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2. Humic substances stimulate initial growth and reduce arsenic stress in Corymbia citriodora seedlings.
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Santos, Jefferson Luiz Antunes, Araújo, K. V., Busato, J. G., Pittarello, M., Leite, J. L. B., and Dobbss, L. B.
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HUMUS ,ARSENIC ,AFFECT (Psychology) ,ABIOTIC stress ,CHEMICAL elements - Abstract
The use of arsenic (As) tolerant plants and those with a well-developed root system have shown great relevance in phytoremediation campaigns. Corymbia citriodora presents these characteristics that can be enhanced by humic substances (HS) from organic matter. The objective of the present study was to determine if HS extracted from vermicompost can modify the root system architecture, stimulate growth, increase robustness and relieve stress promoted by As in C. citriodora seedlings. Two preliminary tests were carried out to obtain the best concentration-response for HS and the toxic As concentration. Subsequently, an experiment was carried out in nursery pots with nutrient solution and four treatments: Control, HS, As and As + HS. HS alleviated the reduced growth caused by As with regards to dry mass, root collar diameter and height of the aerial part. The Dickson quality index (DQI) was reduced by the action of As and this negative affect was mitigated by HS. Our results show the positive effect of the HS in alleviating As abiotic stress in C. citriodora seedlings, demonstrating its potential to mitigate the toxicity of this chemical element. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. UAV-spray application in vineyards: Flight modes and spray system adjustment effects on canopy deposit, coverage, and off-target losses
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Biglia, A., primary, Grella, M., additional, Bloise, N., additional, Comba, L., additional, Mozzanini, E., additional, Sopegno, A., additional, Pittarello, M., additional, Dicembrini, E., additional, Alcatrão, L. Eloi, additional, Guglieri, G., additional, Balsari, P., additional, Aimonino, D. Ricauda, additional, and Gay, P., additional
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- 2022
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4. Humic substances stimulate initial growth and reduce arsenic stress in Corymbia citriodora seedlings
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Santos, Jefferson Luiz Antunes, primary, Araújo, K. V., additional, Busato, J. G., additional, Pittarello, M., additional, Leite, J. L. B., additional, and Dobbss, L. B., additional
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- 2022
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5. BambApp: a citizen science project for the re-evaluation of the invasive potential of bamboo species in North-West Italy
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Pittarello, M., primary, Ravetto Enri, S., additional, Nota, G., additional, Lombardi, G., additional, Mezzasalma, V., additional, Frigerio, J., additional, and Lonati, M., additional
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- 2021
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6. Relative importance of topography, climate, species composition, and phenology in affecting forage yield and quality in alpine summer pastures
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Mainetti, A., Ravetto Enri, S., Pittarello, M., Lombardi, G., and Lonati, M.
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- 2021
7. FOOD FOR FOREST – Restorative Silvi-Pastoralism: the Food that Feeds the Forest
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Berretti, R., Ravetto Enri, S., Pittarello, M., Barberis, D., Ascoli, D., Nota, G., Genovese, D., Cornale, P., Lombardi, G., Lonati, M., Motta, R., and Battaglini, L. M.
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- 2021
8. A five-year rotational grazing changes the botanical composition of sub-alpine and alpine grasslands
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Perotti, Elisa, Probo, M., Pittarello, M., Lonati, M., and Lombardi, G.
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Cattle grazing ,Livestock management ,Shannon diversity index ,High-elevation ,Alps ,Pasture ,Meso-eutrophic species ,Cattle grazing, High-elevation, Livestock management, Meso-eutrophic species, Pasture, Shannon diversity index, Species richness ,Species richness - Published
- 2018
9. Changing from continuous to rotational grazing enhances alpine grassland composition and plant diversity: results of a five-year monitoring
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Lonati, M., Perotti, E., Probo, M., Pittarello, M., and Lombardi, G.
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- 2018
10. Effects of different humic substances concentrations on root anatomy and Cd accumulation in seedlings of Avicennia germinans (black mangrove)
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PITTARELLO, M., BUSATO, J. G., CARLETTI, P., ZANETTI, L. V., SILVA, J. da, DOBBSS, L. B., MARCO PITTARELLO, Universidade de Vila Velha, JADER GALBA BUSATO, Universidade de Brasília, PAOLO CARLETTI, Universidade de Pádua. Departamento de Agronomia, Alimentos, Recursos Naturais, Animais e Meio Ambiente., LEONARDO VALANDRO ZANETTI, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, JUSCIMAR DA SILVA, CNPH, and LEONARDO BARROS DOBBS, Universidade Federal dos Vales de Jequitinhonha e Mucuri.
