questions: (i) how do bioclimatic, geographic, and anthropogenic variables affect habitat richness? (ii) Which of those factors is the most important? (iii) How do interactions among these variables influence habitat richness and which combinations produce the strongest interactions? The distribution maps of 222 terrestrial habitat types as defined by the Natura 2000 network were used to calculate habitat richness for the 10 km × 10 km EU grid map. We then investigated how environmental variables affect habitat richness, using generalized linear models, generalized additive models, and boosted regression trees. The main factors associated with habitat richness were geographic variables, with negative relationships observed for both latitude and longitude, and a positive relationship for terrain ruggedness. Bioclimatic variables played a secondary role, with habitat richness increasing slightly with annual mean temperature and overall annual precipitation. We also found an interaction between anthropogenic variables, with the combination of increased landscape fragmentation and increased population density strongly decreasing habitat richness. This is the first attempt to disentangle spatial patterns of habitat richness at the continental scale, as a key tool for protecting biodiversity. The number of European habitats is related to geography more than climate and human pressure, reflecting a major component of biogeographical patterns similar to the drivers observed at the species level. The interaction between anthropogenic variables highlights the ne
Published: 2021

9. Phylogenetic structure of European forest vegetation

Author: Czech Science Foundation, Villum Fonden, Eusko Jaurlaritza, Padullés Cubino, Josep, Lososová, Zdeňka, Bonari, Gianmaria, Agrillo, E., Attorre, Fabio, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Campos, Juan Antonio, Čarni, Andraž, Ćuk, Mirjana, Sanctis, Michele de, Indreica, Adrian, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Khanina, Larisa, Knollová, Ilona, Lenoir, Jonathan, Pielech, Remigiusz, Rašomavičius, V., Škvorc, Željko, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Vassilev, Kiril, Willner, Wolfgang, Chytrý, Milan, Czech Science Foundation, Villum Fonden, Eusko Jaurlaritza, Padullés Cubino, Josep, Lososová, Zdeňka, Bonari, Gianmaria, Agrillo, E., Attorre, Fabio, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Campos, Juan Antonio, Čarni, Andraž, Ćuk, Mirjana, Sanctis, Michele de, Indreica, Adrian, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Khanina, Larisa, Knollová, Ilona, Lenoir, Jonathan, Pielech, Remigiusz, Rašomavičius, V., Škvorc, Željko, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Vassilev, Kiril, Willner, Wolfgang, and Chytrý, Milan
Abstract: [Aims] (a) To determine the contribution of current macro-environmental factors in explaining the phylogenetic structure of European forest vegetation, (b) to map and describe spatial patterns in their phylogenetic structure and (c) to examine which lineages are the most important contributors to phylogenetic clustering and whether their contribution varies across forest types and regions. [Location] Europe. [Taxon] Angiosperms. [Methods] We analysed the phylogenetic structure of 61,816 georeferenced forest vegetation plots across Europe considering alternative metrics either sensitive to basal (ancient evolutionary dynamics) or terminal (recent dynamics) branching in the phylogeny. We used boosted regression trees to model metrics of the phylogenetic structure as a function of current macro-environmental factors. We also identified clades encompassing significantly more taxa than under random expectation in phylogenetically clustered plots. [Results] Phylogenetic clustering was driven by climatic stress and instability and was strong in the areas glaciated during the Pleistocene, likely reflecting limited postglacial migration, and to a lower extent in areas of northern-central Europe and in summer-dry Mediterranean regions. Phylogenetic overdispersion was frequent in the hemiboreal zone in Russia, in some areas around the Mediterranean Basin, and along the Atlantic seaboard of the Iberian Peninsula. The families Ericaceae, Poaceae and Fagaceae were overrepresented in clustered plots in different regions of Europe. [Main conclusions] We provide the first maps and analyses on the phylogenetic structure of European forest vegetation at the plot level. Our results highlight the role of environmental filtering, postglacial dispersal limitation and spatial transitions between major biomes in determining the distribution of plant lineages in Europe.
Published: 2021

10. Alien plant invasion hotspots and invasion debt in European woodlands

Author: European Commission, Czech Science Foundation, Villum Fonden, Wagner, V., Večeřa, Martin, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Pergl, Jan, Lenoir, Jonathan, Svenning_ Jens-Christian, Pyšek, Petr, Agrillo, E., Biurrun, Idoia, Campos, Juan Antonio, Ewald, Jörg, Fernández-González, Federico, Jandt, Ute, Rašomavičius, V., Šilc, Urban, Škvorc, Željko, Vassilev, Kiril, Wohlgemuth, T., Chytrý, Milan, European Commission, Czech Science Foundation, Villum Fonden, Wagner, V., Večeřa, Martin, Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Pergl, Jan, Lenoir, Jonathan, Svenning_ Jens-Christian, Pyšek, Petr, Agrillo, E., Biurrun, Idoia, Campos, Juan Antonio, Ewald, Jörg, Fernández-González, Federico, Jandt, Ute, Rašomavičius, V., Šilc, Urban, Škvorc, Željko, Vassilev, Kiril, Wohlgemuth, T., and Chytrý, Milan
Abstract: [Questions] European woodlands harbor at least 386 alien plant species but the factors driving local invasions remain unknown. By using a large vegetation-plot database, we asked how local richness and abundance of alien species vary by regions, elevation, climate, soil properties, human disturbance, and habitat types., [Location] Western, central and southern Europe., [Methods] We linked consolidated data from the European Vegetation Archive (16,211 plots) to a habitat classification scheme, climate, soil properties and human disturbance variables. In addition, we used 250 km × 250 km regional grid cells to test whether local patterns differ among regions. We used generalized additive models (GAMs) and quantile GAMs to explore how relative alien species richness and the sum of alien species covers per plot relate to predictors. Random Forest analyses (RFs) were employed to assess the importance of individual predictors that were not multicollinear., [Results] Relative alien species richness and the sum of alien species covers varied across regions and habitat types, with effects being more pronounced at the maximum rather than average responses. Both response variables declined with increasing elevation and distance to the nearest road or railroad and increased with the amount of sealed soil. Maxima in fitted functions matched plots from regional invasion hotspots in northwestern and central Europe. RFs accounted for 39.6% and 20.9% of the total variation in relative alien species richness and the sum of alien species covers, respectively, with region and habitat being the most important variables., [Conclusions] The importance of maximum response quantiles and the prevalence of regional hotspots point to invasion debt in European woodlands. As alien plants expand further, their species richness and abundance in woodlands will be likely driven by the shared effects of the introduction and planting history, differences in the invaded habitat types, and dispersal corridors.
Published: 2021

11. EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

Author: Chytrý, M., Tichý, L., Hennekens, S.M., Knollová, I., Janssen, J.A.M., Rodwell, J.S., Peterka, T., Marcenò, C., Landucci, F., Danihelka, J., Hájek, M., Dengler, J., Novák, P., Zukal, D., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Mucina, L., Abdulhak, S., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bölöni, J., Bonari, G., Braslavskaya, T., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J.A., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., De Bie, E., Delbosc, P., Demina, O., Didukh, Y., Dítě, D., Dziuba, T., Ewald, J., Gavilán, R.G., Gégout, J‐C, Giusso del Galdo, G.P., Golub, V., Goncharova, N., Goral, F., Graf, U., Indreica, A., Isermann, M., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jansen, J., Jašková, A., Jiroušek, M., Kącki, Z., Kalníková, V., Kavgacı, A., Khanina, L., Yu. Korolyuk, A., Kozhevnikova, M., Kuzemko, A., Küzmič, F., Kuznetsov, O.L., Laiviņš, M., Lavrinenko, I., Lavrinenko, O., Lebedeva, M., Lososová, Z., Lysenko, T., Maciejewski, L., Mardari, C., Marinšek, A., Napreenko, M.G., Onyshchenko, V., Pérez‐Haase, A., Pielech, R., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Rodríguez Rojo, M.P., Rūsiņa, S., Schrautzer, J., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Smagin, V.A., Stančić, Z., Stanisci, A., Tikhonova, E., Tonteri, T., Uogintas, D., Valachovič, M., Vassilev, K., Vynokurov, D., Willner, W., Yamalov, S., Evans, D., Palitzsch Lund, M., Spyropoulou, R., Tryfon, E., Schaminée, J.H.J., Schmidtlein, S., Chytrý, M., Tichý, L., Hennekens, S.M., Knollová, I., Janssen, J.A.M., Rodwell, J.S., Peterka, T., Marcenò, C., Landucci, F., Danihelka, J., Hájek, M., Dengler, J., Novák, P., Zukal, D., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Mucina, L., Abdulhak, S., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Boch, S., Bölöni, J., Bonari, G., Braslavskaya, T., Bruelheide, H., Campos, J.A., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Ćuk, M., Ćušterevska, R., De Bie, E., Delbosc, P., Demina, O., Didukh, Y., Dítě, D., Dziuba, T., Ewald, J., Gavilán, R.G., Gégout, J‐C, Giusso del Galdo, G.P., Golub, V., Goncharova, N., Goral, F., Graf, U., Indreica, A., Isermann, M., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jansen, J., Jašková, A., Jiroušek, M., Kącki, Z., Kalníková, V., Kavgacı, A., Khanina, L., Yu. Korolyuk, A., Kozhevnikova, M., Kuzemko, A., Küzmič, F., Kuznetsov, O.L., Laiviņš, M., Lavrinenko, I., Lavrinenko, O., Lebedeva, M., Lososová, Z., Lysenko, T., Maciejewski, L., Mardari, C., Marinšek, A., Napreenko, M.G., Onyshchenko, V., Pérez‐Haase, A., Pielech, R., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Rodríguez Rojo, M.P., Rūsiņa, S., Schrautzer, J., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Smagin, V.A., Stančić, Z., Stanisci, A., Tikhonova, E., Tonteri, T., Uogintas, D., Valachovič, M., Vassilev, K., Vynokurov, D., Willner, W., Yamalov, S., Evans, D., Palitzsch Lund, M., Spyropoulou, R., Tryfon, E., Schaminée, J.H.J., and Schmidtlein, S.
Abstract: Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation‐plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation‐plot database, and compile statistically‐derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS‐ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set‐theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnostic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species‐to‐habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man‐made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert
Published: 2020