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Cádmio ,Avicennia germinans ,Phytoremediation ,Cadmium - Abstract
This study explores, in controlled conditions, the effect of humic substances on Avicennia germinans seedlings, with or without cadmium contamination. Humic compounds significantly changed plant root architecture, and, when coupled with cadmium, root anatomy and Cortex to Vascular Cylinder diameter ratio. Made available in DSpace on 2022-03-03T15:00:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Juscimar-et-al-2022-2018.pdf: 1134616 bytes, checksum: ef8a3d0b046761199c2fb88f617d4621 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018
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- 2018
11. Plant diversity and grassland naturalness of differently managed urban areas of Torino (NW Italy)
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Lonati, M., primary, Probo, M., additional, Gorlier, A., additional, Pittarello, M., additional, Scariot, V., additional, Lombardi, G., additional, and Ravetto Enri, S., additional
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- 2018
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12. Effects of traditional salt placement and strategically placed mineral mix supplements on cattle distribution in the Western Italian Alps
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Pittarello, M., primary, Probo, M., additional, Lonati, M., additional, Bailey, D. W., additional, and Lombardi, G., additional
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- 2015
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13. Effects of traditional salt placement and strategically placed mineral mix supplements on cattle distribution in the Western Italian Alps.
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Pittarello, M., Probo, M., Lonati, M., Bailey, D. W., and Lombardi, G.
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EFFECT of salts on plants , *HERBACEOUS plants , *GRAZING , *SALTWATER encroachment , *FORAGE - Abstract
Effects of traditional salt placement ( TS) and strategically placed mineral mix supplements ( MMS) on cattle distribution were compared in the Italian Alps. Salt was placed within flat and herbaceous sites following the traditional method of farmers, whereas MMS blocks were placed on steep and shrub-encroached sites within three large pastures (44 ha on average). Each TS and MMS site was paired with a control site, and eleven cows were tracked with GPS collars. Within 10 and 50 m of TS and MMS, treatment sites were used more than control sites ( P < 0·05). No differences were detected ( P > 0·05) in the number of visits by cows within 10 and 50 m of TS and MMS placements. No differences were detected in time spent within 10 m of TS and MMS placements, but cows spent more time ( P < 0·05) within 50 m of TS. With either TS or MMS, cattle preferred areas with gentler terrain, higher forage pastoral value and closer to water ( P < 0·001). When MMS was available cattle also preferred areas near MMS ( P < 0·001). Shrub and herbaceous cover decreased near MMS placements ( P < 0·05) from cattle grazing and trampling. Placement of MMS is a promising tool to enhance cattle distribution and potentially reduce shrub encroachment in rugged mountain pastures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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14. Selenate and molybdate alter sulfate transport and assimilation in Brassica juncea L. Czern.: Implications for phytoremediation
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Schiavon, M., primary, Pittarello, M., additional, Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., additional, Wirtz, M., additional, Hell, R., additional, and Malagoli, M., additional
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- 2012
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15. Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 12
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Francesco Minutillo, Davide Campoccia, Franca Fratolin, Valentina Laface, Giacomo Cangelmi, Salvatore Cherchi, Simone Ravetto Enri, Laura Cancellieri, Lorenzo Pinzani, Enrico Banfi, Rossano Bolpagni, Bernadette Ciocia, Gabriele Galasso, Lina Podda, Michele Lonati, Davide Dagnino, Gianniantonio Domina, Fabio Conti, Andrea Mainetti, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Claudia Turcato, Alessandro Crisafulli, Franz G. Dunkel, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Filippo Prosser, Giovanni Riva, Sandro Ballelli, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Federico Selvi, Anna Scoppola, Francesco Santi, Giacomo Mei, Daniela Gigante, Gianmaria Bonari, Nicole Hofmann, Vanessa Lozano, Gaetano Pazienza, Alessio Bertolli, Gabriele Casazza, Ian Briozzo, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Mauro Fois, Giuseppe De Fine, Francesco Festi, Alice Dalla Vecchia, G. Barberis, Goffredo Filibeck, Luigi Forte, L. Gubellini, Giuseppe Brundu, Giancarlo Tondi, Valerio Del Nero, Mauro Mariotti, Giulia Tomasi, Alfredo Di Filippo, Davide Barberis, Stefano Carfagno, Giacomo Calvia, Viviana Cavallaro, Adriano Stinca, Thomas Bruschi, Michele Callegari, Luigi Minuto, Federica Bonini, Carlo Argenti, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Valeria Tomaselli, Mario Calbi, Thomas Wilhalm, Simone Orsenigo, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Francesca Carruggio, Alberto Selvaggi, Günter Gottschlich, Ginevra Nota, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Mattia Pallanza, Bartolucci, F., Domina, G., Argenti, C., Bacchetta, G., Ballelli, S., Banfi, E., Barberis, D., Barberis, G., Bertolli, A., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Bonini, F., Briozzo, I., Brundu, G., Bruschi, T., Calbi, M., Callegari, M., Calvia, G., Campoccia, D., Cancellieri, L., Cangelmi, G., Carfagno, S., Carruggio, F., Casazza, G., Cavallaro, V., Cherchi, S., Ciocia, B., Conti, F., Crisafulli, A., Dagnino, D., Vecchia, A. D., De Fine, G., Nero, V. D., Filippo, A. D., Dunkel, F. G., Festi, F., Filibeck, G., Fois, M., Forte, L., Fratolin, F., Galasso, G., Gigante, D., Gottschlich, G., Gubellini, L., Hofmann, N., Jimenez-Mejias, P., Laface, V. L. A., Lonati, M., Lozano, V., Mainetti, A., Mariotti, M., Mei, G., Minutillo, F., Minuto, L., Musarella, C. M., Nota, G., Orsenigo, S., Pallanza, M., Passalacqua, N. G., Pazienza, G., Pinzani, L., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Prosser, F., Enri, S. R., Riva, G., Santi, F., Scoppola, A., Selvaggi, A., Selvi, F., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tomaselli, V., Tomasi, G., Tondi, G., Turcato, C., Wilhalm, T., Lastrucci, L., Bartolucci F., Domina G., Argenti C., Bacchetta G., Ballelli S., Banfi E., Barberis D., Barberis G., Bertolli A., Bolpagni R., Bonari G., Bonini F., Briozzo I., Brundu G., Bruschi T., Calbi M., Callegari M., Calvia G., Campoccia D., Cancellieri L., Cangelmi G., Carfagno S., Carruggio F., Casazza G., Cavallaro V., Cherchi S., Ciocia B., Conti F., Crisafulli A., Dagnino D., Vecchia A.D., De Fine G., Nero V.D., Filippo A.D., Dunkel F.G., Festi F., Filibeck G., Fois M., Forte L., Fratolin F., Galasso G., Gigante D., Gottschlich G., Gubellini L., Hofmann N., Jimenez-Mejias P., Laface V.L.A., Lonati M., Lozano V., Mainetti A., Mariotti M., Mei G., Minutillo F., Minuto L., Musarella C.M., Nota G., Orsenigo S., Pallanza M., Passalacqua N.G., Pazienza G., Pinzani L., Pittarello M., Podda L., Prosser F., Enri S.R., Riva G., Santi F., Scoppola A., Selvaggi A., Selvi F., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Tomaselli V., Tomasi G., Tondi G., Turcato C., Wilhalm T., and Lastrucci L.