12. Defining and applying the concept of Favourable Reference Values for species habitats under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives: examples of setting favourable reference values

Author: Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Boitani, L., Brunner, A., Evans, P., Foppen, R.P.B., Gubbay, S., Kleunen, A. van, Langhout, W., Pacifici, M., Ramirez, I., Rondinini, C., Roomen, M. van, Siepel, H., Swaaij, C.A.M. van, Winter, H.V., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Boitani, L., Brunner, A., Evans, P., Foppen, R.P.B., Gubbay, S., Kleunen, A. van, Langhout, W., Pacifici, M., Ramirez, I., Rondinini, C., Roomen, M. van, Siepel, H., Swaaij, C.A.M. van, and Winter, H.V.
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Published: 2019

13. Defining and applying the concept of Favourable Reference Values for species habitats under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives: examples of setting favourable reference values

Author: Bijlsma, R.J., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Boitani, L., Brunner, A., Evans, P., Foppen, R.P.B., Gubbay, S., Janssen, J.A.M., Kleunen, A. van, Langhout, W., Pacifici, M., Ramirez, I., Rondinini, C., Roomen, M. van, Siepel, H., Swaaij, C.A.M. van, Winter, H.V., Bijlsma, R.J., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Boitani, L., Brunner, A., Evans, P., Foppen, R.P.B., Gubbay, S., Janssen, J.A.M., Kleunen, A. van, Langhout, W., Pacifici, M., Ramirez, I., Rondinini, C., Roomen, M. van, Siepel, H., Swaaij, C.A.M. van, and Winter, H.V.
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Published: 2019

14. sPlot:a new tool for global vegetation analyses

Author: Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Dengler, J. (Juergen), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Chytry, M. (Milan), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Jansen, F. (Florian), Kattge, J. (Jens), Sandel, B. (Brody), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Field, R. (Richard), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Jandt, U. (Ute), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Winter, M. (Marten), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Ambarli, D. (Didem), Angelini, P. (Pierangela), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S. Arfin), Arnst, E. (Elise), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Baraloto, C. (Christopher), Beckmann, M. (Michael), Berg, C. (Christian), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Borchardt, P. (Peter), Botta-Dukat, Z. (Zoltan), Boyle, B. (Brad), Breen, A. (Amy), Brisse, H. (Henry), Byun, C. (Chaeho), Cabido, M. R. (Marcelo R.), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Curran, M. (Michael), Custerevska, R. (Renata), Stevanovic, Z. D. (Zora Dajic), De Bie, E. (Els), de Ruffray, P. (Patrice), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dressler, S. (Stefan), Ejrnaes, R. (Rasmus), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fagundez, J. (Jaime), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Font, X. (Xavier), Forey, E. (Estelle), Fotiadis, G. (Georgios), Garcia-Mijangos, I. (Itziar), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), Golub, V. (Valentin), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), He, T. (Tianhua), Higuchi, P. (Pedro), Holubova, D. (Dana), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Gursoy, D. I. (Deniz Isik), Jansen, S. (Steven), Janssen, J. (John), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jirousek, M. (Martin), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Knollova, I. (Ilona), Kolomiychuk, V. (Vitaliy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kozhevnikova, M. (Maria), Kozub, L. (Lukasz), Krstonosic, D. (Daniel), Kuehl, H. (Hjalmar), Kuehn, I. (Ingolf), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Kuzmic, F. (Filip), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lee, M. T. (Michael T.), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Li, C.-F. (Ching-Feng), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lopez-Gonzalez, G. (Gabriela), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Macanovic, A. (Armin), Mahdavi, P. (Parastoo), Manning, P. (Peter), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vassiliy), Mencuccini, M. (Maurizio), Minden, V. (Vanessa), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Moretti, M. (Marco), Mueller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Niinemets, U. (Ulo), Nobis, M. (Marcin), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Ozinga, W. A. (Wim A.), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Pedashenko, H. (Hristo), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rodwell, J. (John), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schaminee, J. H. (Joop H. J.), Schmiedel, U. (Ute), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Smyth, A. (Anita), Sop, T. (Tenekwetche), Sopotlieva, D. (Desislava), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Swacha, G. (Grzegorz), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Turtureanu, P. D. (Pavel Dan), Ugurlu, E. (Emin), Uogintas, D. (Domas), Valachovic, M. (Milan), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vashenyak, Y. (Yulia), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Wana, D. (Desalegn), Weiher, E. (Evan), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. (Timothy), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. (Susan), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zizka, G. (Georg), Zverev, A. (Andrei), Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Dengler, J. (Juergen), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Chytry, M. (Milan), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Jansen, F. (Florian), Kattge, J. (Jens), Sandel, B. (Brody), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Field, R. (Richard), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Jandt, U. (Ute), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Winter, M. (Marten), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Ambarli, D. (Didem), Angelini, P. (Pierangela), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S. Arfin), Arnst, E. (Elise), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Baraloto, C. (Christopher), Beckmann, M. (Michael), Berg, C. (Christian), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Borchardt, P. (Peter), Botta-Dukat, Z. (Zoltan), Boyle, B. (Brad), Breen, A. (Amy), Brisse, H. (Henry), Byun, C. (Chaeho), Cabido, M. R. (Marcelo R.), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Curran, M. (Michael), Custerevska, R. (Renata), Stevanovic, Z. D. (Zora Dajic), De Bie, E. (Els), de Ruffray, P. (Patrice), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dressler, S. (Stefan), Ejrnaes, R. (Rasmus), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fagundez, J. (Jaime), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Font, X. (Xavier), Forey, E. (Estelle), Fotiadis, G. (Georgios), Garcia-Mijangos, I. (Itziar), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), Golub, V. (Valentin), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), He, T. (Tianhua), Higuchi, P. (Pedro), Holubova, D. (Dana), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Gursoy, D. I. (Deniz Isik), Jansen, S. (Steven), Janssen, J. (John), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jirousek, M. (Martin), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Knollova, I. (Ilona), Kolomiychuk, V. (Vitaliy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kozhevnikova, M. (Maria), Kozub, L. (Lukasz), Krstonosic, D. (Daniel), Kuehl, H. (Hjalmar), Kuehn, I. (Ingolf), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Kuzmic, F. (Filip), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lee, M. T. (Michael T.), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Li, C.-F. (Ching-Feng), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lopez-Gonzalez, G. (Gabriela), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Macanovic, A. (Armin), Mahdavi, P. (Parastoo), Manning, P. (Peter), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vassiliy), Mencuccini, M. (Maurizio), Minden, V. (Vanessa), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Moretti, M. (Marco), Mueller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Niinemets, U. (Ulo), Nobis, M. (Marcin), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Ozinga, W. A. (Wim A.), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Pedashenko, H. (Hristo), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rodwell, J. (John), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schaminee, J. H. (Joop H. J.), Schmiedel, U. (Ute), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Smyth, A. (Anita), Sop, T. (Tenekwetche), Sopotlieva, D. (Desislava), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Swacha, G. (Grzegorz), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Turtureanu, P. D. (Pavel Dan), Ugurlu, E. (Emin), Uogintas, D. (Domas), Valachovic, M. (Milan), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vashenyak, Y. (Yulia), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Wana, D. (Desalegn), Weiher, E. (Evan), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. (Timothy), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. (Susan), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zizka, G. (Georg), and Zverev, A. (Andrei)
Abstract: Aims: Vegetation‐plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers and, thus, are rarely accessible at continental or global scales. Here we present the sPlot database, which collates vegetation plots worldwide to allow for the exploration of global patterns in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity at the plant community level. Results: sPlot version 2.1 contains records from 1,121,244 vegetation plots, which comprise 23,586,216 records of plant species and their relative cover or abundance in plots collected worldwide between 1885 and 2015. We complemented the information for each plot by retrieving climate and soil conditions and the biogeographic context (e.g., biomes) from external sources, and by calculating community‐weighted means and variances of traits using gap‐filled data from the global plant trait database TRY. Moreover, we created a phylogenetic tree for 50,167 out of the 54,519 species identified in the plots. We present the first maps of global patterns of community richness and community‐weighted means of key traits. Conclusions: The availability of vegetation plot data in sPlot offers new avenues for vegetation analysis at the global scale.
Published: 2019

15. sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses

Author: Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S.M., Chytrý, M., Pillar, V.D., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Sandel, B., Aubin, I., Biurrun, I., Field, R., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Peet, R.K., Peyre, G., Sabatini, F.M., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Winter, M., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Alvarez, M., Ambarlı, D., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Khan, M.A.S.A., Arnst, E., Attorre, F., Baraloto, C., Beckmann, Michael, Kühn, Ingolf, Virtanen, Risto, Berg, C., et al., Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S.M., Chytrý, M., Pillar, V.D., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Sandel, B., Aubin, I., Biurrun, I., Field, R., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Peet, R.K., Peyre, G., Sabatini, F.M., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Winter, M., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Alvarez, M., Ambarlı, D., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Khan, M.A.S.A., Arnst, E., Attorre, F., Baraloto, C., Beckmann, Michael, Kühn, Ingolf, Virtanen, Risto, and Berg, C., et al.
Abstract: QuestionsVegetation‐plot records provide information on presence and cover or abundance of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers and, thus, are rarely accessible at continental or global scales. Here we present the sPlot database, which collates vegetation plots worldwide to allow for the exploration of global patterns in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity at the plant community level. LocationsPlot version 2.1 contains records from 1,121,244 vegetation plots, which comprise 23,586,216 records of plant species and their relative cover or abundance in plots collected between 1885 and 2015. MethodsWe complemented the information for each plot by retrieving climate and soil conditions and the biogeographic context (e.g. biomes) from external sources, and by calculating community‐weighted means and variances of traits using gap‐filled data from the global plant trait database TRY. Moreover, we created a phylogenetic tree for 50,167 out of the 54,519 species identified in the plots. ResultsWe present the first maps of global patterns of community richness and community‐weighted means of key traits. ConclusionsThe availability of vegetation plot data in sPlot offers new avenues for vegetation analysis at the global scale.
Published: 2019

16. Defining and applying the concept of Favourable Reference Values for species habitats under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives : technical report

Author: Bijlsma, R.J., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Boitani, L., Brunner, A., Evans, P., Foppen, R., Gubbay, S., Janssen, J.A.M., van Kleunen, A., Langhout, W., Noordhuis, R., Pacifici, M., Ramirez, I., Rondinini, C., van Roomen, M., Siepel, H., Winter, H.V., Bijlsma, R.J., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Boitani, L., Brunner, A., Evans, P., Foppen, R., Gubbay, S., Janssen, J.A.M., van Kleunen, A., Langhout, W., Noordhuis, R., Pacifici, M., Ramirez, I., Rondinini, C., van Roomen, M., Siepel, H., and Winter, H.V.
Published: 2019

17. Alpha diversity of vascular plants in European forests

Author: Vecera, M., Divíšek, Jan, Lenoir, J., Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Biurrun, Idoia, Knollová, I., Agrillo, E., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Crespo Jiménez, G., Ćuk, M., Dimopoulos, P., Ewald, Jörg, Fernández-González, Federico, Gégout, Jean-Claude, Indreica, A., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kącki, Z., Rašomavičius, V., Řezníčková, M., Rodwell, J.S., Schaminée, J.H.J., Šilc, U., Svenning, J.-C., Swacha, G., Vassilev, K., Venanzoni, R., Wohlgemuth, T., Vecera, M., Divíšek, Jan, Lenoir, J., Jiménez Alfaro, Borja, Biurrun, Idoia, Knollová, I., Agrillo, E., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Crespo Jiménez, G., Ćuk, M., Dimopoulos, P., Ewald, Jörg, Fernández-González, Federico, Gégout, Jean-Claude, Indreica, A., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kącki, Z., Rašomavičius, V., Řezníčková, M., Rodwell, J.S., Schaminée, J.H.J., Šilc, U., Svenning, J.-C., Swacha, G., Vassilev, K., Venanzoni, R., and Wohlgemuth, T.
Abstract: Aim The former continental‐scale studies modelled coarse‐grained plant species‐richness patterns (gamma diversity). Here we aim to refine this information for European forests by (a) modelling the number of vascular plant species that co‐occur in local communities (alpha diversity) within spatial units of 400 m2; and (b) assessing the factors likely determining the observed spatial patterns in alpha diversity. Location Europe roughly within 12°W–30°E and 35–60°N. Taxon Vascular plants. Methods The numbers of co‐occurring vascular plant species were counted in 73,134 georeferenced vegetation plots. Each plot was classified by an expert system into deciduous broadleaf, coniferous or sclerophyllous forest. Random Forest models were used to map and explain spatial patterns in alpha diversity for each forest type separately using 19 environmental, land‐use and historical variables. Results Our models explained from 51.0% to 70.9% of the variation in forest alpha diversity. The modelled alpha‐diversity pattern was dominated by a marked gradient from species‐poor north‐western to species‐rich south‐eastern Europe. The most prominent richness hotspots were identified in the Calcareous Alps and adjacent north‐western Dinarides, the Carpathian foothills in Romania and the Western Carpathians in Slovakia. Energy‐related factors, bedrock types and terrain ruggedness were identified as the main variables underlying the observed richness patterns. Alpha diversity increases especially with temperature seasonality in deciduous broadleaf forests, on limestone bedrock in coniferous forests and in areas with low annual actual evapotranspiration in sclerophyllous forests. Main conclusions We provide the first predictive maps and analyses of environmental factors driving the alpha diversity of vascular plants across European forests. Such information is important for the general understanding of European biodiversity. This study also demonstrates a high potential of vegetation‐plot data
Published: 2019

18. The habitat monitoring under article 17 of the 92/43/eec Directive in Italy: the contribution of vegetation science

Author: GIGANTE, D, ANGELINI, P, ATTORRE, F, BIONDI, E, CASELLA, L, VENANZONI, R, ACOSTA, ATR, AGRILLO, E, ALEFFI, M, ALESSI, N, ALLEGREZZA, M, ANGIOLINI, C, ASSINI, S, AZZELLA, M, BAGELLA, S, BOLPAGNI, R, BONARI, G, BRACCO, F, BRULLO, S, BUFFA, G, CARLI, E, CASAVECCHIA, S, CERABOLINI, BEL, CIASCHETTI, G, CICCARELLI, D, COPIZ, R, CUTINI, M, DEL VECCHIO, S, DEL VICO, E, DI MARTINO, L, FACIONI, L, FANELLI, G, FOGGI, B, FRATTAROLI, AR, GALDENZI, D, GANGALE, C, GASPARRI, R, GIANGUZZI, Lorenzo Antonio, GIRONI, F, GIUSSO DEL GALDO, G, GUALMINI, M, GUARINO, Riccardo, LASEN, C, LASTRUCCI, L, MANELI, F, MARIOTTI, MG, PASTA, S, PAURA, B, PERRINO, EV, PETRAGLIA AR, PIRONE, G, POLDINI, L, POPONESSI, S, PRISCO, I, PUGLISI, M, RAVERA, S, SBURLINO, G, SELVAGGI, A, SPADA, F, SPAMPINATO, G, STRUMIA, S, TOMASELLI, M, TOMASELLI, V, UZUNOV,D, VICIANI, D, VILLANI, M, WAGENSOMMER, RP, ZITTI, S., GIGANTE, D, ANGELINI, P, ATTORRE, F, BIONDI, E, CASELLA, L, VENANZONI, R, ACOSTA, ATR, AGRILLO, E, ALEFFI, M, ALESSI, N, ALLEGREZZA, M, ANGIOLINI, C, ASSINI, S, AZZELLA, M, BAGELLA, S, BOLPAGNI, R, BONARI, G, BRACCO, F, BRULLO, S, BUFFA, G, CARLI, E, CASAVECCHIA, S, CERABOLINI, BEL, CIASCHETTI, G, CICCARELLI, D, COPIZ, R, CUTINI, M, DEL VECCHIO, S, DEL VICO, E, DI MARTINO, L, FACIONI, L, FANELLI, G, FOGGI, B, FRATTAROLI, AR, GALDENZI, D, GANGALE, C, GASPARRI, R, GIANGUZZI, L, GIRONI, F, GIUSSO DEL GALDO, G, GUALMINI, M, GUARINO, R, LASEN, C, LASTRUCCI, L, MANELI, F, MARIOTTI, MG, PASTA, S, PAURA, B, PERRINO, EV, PETRAGLIA AR, PIRONE, G, POLDINI, L, POPONESSI, S, PRISCO, I, PUGLISI, M, RAVERA, S, SBURLINO, G, SELVAGGI, A, SPADA, F, SPAMPINATO, G, STRUMIA, S, TOMASELLI, M, TOMASELLI, V, UZUNOV,D, VICIANI, D, VILLANI, M, WAGENSOMMER, RP, and ZITTI, S
Subjects: vegetation, BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION STATUS,HABITAT DIRECTIVE, VEGETATION, conservation status, Biodiversity, Habitat Directive, Habitat, monitoring, European Directive, Biodiversity, conservation status, Habitat Directive, vegetation
Abstract: The 4th National Report ex Art. 17 of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy (period 2013-2018) will try to fill a number of gaps still affecting the former versions of the Italian Reports, where territorial data were still missing for large parts of the country and the assessment was mostly based on the use of the expert opinion. Similar inconsistencies also emerged in other European countries (State of nature in the EU, EEA 2015). In order to reach this aim, a nationally shared protocol for monitoring the vegetation-based Annex I Habitats is currently under development. The most prominent issues addressed by the ongoing project are: i) fixing standardized, updated and scientifically grounded methodological tools, on the basis of the European guidelines (Evans & Arvela 2011, ETC-BD); ii) providing comparable data at national and European level; iii) harmonizing the territorially fragmented knowledge and iv) supporting nationally standardized measures for the conservation of terrestrial, brackish and freshwater Habitats. Promoted by the Italian Ministry for Environment (MATTM) and coordinated by the environmental agency ISPRA, the development of such a tool is being carried out by the Italian Society for Vegetation Science, with the support of a large team of experts. Open issues, such as the favourable reference values and the optimal thresholds for each considered parameter (range,area, structure and function), have to be dealt with, in a condition of large uncertainty. Due to its centrality in the assessment process, especially the concept of "typical species" should be developed with care, trying to combine the need for synthetic indicators with the great floristic diversity of the Italian Habitats. A clear definition of the parameters is crucial for a correct application of the monitoring protocol, to successfully contribute to the whole process of halting biodiversity loss in Europe.
Published: 2016