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Flora ,Endemic taxa ,Endemic taxa, Floristic data, Italy ,Italy ,Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica ,QK1-989 ,Floristic data ,Botany ,Zoology ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes to the Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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- 2021
16. Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 13
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Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Carlo Argenti, Giovanni Astuti, Sandro Ballelli, Sergio Ballestrin, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Liliana Bernardo, Alessio Bertolli, Fabrizio Bonali, Federica Bonini, Thomas Bruschi, Giovanni Buccomino, Orazio Caldarella, Laura Cancellieri, Paolo Caputo, Fabio Conti, Antonietta Crisanti, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Francesco Falcinelli, Francesco Festi, Valentina Ferri, Goffredo Filibeck, Gabriele Galasso, Giovanni Gestri, Daniela Gigante, Leonardo Gubellini, Günter Gottschlich, Riccardo Guarino, Nicole Hofmann, Gergely Király, Paolo Laghi, Valerio Lazzeri, Michele Lonati, Fabio Luchino, Jacopo Lupoletti, Giacomo Mei, Marco Merli, Konrad Pagitz, Bruno Paura, Riccardo Pennesi, Enrico Vito Perrino, Antonio Pica, Brunello Pierini, Lorenzo Pinzani, Marco Pittarello, Safiya Praleskouskaya, Filippo Prosser, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Francesco Santi, Daniele Saiani, Anastasia Sebellin, Adriano Soldano, Tommaso Spilli, Adriano Stinca, Massimo Terzi, Manuel Tiburtini, Giulia Tomasi, Roberto Venanzoni, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Bartolucci, F., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Argenti, C., Astuti, G., Ballelli, S., Ballestrin, S., Banfi, E., Barberis, D., Bernardo, L., Bertolli, A., Bonali, F., Bonini, F., Bruschi, T., Buccomino, G., Caldarella, O., Cancellieri, L., Caputo, P., Conti, F., Crisanti, A., Guacchio, E. D., Falcinelli, F., Festi, F., Ferri, V., Filibeck, G., Galasso, G., Gestri, G., Gigante, D., Gubellini, L., Gottschlich, G., Guarino, R., Hofmann, N., Kiraly, G., Laghi, P., Lazzeri, V., Lonati, M., Luchino, F., Lupoletti, J., Mei, G., Merli, M., Pagitz, K., Paura, B., Pennesi, R., Perrino, E. V., Pica, A., Pierini, B., Pinzani, L., Pittarello, M., Praleskouskaya, S., Prosser, F., Roma-Marzio, F., Santi, F., Saiani, D., Sebellin, A., Soldano, A., Spilli, T., Stinca, A., Terzi, M., Tiburtini, M., Tomasi, G., Venanzoni, R., Lastrucci, L., Bartolucci F., Domina G., Andreatta S., Argenti C., Astuti G., Ballelli S., Ballestrin S., Banfi E., Barberis D., Bernardo L., Bertolli A., Bonali F., Bonini F., Bruschi T., Buccomino G., Caldarella O., Cancellieri L., Caputo P., Conti F., Crisanti A., Guacchio E.D., Falcinelli F., Festi F., Ferri V., Filibeck G., Galasso G., Gestri G., Gigante D., Gubellini L., Gottschlich G., Guarino R., Hofmann N., Kiraly G., Laghi P., Lazzeri V., Lonati M., Luchino F., Lupoletti J., Mei G., Merli M., Pagitz K., Paura B., Pennesi R., Perrino E.V., Pica A., Pierini B., Pinzani L., Pittarello M., Praleskouskaya S., Prosser F., Roma-Marzio F., Santi F., Saiani D., Sebellin A., Soldano A., Spilli T., Stinca A., Terzi M., Tiburtini M., Tomasi G., Venanzoni R., and Lastrucci L.
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Endemic taxa ,Endemic taxa, Floristic data, Italy ,Italy ,Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,Floristic data ,Plant Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes to the Italian administrative regions. Two new combinations are proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1. In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and exclusions to the Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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- 2022
17. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 14