19. The SISV support to the implementation of a national manual for monitoring the Habitats of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy

Author: Gigante, D., Angelini, P., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Casella, L., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, A.T.R., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Cerabolini, B.E.L., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., Del Vecchio, S., Del Vico, E., Di Martino, L., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A.R., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Gianguzzi, L., Gironi, F., Giusso Del Galdo, G., Gualmini, M., Guarino, R., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Mariotti, M.G., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E.V., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poldini, L., Poponessi, S. ., Prisco, I ., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R.P., Zitti, S., Gigante, D., Angelini, P., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Casella, L., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Cerbolini, B., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., VECCHIO S, D., Del, V., MARTINO L, D., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Gianguzzi, L., Gironi, F., Giusso, G., Gualmini, M., Guarino, R., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Mariotti, M., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poldini, L., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R., and Zitti, S.
Subjects: Habitat, Natura 2000, monitoring, Italy, BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION STATUS, HABITAT DIRECTIVE, VEGETATION, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
Abstract: The 4th National Report ex Art. 17 of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy (period 2013-2018) will try to fill a number of gaps still affecting the former versions of the Italian Reports, where territorial data were still missing for large parts of the country and the assessment was mostly based on the use of the expert opinion. Similar inconsistencies also emerged in other European countries (State of nature in the EU, EEA 2015). In order to reach this aim, a nationally shared protocol for monitoring the vegetation-based Annex I Habitats is currently under development. The most prominent issues addressed by the ongoing project are: i) fixing standardized, updated and scientifically grounded methodological tools, on the basis of the European guidelines (Evans & Arvela 2011, ETC-BD); ii) providing comparable data at national and European level; iii) harmonizing the territorially fragmented knowledge and iv) supporting nationally standardized measures for the conservation of terrestrial, brackish and freshwater Habitats. Promoted by the Italian Ministry for Environment (MATTM) and coordinated by the environmental agency ISPRA, the development of such a tool is being carried out by the Italian Society for Vegetation Science, with the support of a large team of experts. Open issues, such as the favourable reference values and the optimal thresholds for each considered parameter (range, area, structure and function), have to be dealt with, in a condition of large uncertainty. Due to its centrality in the assessment process, especially the concept of "typical species" should be developed with care, trying to combine the need for synthetic indicators with the great floristic diversity of the Italian Habitats. A clear definition of the parameters is crucial for a correct application of the monitoring protocol, to successfully contribute to the whole process of halting biodiversity loss in Europe.
Published: 2016

20. A methodological protocol for Annex I Habitats monitoring: the contribution of Vegetation science

Author: Gigante, D., Attorre, F., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angelini, P., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Biondi, E., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Casella, L., Cerabolini, B., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., VECCHIO S, D., Del, V., MARTINO L, D., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Genovesi, P., GIANGUZZI, Lorenzo Antonio, Gironi, F., Giusso, G., Gualmini, M., GUARINO, Riccardo, Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Sciadrello, S., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R., Zitti, S., Gigante, D., Attorre, F., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angelini, P., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Biondi, E., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Casella, L., Cerabolini, B., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., VECCHIO S, D., Del, V., MARTINO L, D., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Genovesi, P., Gianguzzi, L., Gironi, F., Giusso, G., Gualmini, M., Guarino, R., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Sciadrello, S., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R., and Zitti, S.
Subjects: Article 17, Biodiversity, Conservation, FCS, Italy, Natura 2000, Phytosociology, Plant community, 92/43/EEC Directive, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
Abstract: The methodological foundations of the recently published Manual for Annex I Habitats monitoring in Italy, edited by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) with the scientific support of the Italian Society for Vegetation Science (SISV), are here presented, discussed and related to the most consolidated and acknowledged scientific advances in the field of Vegetation science. The proposed methodologies aim at offering simple, yet effective, protocols and procedures towards a harmonized data collection, by way of standardized and shared technical tools, resulting in comparable evaluations of the conservation status of Annex I Habitats. The methodological framework was developed by experts including a large team of members of the SISV. Big efforts were deployed to provide indicators and parameters for biodiversity monitoring able to catch its complexity, yet simple enough to be easily measured. Diagnosis and syntaxonomical correspondences of Habitat types, sampling procedure, plot size, distribution mapping, typical species are among the principal issues here examined through a widely shared scientific discussion. The final product is a comprehensive Manual, which offers practical but scientifically sound methodological tools for an efficient and effective monitoring of Annex I Habitats. The importance of bridging across the science-policy interface is emphasized, in a general will to improve the impact of Vegetation science on conservation policy development in Europe.
Published: 2016

21. Il supporto della SISV alla realizzazione di un manuale nazionale per il monitoraggio degli habitat della Direttiva 92/43/EEC in Italia

Author: Gigante, D., Angelini, P., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Casella, L., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Cerbolini, B., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., VECCHIO S, D., Del, V., MARTINO L, D., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Gironi, F., Giusso, G., Gualmini, M., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Mariotti, M., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poldini, L., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R., Zitti, S., GIANGUZZI, Lorenzo Antonio, GUARINO, Riccardo, Gigante, D., Angelini, P., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Casella, L., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Cerbolini, B., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., VECCHIO S, D., Del, V., MARTINO L, D., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Gianguzzi, L., Gironi, F., Giusso, G., Gualmini, M., Guarino, R., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Mariotti, M., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poldini, L., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R., and Zitti, S.
Subjects: Direttiva Habitat, Direttiva Habitat, Biodiversità, Vegetazione, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, SISV, Manuale
Abstract: A partire dall’entrata in vigore della Direttiva 92/43/EEC, la sorveglianza dello stato di conservazione degli habitat elencati nell’Allegato I ed il relativo monitoraggio periodico a intervalli di sei anni sono diventati un obbligo per tutti i paesi membri dell’UE, in base a quanto previsto negli Articoli 11 e 17. Nel 2011 è stato pubblicato un documento che fornisce le linee guida di riferimento europee per il monitoraggio di habitat e specie (Evans & Arvela 2011). Su questa base metodologica, la Società Italiana di Scienza della Vegetazione (SISV), avvalendosi di un ampio gruppo di soci esperti, ha avviato un dibattito interno su principi, criteri, parametri e strumenti per il monitoraggio degli habitat di Allegato I e dei tipi di vegetazione in essi rappresentati. Il progetto è stato promosso dal Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare e coordinato dall’Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, e si trova al momento in una fase prossima alla conclusione. A partire dalla documentazione già prodotta a livello nazionale per gli habitat italiani (Biondi et al., 2009, 2012, 2014; Genovesi et al., 2014), diversi aspetti critici sono stati esaminati attraverso una discussione scientifica ampiamente condivisa. In particolare, sono stati affrontati: gli aspetti legati alla scelta di strumenti adeguati per valutare i parametri area, struttura e funzione, prospettive future; il concetto di "specie tipica"; i metodi di campionamento habitat-specifici appropriati. Il protocollo sviluppato si pone come uno strumento pratico ed efficace, scientificamente valido e in linea con gli standard metodologici internazionali. Il suo utilizzo permetterà una raccolta armonizzata di dati su scala nazionale, rendendo possibile una valutazione comparata dello stato di conservazione di ciascun habitat.
Published: 2016

22. A methodological protocol for Annex i Habitats monitoring: The contribution of vegetation science

Author: Gigante, D, Attorre, F, Venanzoni, R, Acosta, Atr, Agrillo, E, Aleffi, M, Alessi, N, Allegrezza, M, Angelini, P, Angiolini, C, Assini, S, Azzella, Mm, Bagella, S, Biondi, E, Bolpagni, R, Bonari, G, Bracco, F, Brullo, Salvatore, Buffa, G, Carli, E, Caruso, G, Casavecchia, S, Casella, L, Cerabolini, Bel, Ciaschetti, G, Copiz, R, Cutini, M, Del Vecchio, S, Del Vico, E, Di Martino, L, Facioni, L, Fanelli, G, Foggi, B, Frattaroli, Ar, Galdenzi, D, Gangale, C, Gasparri, C, Genovesi, P, Gianguzzi, L, Gironi, F, GIUSSO DEL GALDO, Gianpietro, Gualmini, M, Guarino, R, Lasen, C, Lastrucci, L, Maneli, F, Pasta, S, Paura, B, Perrino, Ev, Petraglia, A, Pirone, G, Poponessi, S, Prisco, I, Puglisi, MARTA MARIA, Ravera, S, Sburlino, G, Sciandrello, Saverio, Selvaggi, A, Spada, F, Spampinato, G, Strumia, S, Tomaselli, M, Tomaselli, V, Uzunov, D, Viciani, D, Villani, M, Wagensommer, Rp, Zitti, S., Gigante, D, Attorre, F., Venanzoni, R., Acosta, ALICIA TERESA ROSARIO, Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angelini, P., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M. M., Bagella, S., Biondi, E., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Caruso, G., Casavecchia, S., Casella, L., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Ciaschetti, G., Copiz, R., Cutini, Maurizio, Del Vecchio, S., Del Vico, E., Di Martino, L., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A. R., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., Gasparri, R., Genovesi, P., Gianguzzi, L., Gironi, F., Del Galdo, G. Giusso, Gualmini, M., Guarino, R., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Pasta, S., Paura, B., Perrino, E. V., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poponessi, S., Prisco, Irene, Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Sciandrello, S., Selvaggi, A., Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R. P., Zitti, S., Acosta, A. T. R., Cutini, M., Prisco, I., and Strumia, Sandro
Subjects: 92/43/EEC directive, Article 17, Biodiversity, Conservation, FCS, Italy, Natura 2000, Phytosociology, Plant community, Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Plant Science, Evolution, Ecology, Evolution,Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, Behavior and Systematics, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata
Abstract: The methodological foundations of the recently published Manual for Annex I Habitats monitoring in Italy, edited by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) with the scientific support of the Italian Society for Vegetation Science (SISV), are here presented, discussed and related to the most consolidated and acknowledged scientific advances in the field of Vegetation science. The proposed methodologies aim at offering simple, yet effective, protocols and procedures towards a harmonized data collection, by way of standardized and shared technical tools, resulting in comparable evaluations of the conservation status of Annex I Habitats. The methodological framework was developed by experts including a large team of members of the SISV. Big efforts were deployed to provide indicators and parameters for biodiversity monitoring able to catch its complexity, yet simple enough to be easily measured. Diagnosis and syntaxonomical correspondences of Habitat types, sampling procedure, plot size, distribution mapping, typical species are among the principal issues here examined through a widely shared scientific discussion. The final product is a comprehensive Manual, which offers practical but scientifically sound methodological tools for an efficient and effective monitoring of Annex I Habitats. The importance of bridging across the science-policy interface is emphasized, in a general will to improve the impact of Vegetation science on conservation policy development in Europe.
Published: 2016

23. Habitat conservation in Italy: the state of the art in the light of the first European Red List of Habitats. In: Diversity patterns across communities in the frame of global change: conservation challenges, Abstracts, 26th Congress of the European Vegetation Survey, Bilbao (Spain)

Author: Gigante, D, Acosta, Atr, Agrillo, E, Armiraglio, S, Assini, Sp, Attorre, F, Bagella, S, Buffa, G, Casella, L, Giancola, C, Giusso Del Galdo Gp, Marcenò, C, Pezzi, G, Venanzoni, R, and Viciani, Daniele
Subjects: Habitat Red List, Italy, Conservation
Published: 2017

24. Fagus sylvatica-dominated woods of Italy: an updated classification. In: Diversity patterns across communities in the frame of global change: conservation challenges, Abstracts, 26th Congress of the European Vegetation Survey, Bilbao (Spain)

Author: Gennai, Matilde, Viciani, Daniele, Foggi, Bruno, Belmonte, Elisa, Landucci, F, Casella, L, Angelini, P, Agrillo, E, Massimi, M, Selvaggi, A, and Chytrý, M.
Subjects: Fagus sylvatica woods, Italy, vegetation
Published: 2017

25. The Braun-Blanquet project: evaluating and characterizing European vegetation alliances

Author: Jiménez Alfaro, B, Chytrý, M, Hennekens, S, Knollová, I, Schaminée, J, Agrillo E, Alessi, N, Greve Alsos, I, Apostolova, I, Attorre, F, Austrheim, G, Bergmeier, E, Biurrun, I, Brisse, H, Brunet, J, Carlón, L, Čarni, A, Csiky, J, Danihelka, J, De Bie, E, de Cáceres, M, Dengler, J, Didukh, Y, Dimopoulos, P, Ejrnaes, R, Fernández González, F, Fitzpatrick, Ú, Font, X, Golub, V, Grytnes, JA, Indreica, A, Jandt, U, Jansen, F, Kącki, Z, Krstonošić, D, Landucci, F, Lenoir, J, Luoto, M, Lysenko, T, Martynenko, V, Michalcová, D, Novakovskiy, A, Onyshchenko, V, Rodríguez Rojo, MP, Rodwell, J, Šibík, J, Šilc, U, Škvorc, Ž, Sorokin A, Stančić, Z, Suárez Seoane, S, Tichý, L, Vandvik, V, Venanzoni, R, Virtanen, R, Willner, W, Yamalov, S, Zobel, M., GUARINO, Riccardo, Jiménez-Alfaro, B, Chytrý, M, Hennekens, S, Knollová, I, Schaminée, J, Agrillo E, Alessi, N, Greve Alsos, I, Apostolova, I, Attorre, F, Austrheim, G, Bergmeier, E, Biurrun, I, Brisse, H, Brunet, J, Carlón, L, Čarni, A, Csiky, J, Danihelka, J, De Bie, E, de Cáceres, M, Dengler, J, Didukh, Y, Dimopoulos, P, Ejrnaes, R, Fernández González, F, Fitzpatrick, Ú, Font, X, Golub, V, Grytnes, JA, Guarino, R, Indreica, A, Jandt, U, Jansen, F, Kącki, Z, Krstonošić, D, Landucci, F, Lenoir, J, Luoto, M, Lysenko, T, Martynenko, V, Michalcová, D, Novakovskiy, A, Onyshchenko, V, Rodríguez Rojo, MP, Rodwell, J, Šibík, J, Šilc, U, Škvorc, Ž, Sorokin A, Stančić, Z, Suárez-Seoane, S, Tichý, L, Vandvik, V, Venanzoni, R, Virtanen, R, Willner, W, Yamalov, S, and Zobel, M
Subjects: Phytosociology, Europe, Alliances, Vegetation, biodiversity assessment, natural habitats, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
Abstract: European tradition on vegetation classification provides an extraordinary legacy for understanding biodiversity. However, this classification lacks explicit data on vegetation attributes, especially if we extend national or regional concepts to a continental perspective. An additional effort for evaluating and characterizing European vegetation types is therefore needed, and the data contained in vegeta tion databases are probably the main tool for these purposes. The BraunBlanquet project is an initiative of the European Vegetation Survey for characterizing veg etation alliances across Europe. By analyzing more than 500,000 vegetation plots from 22 European countries, we developed a framework consisting of: (1) evaluat ing the consistency and robustness of alliances using the information provided by vegetation plot databases, (2) calibrating assignment rules for classifying, at least partially, the plots not assigned to alliances and (3) characterizing vegeta tion types by providing lists of diagnostic species and major distributional pat terns. The BraunBlanquet project represents the first attempt for extrapolating European vegetation information into a comprehensive definition of vegetation types. Furthermore, the outputs of the project are expected to improve biodiversity assessment and the conservation management of natural habitats. As a study case, we illustrate how our framework can be used to characterize different forest types across Europe.
Published: 2014

26. Can Predictive Vegetation Modeling be a useful tool to support Vegetation Classification?

Author: ATTORRE, F., AGRILLO, E, ALESSI, N, CAMBRIA, VE, DE SANCTIS, M, FANELLI, G, FRANCESCONI, F, MARCENÒ, C, MASSIMI, M, SCARNATI, L, SPADA, F, VALENTI, R., GUARINO, Riccardo, ATTORRE, F., AGRILLO, E, ALESSI, N, CAMBRIA, VE, DE SANCTIS, M, FANELLI, G, FRANCESCONI, F, GUARINO, R, MARCENÒ, C, MASSIMI, M, SCARNATI, L, SPADA, F, and VALENTI, R
Subjects: Syntaxonomy, classification, PVM, vegetation
Published: 2014