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Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Carlo Argenti, Giovanni Astuti, Giovanni Bacaro, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Simonetta Bagella, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Liliana Bernardo, Gianmaria Bonari, Giuseppe Brundu, Giovanni Buccomino, Giacomo Calvia, Laura Cancellieri, Alberto Capuano, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Fabio Conti, Alba Cuena-Lombraña, Francesco S. D’Amico, Giuseppe De Fine, Leopoldo de Simone, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Francesca Emili, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Simonetta Fascetti, Tiberio Fiaschi, Mauro Fois, Paola Fortini, Rodolfo Gentili, Marco Giardini, Amara N. Hussain, Duilio Iamonico, Valentina L. A. Laface, Andrea Lallai, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Angela P. Lecis, Eleonora Ligato, Gianfranco Loi, Michele Lonati, Vanessa Lozano, Simona Maccherini, Andrea Mainetti, Francesco Mascia, Giacomo Mei, Flavio Menini, Marco Merli, Antonio Montesano, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo M. Musarella, Ginevra Nota, Nicola Olivieri, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Lorenzo Pinzani, Alice Pisano, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Giandomenico Posillipo, Giovanna Potenza, Massimiliano Probo, Filippo Prosser, Lara A. Quaglini, Simone Ravetto Enri, Giovanni Rivieccio, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Leonardo Rosati, Alberto Selvaggi, Adriano Soldano, Adriano Stinca, Stefano Tasinazzo, Salvatore Tassone, Massimo Terzi, Roberta Vallariello, Roberta Vangelisti, Filip Verloove, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Galasso, Gabriele, Domina, Gianniantonio, Andreatta, Sebastiano, Argenti, Carlo, Astuti, Giovanni, Bacaro, Giovanni, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bagella, Simonetta, Banfi, Enrico, Barberis, Davide, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bernardo, Liliana, Bonari, Gianmaria, Brundu, Giuseppe, Buccomino, Giovanni, Calvia, Giacomo, Cancellieri, Laura, Capuano, Alberto, Celesti-Grapow, Laura, Conti, Fabio, Cuena-Lombraña, Alba, D’Amico, Francesco S., De Fine, Giuseppe, de Simone, Leopoldo, Del Guacchio, Emanuele, Emili, Francesca, Fanfarillo, Emanuele, Fascetti, Simonetta, Fiaschi, Tiberio, Fois, Mauro, Fortini, Paola, Gentili, Rodolfo, Giardini, Marco, Hussain, Amara N., Iamonico, Duilio, Laface, Valentina L. A., Lallai, Andrea, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lecis, Angela P., Ligato, Eleonora, Loi, Gianfranco, Lonati, Michele, Lozano, Vanessa, Maccherini, Simona, Mainetti, Andrea, Mascia, Francesco, Mei, Giacomo, Menini, Flavio, Merli, Marco, Montesano, Antonio, Mugnai, Michele, Musarella, Carmelo M., Nota, Ginevra, Olivieri, Nicola, Passalacqua, Nicodemo G., Pinzani, Lorenzo, Pisano, Alice, Pittarello, Marco, Podda, Lina, Posillipo, Giandomenico, Potenza, Giovanna, Probo, Massimiliano, Prosser, Filippo, Quaglini, Lara A., Ravetto Enri, Simone, Rivieccio, Giovanni, Roma-Marzio, Francesco, Rosati, Leonardo, Selvaggi, Alberto, Soldano, Adriano, Stinca, Adriano, Tasinazzo, Stefano, Tassone, Salvatore, Terzi, Massimo, Vallariello, Roberta, Vangelisti, Roberta, Verloove, Filip, Lastrucci, Lorenzo, Galasso G., Domina G., Andreatta S., Argenti C., Astuti G., Bacaro G., Bacchetta G., Bagella S., Banfi E., Barberis D., Bartolucci F., Bernardo L., Bonari G., Brundu G., Buccomino G., Calvia G., Cancellieri L., Capuano A., Celesti-Grapow L., Conti F., Cuena-Lombraña A., D’Amico F.S., De Fine G., de Simone L., Guacchio E.D., Emili F., Fanfarillo E., Fascetti S., Fiaschi T., Fois M., Fortini P., Gentili R., Giardini M., Hussain A.N., Iamonico D., Laface V.L.A., Lallai A., Lazzaro L., Lecis A.P., Ligato E., Loi G., Lonati M., Lozano V., Maccherini S., Mainetti A., Mascia F., Mei G., Menini F., Merli M., Montesano A., Mugnai M., Musarella C.M., Nota G., Olivieri N., Passalacqua N.G., Pinzani L., Pisano A., Pittarello M., Podda L., Posillipo G., Potenza G., Probo M., Prosser F., Quaglini L.A., Enri S.R., Rivieccio G., Roma-Marzio