27. European Vegetation Archive: now EVA really starts!

Author: Chytrý, M, Hennekens, S, Jiménez Alfaro, J, Dengler, J, Agrillo, E, Angelini, P, Apostolova, I, Becker, T, Berg, C, Bergmeier, E, Botta Dukàt, Z, Carlón, L, Casella, L, Csiky, J, Danihelka, J, Dimopoulos, P, Ewald, J, Fernàndez Gonzàles, F, Fitz, PU, Font, X, Garcia Mijangos, I, Golub, V, Indreica, A, Jandt, U, Jansen, F, Kącki, Z, Kleikamp, M, Knollová, I, Krstonosic, D, Kuzemko, A, Landucci, F, Lenoir, J, Lysenko, T, Marcenò, C, Michalcová, D, Rodwell, J, Rusina, S, Seidler, G, Schaminée, J, Šibík, J, Šilc, U, Sopotlieva, D, Sorokin, A, Spada, F, Stancic, Z, Swacha, G, Skvorc, Z, Tsiripidis, I, Turtureanu, PD, Valachovič, M, Vassilev, K, Venanzoni, R, Weekes, L, Willner, W, Wohlgemuth, T, NVDC, GUARINO, Riccardo, Chytrý, M, Hennekens, S, Jiménez-Alfaro, J, Dengler, J, Agrillo, E, Angelini, P, Apostolova, I, Becker, T, Berg, C, Bergmeier, E, Botta-Dukàt, Z, Carlón, L, Casella, L, Csiky, J, Danihelka, J, Dimopoulos, P, Ewald, J, Fernàndez-Gonzàles, F, Fitz, PU, Font, X, Garcia-Mijangos, I, Golub, V, Guarino, R, Indreica, A, Jandt, U, Jansen, F, Kącki, Z, Kleikamp, M, Knollová, I, Krstonosic, D, Kuzemko, A, Landucci, F, Lenoir, J, Lysenko, T, Marcenò, C, Michalcová, D, Rodwell, J, Rusina, S, Seidler, G, Schaminée, J, Šibík, J, Šilc, U, Sopotlieva, D, Sorokin, A, Spada, F, Stancic, Z, Swacha, G, Skvorc, Z, Tsiripidis, I, Turtureanu, PD, Valachovič, M, Vassilev, K, Venanzoni, R, Weekes, L, Willner, W, Wohlgemuth, T, and NVDC
Subjects: vegetation, phytosociology, data-base, Europe, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
Abstract: European Vegetation Archive (EVA) was announced as a new initiative of the European Vegetation Survey at the EVS Meeting in Vienna in 2012. The aim of EVA is to create a centralized database of European vegetation plots by storing copies of national and regional databases on a single software platform using a unified taxonomic reference database. EVA does not affect the ongoing independent developments of source data bases and it guarantees that data property rights of the original contributors are re spected. EVA Data Property and Governance Rules were approved and the EVA website (www.euroveg.org/evadatabase) was established in 2012. Since then several European vegetationplot databases joined EVA. In the framework of the parallel BraunBlanquet project, we obtained experience with handling multiple databases based on different taxonomies, and a prototype of Turboveg 3 was developed as a software tool for joint management of multiple databases. This prototype has recently been accepted as the platform for technical management of EVA according to the approved Rules. A spe cific challenge for EVA is joining multiple species lists with different taxonomies used in national and regional databases. To solve this issue, EVA took over the SynBioSys Taxon Database, developed earlier for the SynBioSys Europe project, which is a system of taxon names and concepts used in the individual databases and their matches to a unified list of European flora. This taxon database is currently being extended to ac count for new vegetationplot databases and revised by taxonomic experts working in a newly established EVA Taxonomic Advisory Board. These technical developments made it possible that after two years since its formal establishment, first data sets could be uploaded to EVA, forming a basis for largescale analyses of European vegeta tion diversity for both scientific purposes and applications.
Published: 2014

28. Classifying plant communities and mapping their potential distribution using very large, heterogeneous, georeferenced datasets: the case study of the forest vegetation in the Italian peninsula

Author: Attorre, F, Agrillo, E, Alessi, N, Cambria, VE, De Sanctis, M, Fanelli, G, Francesconi, F, Marcenò, C, Massimi, M, Scarnati, L, Spada, F, Valenti, R., GUARINO, Riccardo, Attorre, F, Agrillo, E, Alessi, N, Cambria, VE, De Sanctis, M, Fanelli, G, Francesconi, F, Guarino, R, Marcenò, C, Massimi, M, Scarnati, L, Spada, F, and Valenti, R
Subjects: Phytosociology, Italy, data-base, forest vegetation, classification, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
Abstract: In recent years, the scientific community has made significant efforts in order to create georeferenced vegetation databases (Global Index of Vegetation Plot Databases). These databases are useful to carry out assessments of the state of bio diversity, conservation of species and habitats, dispersion of alien species and as a support for the planning of land and protected areas. In this context, Italy has given birth to its own project called VegItaly, coordinated by the Italian Society of Vegetation Science and conducted by several research groups, in order to develop a uniform database for the entire country. Within this framework we have created a georeferenced database of phytosociological relevés of forest vegetation. This work was conducted in three main steps: digitalizing published phytosociological relevés, georeferencing them using indications on their location and topographical features, and updating species nomenclature according to the more recent checklist. In this way, we obtained a database of 5593 georeferenced relevés for insular and penin sular Italy. This database was then used to identify and map the main forest com munities in the study area. For the classification process we used a finite mixture model that is particularly suitable to this purpose since it is able to integrate in the classificatory process species composition, environmental variables and the spatial distribution of the relevés. The application of this method led to the identification of 20 forest communities that represent the remarkable biological diversity in pen insular and insular Italy. This variability is characterized by the presence of central temperate European communities, subMediterranean ones with marked Balkan influences and typically Mediterranean ones. The final step was mapping the poten tial distribution of these forest communities using only the environmental variables and validating the map by means of the georeferenced relevés. Results indicate the subMediterranean forest communities being characterized by a lower classification accuracy with respect to the other two macrotypologies. Despite the intrinsic limi tations of natural potential vegetation mapping, we believe that our approach can produce maps useful for smallscale landscape planning and nature conservation activities, being based on a replicable and standardized procedure that could be ap plied when georeferenced relevés are available.
Published: 2014

29. The Habitat monitoring under article 17 of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy: the contribution of the vegetation science

Author: Gigante, D, Angelini, P, Attorre, F, Biondi, E, Casella, L, Venanzoni, R, Acosta, Atr, Agrillo, E, Aleffi, M, Alessi, N, Allegrezza, M, Angiolini, C, Assini, S, Azzella, M, Bagella, S, Bolpagni, R, Bonari, G, Bracco, F, Brullo, S, Buffa, G, Carli, E, Casavecchia, S, Cerabolini, Bel, Ciaschetti, G, Ciccarelli, D, Copiz, R, Cutini, M, Del Vecchio, S, Del Vico, E., Di Martino, L, Facioni, L, Fanelli, G, Foggi, B, Frattaroli, Ar, Galdenzi, D, Gangale, C, Gasparri, R, Gianguzzi, L, Gironi, F, Giusso Del Galdo, G, Gualmini, M, Guarino, R, Lasen, C, Lastrucci, L, Maneli, F, Mariotti, Mauro, Pasta, S, Paura, B, Perrino, Ev, Petraglia, A, Pirone, G, Poldini, L, Poponessi, S, Prisco, I, Puglisi, M, Ravera, S, Sburlino, G, Selvaggi, A, Spada, F, Spampinato, G, Strumia, S, Tomaselli, M, Tomaselli, V, Uzunov, D, Viciani, D, Villani, M, Wagensommer, Rp, and Zitti, S.
Subjects: Vegetation, Biodiversity, conservation status, Habitat Directive, Vegetation, conservation status, Biodiversity, Habitat Directive
Published: 2016

30. The habitat monitoring under article 17 of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy: the contribution of vegetation science

Author: Gigante, D., Angelini, P., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Casella, L., Venanzoni, R., Team (Acosta ATR, SISV Team (Acosta A. T. R., Agrillo, E., Aleffi, M., Alessi, N., Allegrezza, M., Angiolini, C., Assini, S., Azzella, M., Bagella, S., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bracco, F., Brullo, S., Buffa, G., Carli, E., Casavecchia, S., Cerabolini, BRUNO ENRICO LEONE, Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., Del Vecchio, S., Del Vico, E., Di Martino, L., Facioni, L., Fanelli, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A. R., Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C, Gasparri, R., Gianguzzi, L., Gironi, F., Giusso del Galdo, G., Gualmini, M., Guarino, R., Lasen, C., Lastrucci, L., Maneli, F., Mariotti, M. G., Pasta, S., Perrino, E. V., Petraglia, A., Pirone, G., Poldini, L., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Ravera, S., Sburlino, G., Selvaggi, A, Spada, F., Spampinato, G., Strumia, S., Tomaselli, M., Tomaselli, V., Uzunov, D., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer, R. P., and Zitti, S.
Published: 2016

31. A snapshot of Italy through the lens of the first European Red List of Habitats

Author: Gigante, D., Acosta, A.T.R., Agrillo, E., Armiraglio, S., Assini, S.P., Attorre, F., Bagella, S., Buffa, G., Casella, L., Giancola, C., Giusso del Galdo, G., Marcenò, C., Pezzi, G., Venanzoni, R., and Viciani, D.
Subjects: Habitat, Red List, Assessment
Published: 2016

32. European Red List of Habitats Part 2. Terrestrial and freshwater habitats

Author: Janssen, J. A. M., Rodwell, J. S., García Criado, M., Gubbay, S., Haynes, T., Nieto, A., Sanders, N., Landucci, F., Loidi, J., Ssymank, A., Tahvanainen, T., Valderrabano, M., Acosta, A., Aronsson, M., Arts, G., Attorre, F., Bergmeier, E., Bijlsma, R. -. J., Bioret, F., Biţă-nicolae, C., Biurrun, I., Calix, M., Capelo, J., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Dengler, J., Dimopoulos, P., Essl, F., Gardfjell, H., Gigante, D., Giusso Del Galdo, G., Hájek, M., Jansen, F., Jansen, J., Kapfer, J., Mickolajczak, A., Molina, J. A., Molnár, Z., Paternoster, D., Piernik, A., Poulin, B., Renaux, B., Schaminée, J. H. J., Šumberová, K., Toivonen, H., Tonteri, T., Tsiripidis, I., Tzonev, R., Valachovič, M., Aarrestad, P. A., Agrillo, E., Alegro, E., Alonso, I., Angus, S., Argagnon, O., Armiraglio, S., Assini, S., Aunina, L., Averis, A. B. G., Averis, A. M., Bagella, S., Barina, Z., Barron, S., Bell, S., Bendiksen, E., Bölöni, J., Brandrud, T. E., Brophy, J., Buffa, G., Campos, J. A., Casella, L., Christodoulou, C., Church, A., Corbett, P., Couvreur, J. -. M., Creer, J., Crowle, A., Dahlgren, J., De Keersmaeker, L., Delarze, R., Delescaille, L. -. M., Denys, L., De Saeger, S., Devany, F., De Vries, D., Diack, I., Dimitrov, M., Eide, W., Espirito Santo, D., Fagaras, M., Fievet, V., Finck, P., Fitzpatrick, U., Fotiadis, G., Framstad, E., Frankard, P., Giancola, C., Gussev, C. H., Hall, R., Hamill, B., Haveman, R., Heinze, S., Hennekens, S., Hobohm, C., Ivanov, P., Jacobson, A., Janauer, G., Janišová, M., Jefferson, R. G., Jones, P., Juvan, N., Kącki, Z., Kallimanis, A., Kazoglou, Y., Keith, D., Keulen, K., Király, G., Kirby, K., Kočí, M., Kontula, T., Leibak, E., Leyssen, A., Lotman, S., Lyngstad, A., Mäemets, H., Mainstone, C., Mäkelä, K., Marceno, C., Martin, J. R., Matevski, V., Mesterházy, A., Milanović, Đ., Millaku, F., Miller, R., Millet, J., Mjelde, M., Moen, A., Nygaard, B., Øien, D. -. I., O’Neill, F., Paal, J., Packet, J., Paelinckx, D., Panaïotis, C., Panitsa, M., Perrin, P., Pezzi, G., Prisco, I., Prosser, M., Provoost, S., Rašomavičius, V., Raths, U., Rees, S., Riecken, U., Roosaluste, E., Rove, I., Reymann, J., Rodriguez, J. P., Rothero, E., Rusakova, V., Rusina, S., Scanlan, C., Schuiling, R., Sciandrello, S., Sell, I., Šibík, J., Simkin, J., Škvorc, Ž., Spray, D., Stešević, D., Strand, G. H., Stupar, V., Thomaes, A., Trajanovska, S., Van Braekel, A., Van Landuyt, W., Vanderkerkhove, K., Vandevoorde, B., Van Uytvanck, J., Varga, A., Velkovski, N., Venanzoni, R., Verté, P., Viciani, D., Vrahnakis, M., Von Wachenfeldt, E., Wallace, H., Watt, S., Weeda, E., Wibail, L., Willner, W., P. W. I. L. S. O., N., and Xystrakis, . F.
Subjects: Habitat, Conservation, IUCN, red list, European Directive
Published: 2016

33. Erratum to VegItaly: The Italian collaborative project for a national vegetation database (Plant Biosystems, 146, 4 (756-763))

Author: Landucci, F., Acosta, A. T. R., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Cambria, V. E., Del Vico, E., de Sanctis, M., Facioni, L., Geri, F., Gigante, D., Guarino, R., Lucarini, D., Panfili, E., Pesaresi, S., Prisco, I., Rosati, L., Spada, F., Venanzoni, R., CHIARUCCI, ALESSANDRO, LANDI, SARA, Landucci, F., Acosta, A.T.R., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Cambria, V.E., Chiarucci, A., Del Vico, E., de Sanctis, M., Facioni, L., Geri, F., Gigante, D., Guarino, R., Landi, S., Lucarini, D., Panfili, E., Pesaresi, S., Prisco, I., Rosati, L., Spada, F., and Venanzoni, R.
Subjects: Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Published: 2013

34. The habitats of Italy in the perspective of the forthcoming Red List of European Habitats

Author: Gigante, D, Acosta, A, Agrillo, E, Armiraglio, S, Attorre F, Assini S., Bagella, S, Buffa, G, Casella, L, Giancola, C, GIUSSO DEL GALDO, Gianpietro, Marcenò, C, Pezzi, G, Venanzoni, R, and Viciani, D.
Published: 2015

35. Verso la Lista Rossa degli Habitat d'Europa: primi risultati per l'Italia

Author: Gigante, D., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Armiraglio, S., Assini, S.P., Attorre, F., Bagella, S., Buffa, G., Casella, L., Giancola, C., Galdo, G. Giusso del, Marcenò, C., Pezzi, G., Venanzoni, R., and Viciani, D.
Subjects: Habitat, assessment, conservation
Published: 2015

36. The habitats of Italy in the perspective of the forthcoming Red List of European habitats

Author: Gigante, D., Acosta, A., Agrillo, E., Armiraglio, S., Assini, S.P., Attorre, F., Bagella, S., Buffa, G., Casella, L., Giancola, C., Galdo, G. Giusso del, Marcenò, C., Pezzi, G., Venanzoni, R., and Viciani, D.
Subjects: Habitat assessment, Italy, Conservation
Published: 2015

37. Verso la Lista Rossa degli Habitat d'Europa: primi risultati per l’Italia

Author: Gigante, D, Acosta, A, Agrillo, E, Armiraglio, S, Assini, S, Attorre, F, Bagella, S, Buffa, G, Casella, L, Giancola, C, GIUSSO DEL GALDO, Gianpietro, Marcenò, C, Pezzi, G, Venanzoni, R, and Viciani, D.
Published: 2015

38. VegItaly: Technical features, crucial issues and some solutions

Author: Gigante, D, Acosta, A, Agrillo, E, Attorre, F, Cambria, V, Casavecchia, S, Chiarucci, A, Del Vico, E, De Sanctis, M, Facioni, L, Geri, F, Landi, S, Landucci, F, Lucarini, D, Panfili, E, Pesaresi, S, Prisco, I, Rosati, L, Spada, F, Venanzoni, R., GUARINO, Riccardo, Daniela Gigante, Alicia T.R. Acosta, Emiliano Agrillo, Fabio Attorre, V.E. Cambria, Simona Casavecchia, Alessandro Chiarucci, Eva Del Vico, Michele De Sancti, Laura Facioni, Francesco Geri, Riccardo Guarino, Sara Landi, Flavia Landucci, Domenico Lucarini, Edoardo Panfili, Simone Pesaresi, Irene Prisco, Leonardo Rosati, Francesco Spada, Roberto Venanzoni, Gigante, D, Acosta, A, Agrillo, E, Attorre, F, Cambria, V, Casavecchia, S, Chiarucci, A, Del Vico, E, De Sanctis, M, Facioni, L, Geri, F, Guarino, R, Landi, S, Landucci, F, Lucarini, D, Panfili, E, Pesaresi, S, Prisco, I, Rosati, L, Spada, F, and Venanzoni, R
Subjects: Data sharing, Ecoinformatics, Italian vegetation database, Phytosociology, Syntaxonomy, Taxonomic listVegetation plot, Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Plant Science, Evolution, DATABASE, data sharing, phytosociology, data sharing, ecoinformatics, Italian vegetation database, phytosociology, syntaxonomy, taxonomic list, vegetation plot, ecoinformatics, taxonomic list, Behavior and Systematics, vegetation science, italian vegetation database, syntaxonomy, taxonomic listvegetation plot, vegetation plot, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
Abstract: VegItaly is at present the largest Italian vegetation database. It is the result of a collaborative project aspiring to represent a major reference for the Italian vegetation scientists. The paper emphasizes its benefits for phytosociological data management and describes the solutions adopted to solve several technical problems, like the treatment of different vegetation stratification systems, the conversion of vegetation cover values, taxonomic and syntaxonomic issues, data import and access. The structure of the taxonomic list produced to support the storing of data is described. It allows an easy management of synonymic relationships and is constantly updated according to new publications and revisions. Issues related to data import from different formats have been solved by developing assistant software VegImport and TabImport, which are based on the most used formats in vegetation plot archiving. Bibliographic sources are managed according to the LISY standard and include descriptive geographic information, bibliographic and syntaxonomic reference. Distinct data access regimes can be selected by VegItaly's users: visible, partly visible, invisible. Compared with the original project outline, many fundamental parts of the database structure have been fully built up, although several utilities still have to be developed or improved. © Italian Society for Vegetation Science.
Published: 2012

39. VegItaly: Technical features, crucial issues and some solutions

Author: Gigante D, T, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Cambria V. E, Casavecchia S, Chiarucci A, Del Vico E, De Sanctis M, Facioni L, Geri F, Guarino R, Landi S, Landucci F, Lucarini D, Panfili E, Pesaresi S, Prisco I, Rosati L, Spada F, Venanzoni R., ACOSTA, ALICIA TERESA ROSARIO, Gigante, D, Acosta, ALICIA TERESA ROSARIO, T, Agrillo, E, Attorre, F, Cambria V., E, Casavecchia, S, Chiarucci, A, Del Vico, E, De Sanctis, M, Facioni, L, Geri, F, Guarino, R, Landi, S, Landucci, F, Lucarini, D, Panfili, E, Pesaresi, S, Prisco, I, Rosati, L, Spada, F, and Venanzoni, R.
Published: 2012