F., Rosati L., Selvaggi A., Soldano A., Stinca A., Tasinazzo S., Tassone S., Terzi M., Vallariello R., Vangelisti R., Verloove F., Lastrucci L., Galasso, G, Domina, G, Andreatta, S, Argenti, C, Astuti, G, Bacaro, G, Bacchetta, G, Bagella, S, Banfi, E, Barberis, D, Bartolucci, F, Bernardo, L, Bonari, G, Brundu, G, Buccomino, G, Calvia, G, Cancellieri, L, Capuano, A, Celesti-Grapow, L, Conti, F, Cuena-Lombraña, A, D’Amico, F, De Fine, G, de Simone, L, Guacchio, E, Emili, F, Fanfarillo, E, Fascetti, S, Fiaschi, T, Fois, M, Fortini, P, Gentili, R, Giardini, M, Hussain, A, Iamonico, D, Laface, V, Lallai, A, Lazzaro, L, Lecis, A, Ligato, E, Loi, G, Lonati, M, Lozano, V, Maccherini, S, Mainetti, A, Mascia, F, Mei, G, Menini, F, Merli, M, Montesano, A, Mugnai, M, Musarella, C, Nota, G, Olivieri, N, Passalacqua, N, Pinzani, L, Pisano, A, Pittarello, M, Podda, L, Posillipo, G, Potenza, G, Probo, M, Prosser, F, Quaglini, L, Enri, S, Rivieccio, G, Roma-Marzio, F, Rosati, L, Selvaggi, A, Soldano, A, Stinca, A, Tasinazzo, S, Tassone, S, Terzi, M, Vallariello, R, Vangelisti, R, Verloove, F, and Lastrucci, L
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floristic data ,Italy ,Alien species, floristic data, Italy, nomenclature ,Alien species ,nomenclature ,Plant Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Alien specie - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrections are provided as Suppl. material 1. © Gabriele Galasso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- 2022
18. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 9
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C. Villano, Mauro Fois, Gianmaria Bonari, Michele Mugnai, G. Buccomino, Paolo Castagnini, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Alberto Selvaggi, Liliana Bernardo, F. Menini, Marco Sarigu, Andrea Mainetti, M. Aversa, Sergio Buono, Filippo Prosser, Simonetta Fascetti, Nicole Hofmann, Lorenzo Lazzaro, F. Bonali, M. Apruzzese, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, S. Ravetto Enri, Chiara Toffolo, Rodolfo Gentili, A. Ilari, Silvia Paola Assini, J. Lupoletti, G. Tomasi, Lorenzo Pinzani, Giuseppe Brundu, Andrea Milani, Adriano Stinca, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Filippo Scafidi, Lina Podda, G. Barberis, Valentina Laface, Mauro Mariotti, Andrea Lallai, Vanessa Lozano, M. Adorni, Gabriele Gheza, Luigi Minuto, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Claudia Turcato, D. Marchetti, Marco Merli, Alessio Bertolli, L. Onnis, Simonetta Peccenini, Duilio Iamonico, Antonio Pica, Giulio Ferretti, A. Di Turi, S. Ceschin, A. Kiraly, Francesco Bracco, Sara Magrini, L. Gubellini, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Giacomo Calvia, Ilaria Bonini, Davide Dagnino, Salvatore Cambria, Saverio Sciandrello, Daniela Longo, Gianmarco Tavilla, Gianluigi Bacchetta, F. Mariani, Michele Lonati, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Claudia Angiolini, M. Manca, Enrico Banfi, Chiara Nepi, Gianniantonio Domina, Gergely Király, Nicola Olivieri, Giacomo Mei, E. Di Gristina, Leonardo Rosati, Gabriele Galasso, R. Masin, Galasso G., Domina G., Adorni M., Angiolini C., Apruzzese M., Ardenghi N.M.G., Assini S., Aversa M., Bacchetta G., Banfi E., Barberis G., Bartolucci F., Bernardo L., Bertolli A., Bonali F., Bonari G., Bonini I., Bracco F., Brundu G., Buccomino G., Buono S., Calvia G., Cambria S., Castagnini P., Ceschin S., Dagnino D., Di Gristina E., Di Turi A., Fascetti S., Ferretti G., Fois M., Gentili R., Gheza G., Gubellini L., Hofmann N., Iamonico D., Ilari A., Kiraly A., Kiraly G., Laface V.L.A., Lallai A., Lazzaro L., Lonati M., Longo D., Lozano V., Lupoletti J., Magrini S., Mainetti A., Manca M., Marchetti D., Mariani F., Mariotti M.G., Masin R.R., Mei G., Menini F., Merli M., Milani A., Minuto L., Mugnai M., Musarella C.M., Olivieri N., Onnis L., Passalacqua N.G., Peccenini S., Peruzzi L., Pica A., Pinzani L., Pittarello M., Podda L., Prosser F., Enri S.R., Roma-Marzio F., Rosati L., Sarigu M., Scafidi