40. The Braun-Blanquet project: evaluating and characterizing European vegetation alliances

Author: Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Chytrý, M., Hennekens, S., Knollová, I., Schaminée, J., Agrillo, E., Alessi, N., Greve Alsos, I., Apostolova, I., Attorre, F., Austrheim, G., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Brisse, H., Brunet, J., Carlón, L., Čarni, A., Csiky, J., Danihelka, J., De Bie, E., de Cáceres, M., Dengler, J., Didukh, Y., Dimopoulos, P., Ejrnaes, R., Fernández González, F., Fitzpatrick, Ú., Font, X., Golub, V., Grytnes, J.‑A., Guarino, R., Indreica, A., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kącki, Z., Krstonošić, D., Landucci, F., Lenoir, J., Luoto, M., Lysenko, T., Martynenko, V., Michalcová, D., Novakovskiy, A., Onyshchenko, V., Rodríguez Rojo, M. P., Rodwell, J., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Sorokin, A., Stančić, Zvjezdana, Suárez-Seoane, S., Tichý, L., Vandvik, V., Venanzoni, R., Virtanen, R., Willner, W., Yamalov, S., Zobel, M., Čarni, Andraž, Juvan, Nina, and Ribeiro, Daniela
Subjects: vegetation, Europe
Abstract: European tradition on vegetation classification provides an extraordinary legacy for understanding biodiversity. However, this classification lacks explicit data on vegetation attributes, especially if we extend national or regional concepts to a continental perspective. An additional effort for evaluating and characterizing European vegetation types is therefore needed, and the data contained in vegetation databases are probably the main tool for these purposes. The Braun-Blanquet project is an initiative of the European Vegetation Survey for characterizing vegetation alliances across Europe. By analyzing more than 500, 000 vegetation plots from 22 European countries, we developed a framework consisting of: (1) evaluating the consistency and robustness of alliances using the information provided by vegetation plot databases, (2) calibrating assignment rules for classifying, at least partially, the plots not assigned to alliances and (3) characterizing vegetation types by providing lists of diagnostic species and major distributional patterns. The Braun-Blanquet project represents the first attempt for extrapolating European vegetation information into a comprehensive definition of vegetation types. Furthermore, the outputs of the project are expected to improve biodiversity assessment and the conservation management of natural habitats. As a study case, we illustrate how our framework can be used to characterize different forest types across Europe.
Published: 2014

41. Il contributo dell'Italia verso una Lista Rossa degli Habitat terrestri d'Europa: criticità e prospettive

Author: Gigante, D, Acosta, A, Agrillo, E, Armiraglio, S, Assini, S, Attorre, F, Bagella, S, Buffa, G, Casella, L, Cerabolini, B, Giancola, C, GIUSSO DEL GALDO, Gianpietro, Marcenò, C, Pezzi, G, Venanzoni, R, Viciani, D, Nieto, A, Gubbay, S, Haynes, T, Janssen, J, Miller, R, and Rodwell, J.
Subjects: habitat conservation
Published: 2014

42. European Vegetation Archive: now EVA really starts!

Author: Chytrý, M., Hennekens, S., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Dengler, J., Agrillo, E., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Becker, T., Berg, C., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Botta-Dukát, Z., Carlón, L., Casella, L., Csiky, J., Danihelka, J., Dimopoulos, P., Ewald, J., Fernández-Gonzáles, F., Fitz Patrick, Ú., Font, X., García-Mijangos, I., Golub, V., Guarino, R., Indreica, A., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Kącki, Z., Kleikamp, M., Knollová, I., Krstonošić, D., Kuzemko, A., Landucci, F., Lenoir, J., Lysenko, T., Marcenò, C., Michalcová, D., Rodwell, J., Rūsiņa, S., Seidler, G., Schaminée, J., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Sopotlieva, D., Sorokin, A., Spada, F., Stančić, Zvjezdana, Swacha, G., Škvorc, Ž., Tsiripidis, I., Turtureanu, P. D., Valachovič, M., Vassilev, K., Venanzoni, R., Weekes, L., Willner, W., Wohlgemuth, T., Nordic Vegetation Database Consortium, Čarni, Andraž, Juvan, Nina, and Ribeiro, Daniela
Subjects: vegetation database
Abstract: European Vegetation Archive (EVA) was announced as a new initiative of the European Vegetation Survey at the EVS Meeting in Vienna in 2012. The aim of EVA is to create a centralized database of European vegetation plots by storing copies of national and regional databases on a single software platform using a unified taxonomic reference database. EVA does not affect the ongoing independent developments of source databases and it guarantees that data property rights of the original contributors are respected. EVA Data Property and Governance Rules were approved and the EVA website (www.euroveg.org/eva-database) was established in 2012. Since then several European vegetation-plot databases joined EVA. In the framework of the parallel Braun-Blanquet project, we obtained experience with handling multiple databases based on different taxonomies, and a prototype of Turboveg 3 was developed as a software tool for joint management of multiple databases. This prototype has recently been accepted as the platform for technical management of EVA according to the approved Rules. A specific challenge for EVA is joining multiple species lists with different taxonomies used in national and regional databases. To solve this issue, EVA took over the SynBioSys Taxon Database, developed earlier for the SynBioSys Europe project, which is a system of taxon names and concepts used in the individual databases and their matches to a unified list of European flora. This taxon database is currently being extended to account for new vegetation-plot databases and revised by taxonomic experts working in a newly established EVA Taxonomic Advisory Board. These technical developments made it possible that after two years since its formal establishment, first data sets could be uploaded to EVA, forming a basis for large-scale analyses of European vegetation diversity for both scientific purposes and applications.
Published: 2014

43. A comparative framework for broad-scale plot-based vegetation classification

Author: Caceres, M. De, Chytry, M., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Botta-Dukat, Z., Capelo, J., Czucz, B., Dengler, J., Ewald, J., Faber-Langendoen, D., Feoli, E., Franklin, S.B., Gavilan, R., Gillet, F., Jansen, F., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Krestov, P., Landucci, F., Lengyel, A., Loidi, J., Mucina, L., Peet, R.K., Roberts, D.W., Rolecek, J., Schaminee, J.H.J., Schmidtlein, S., Theurillat, J.P., Tichy, L., Walker, D.A., Wildi, O., Willner, W., Wiser, S.K., Caceres, M. De, Chytry, M., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Botta-Dukat, Z., Capelo, J., Czucz, B., Dengler, J., Ewald, J., Faber-Langendoen, D., Feoli, E., Franklin, S.B., Gavilan, R., Gillet, F., Jansen, F., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Krestov, P., Landucci, F., Lengyel, A., Loidi, J., Mucina, L., Peet, R.K., Roberts, D.W., Rolecek, J., Schaminee, J.H.J., Schmidtlein, S., Theurillat, J.P., Tichy, L., Walker, D.A., Wildi, O., Willner, W., and Wiser, S.K.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 149053.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)
Published: 2015

44. Improvements and open issues of the database VegItaly. What are the perspectives?

Author: Landucci, F., Acosta, A. T. R., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Cambria, V. E., Casavecchia, S., Chiarucci, A., Del Vico, E., De Sanctis, M., Facioni, L., Geri, F., Gigante, D., Guarino, R., Landi, S., Lucarini, D., Panfili, E., Pesaresi, S., Prisco, I., Rosati, L., Spada, F., and Venanzoni, R.
Subjects: archive, vegetation, phytosociology
Published: 2013

45. La Banca Dati della Vegetazione Italiana VegItaly

Author: Venanzoni, Roberto, Acosta, A. T. R., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Chiarucci, A., Del Vico, E., De Sanctis, M., Geri, F., Gigante, Daniela, Guarino, R., Landucci, Flavia, Lucarini, D., Panfili, E., Pesaresi, S., Rosati, L., Spada, F., and Blasi, C.
Subjects: floristic and vegetation data, phytosociologic relevé, Vegetation databank
Published: 2012

46. Excursion guide 20th EVS workshop April 8, 2011: The Gulf of Gaeta

Author: Spada, F., DI PIETRO, Romeo, Guarino, R., Agrillo, E., and Casella, L.
Subjects: phytosociological relevés, Mediterranean vegetation, biogeography, landscape
Published: 2011

47. Primi risultati del progetto Carta Della Natura Del Lazio

Author: Spada, F, Casella, L, and Agrillo, E.
Subjects: Carta della Natura
Published: 2008

48. Primi risultati di uno studio sulla variabilita’genetica di Pinus halepensis mill. e Styrax officinals nell’italia mediotirrenica (Lazio)

Author: Spada, F., Agrillo, E., Simeone, M., Casella, L., Britse, L., Armenise, L., Marrone, N., and Schirone, B.
Subjects: Pinus halepensis mill, Styrax officinals
Published: 2008

49. RELIC MIRES IN PENINSULAR ITALY AND NATURA 2000

Author: laura casella, Spada, F., and Agrillo, E.
Subjects: lcsh:Botany, lcsh:QK1-989
Abstract: The study aims to detect patterns of distribution of mires along a geographical gradient. In order to do this, data from Natura 2000 inventories and distributional data for a selection of mire species have been compared. All data are referred to the 20 Regions (Administrative Districts) since distributional records of mire habitats and mire species are not yet available in literature sources. The inventory and mapping are in progress.
Published: 2007

50. Toponimi e distribuzione di Quercus suber L. in Italia. In: Cultural heritage and sustainable forest management: the role of traditional knowledge

Author: Spada, Francesco, Schirone, B, Passigli, S, Agrillo, E, and Casella, L.
Published: 2006

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