F., Sciandrello S., Selvaggi A., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Tavilla G., Toffolo C., Tomasi G., Turcato C., Villano C., Nepi C., Galasso, G, Domina, G, Adorni, M, Angiolini, C, Apruzzese, M, Ardenghi, N, Assini, S, Aversa, M, Bacchetta, G, Banfi, E, Barberis, G, Bartolucci, F, Bernardo, L, Bertolli, A, Bonali, F, Bonari, G, Bonini, I, Bracco, F, Brundu, G, Buccomino, G, Buono, S, Calvia, G, Cambria, S, Castagnini, P, Ceschin, S, Dagnino, D, Di Gristina, E, Di Turi, A, Fascetti, S, Ferretti, G, Fois, M, Gentili, R, Gheza, G, Gubellini, L, Hofmann, N, Iamonico, D, Ilari, A, Kiraly, A, Kiraly, G, Laface, V, Lallai, A, Lazzaro, L, Lonati, M, Longo, D, Lozano, V, Lupoletti, J, Magrini, S, Mainetti, A, Manca, M, Marchetti, D, Mariani, F, Mariotti, M, Masin, R, Mei, G, Menini, F, Merli, M, Milani, A, Minuto, L, Mugnai, M, Musarella, C, Olivieri, N, Onnis, L, Passalacqua, N, Peccenini, S, Peruzzi, L, Pica, A, Pinzani, L, Pittarello, M, Podda, L, Prosser, F, Enri, S, Roma-Marzio, F, Rosati, L, Sarigu, M, Scafidi, F, Sciandrello, S, Selvaggi, A, Spampinato, G, Stinca, A, Tavilla, G, Toffolo, C, Tomasi, G, Turcato, C, Villano, C, Nepi, C, Galasso, G., Domina, G., Adorni, M., Angiolini, C., Apruzzese, M., Ardenghi, N. M. G., Assini, S., Aversa, M., Bacchetta, G., Banfi, E., Barberis, G., Bartolucci, F., Bernardo, L., Bertolli, A., Bonali, F., Bonari, G., Bonini, I., Bracco, F., Brundu, G., Buccomino, G., Buono, S., Calvia, G., Cambria, S., Castagnini, P., Ceschin, S., Dagnino, D., Di Gristina, E., Di Turi, A., Fascetti, S., Ferretti, G., Fois, M., Gentili, R., Gheza, G., Gubellini, L., Hofmann, N., Iamonico, D., Ilari, A., Kiraly, A., Kiraly, G., Laface, V. L. A., Lallai, A., Lazzaro, L., Lonati, M., Longo, D., Lozano, V., Lupoletti, J., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Manca, M., Marchetti, D., Mariani, F., Mariotti, M. G., Masin, R. R., Mei, G., Menini, F., Merli, M., Milani, A., Minuto, L., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Olivieri, N., Onnis, L., Passalacqua, N. G., Peccenini, S., Peruzzi, L., Pica, A., Pinzani, L., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Prosser, F., Enri, S. R., Roma-Marzio, F., Rosati, L., Sarigu, M., Scafidi, F., Sciandrello, S., Selvaggi, A., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tavilla, G., Toffolo, C., Tomasi, G., Turcato, C., Villano, C., and Nepi, C.
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0106 biological sciences ,Flora ,Alien species ,Floristic data ,Italy ,New combinations ,Nomenclature ,new combinations ,Plant Science ,Alien ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,floristic data ,lcsh:Botany ,Alien species floristic data Italy new combinations nomenclature ,Alien specie ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,BIO/03 - BOTANICA AMBIENTALE E APPLICATA ,Ecology ,Alien species, Floristic data, Italy, New combinations, Nomenclature ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,BIO/02 - BOTANICA SISTEMATICA ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,nomenclature ,New combination ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Furthermore, three new combinations are proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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19. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 12
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Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Claudia Angiolini, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Serlapo Bardi, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianmaria Bonari, Maurizio Bovio, Ian Briozzo, Giuseppe Brundu, Sergio Buono, Giacomo Calvia, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Alessia Cozzolino, Alba Cuena-Lombraña, Michele Curuzzi, Francesco S. D’Amico, Davide Dagnino, Giuseppe De Fine, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Alessandro Federici, Paolo Ferraris, David Fiacchini, Tiberio Fiaschi, Mauro Fois, Leonardo Gubellini, Emilio Guidotti, Nicole Hofmann, Elisabeth Kindermann, Valentina L.A. Laface, Andrea Lallai, Pierangelo Lanfredini, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Valerio Lazzeri, Michele Lonati, Mara Loreti, Vanessa Lozano, Sara Magrini, Andrea Mainetti, Mariano Marchini, Michela Marignani, Marco Martignoni, Giacomo Mei, Francesco Minutillo, Gian Paolo Mondino, Riccardo Motti, Carmelo M. Musarella, Ginevra Nota, Nicola Olivieri, Mattia Pallanza, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Glauco Patera, Nicola Pilon, Lorenzo Pinzani, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Massimiliano Probo, Simone Ravetto Enri, Leonardo Rosati, Piero Salerno, Alberto Selvaggi, Adriano Soldano, Giovanna Sotgiu Cocco, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Massimo Terzi, Giancarlo Tondi, Claudia Turcato, Camilla Wellstein, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Galasso G, Domina G, Angiolini C, Bacchetta G, Banfi E, Barberis D, Bardi S, Bartolucci F, Bonari G, Bovio M, Briozzo I, Brundu G, Buono S, Calvia G, Celesti-Grapow L, Cozzolino A, Cuena-Lombraña A, Curuzzi M, D’Amico FS, Dagnino D, De Fine G, Fanfarillo E, Federici A, Ferraris P, Fiacchini D, Fiaschi T, Fois M, Gubellini L, Guidotti E, Hofmann N, Kindermann E, Laface VL.A, Lallai A, Lanfredini P, Lazzaro L, Lazzeri V, Lonati M, Loreti M, Lozano V, Magrini S, Mainetti A, Marchini M, Marignani M, Martignoni M, Mei G, Minutillo F, Mondino GP, Motti R, Musarella CM, Nota G, Olivieri N, Pallanza M, Passalacqua NG, Patera G, Pilon N, Pinzani L, Pittarello M, Podda L, Probo M, Enri SR, Rosati L, Salerno P, Selvaggi A, Soldano A, Cocco GS, Spampinato G, Stinca A, Terzi M, Tondi G, Turcato C, Wellstein C, Lastrucci L, De Fine, G., Fanfarillo, E., Federici, A., Ferraris, P., Fiacchini, D., Fiaschi, T., Fois, M., Gubellini, L., Guidotti, E., Hofmann, N., Kindermann, E., Laface, V. L. A., Lallai, A., Lanfredini, P., Lazzaro, L., Lazzeri, V., Lonati, M., Loreti, M., Lozano, V., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Marchini, M., Marignani, M., Martignoni, M., Mei, G., Minutillo, F., Mondino, G. P., Motti, R., Musarella, C. M., Nota, G., Olivieri, N., Pallanza, M., Passalacqua, N. G., Patera, G., Pilon, N., Pinzani, L., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Probo, M., Enri, S. R., Rosati, L., Salerno, P., Selvaggi, A., Soldano, A., Cocco, G. S., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Terzi, M., Tondi, G., Turcato, C., Wellstein, C., Lastrucci, L., Galasso, G., Banfi, E., Domina, G., Angiolini, C., Bacchetta, G., Calvia, G., Cuena-Lombrana, A., Barberis, D., Bardi, S., Bartolucci, F., Bonari, G., Bovio, M., Briozzo, I., Dagnino, D., Brundu, G., Buono, S., Celesti-Grapow, L., Cozzolino, A., Curuzzi, M., and D'Amico, F. S.
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floristic data ,Italy ,QK1-989 ,Alien species, floristic data, Italy, nomenclature ,Botany ,Alien species ,nomenclature ,Plant Science ,Alien speciesfloristic dataItalynomenclature ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Alien specie - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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20. Shedding light on typical species: Implications for habitat monitoring
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Gianmaria Bonari, Edy Fantinato, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Marta Gaia Sperandii, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Marina Allegrezza, Silvia Assini, Marco Caccianiga, Valter Di Cecco, Annarita Frattaroli, Daniela Gigante, Giovanni Rivieccio, Giulio Tesei, Barbara Valle, Daniele Viciani, Giulia Albani Rocchetti, Claudia Angiolini, Emilio Badalamenti, Davide Barberis, Matteo Barcella, Giuseppe Bazan, Andrea Bertacchi, Rossano Bolpagni, Federica Bonini, Alessandro Bricca, Gabriella Buffa, Mariasole Calbi, Silvia Cannucci, Luigi Cao Pinna, Maria Carmela Caria, Emanuela Carli, Silvia Cascone, Mauro Casti, Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini, Riccardo Copiz, Maurizio Cutini, Leopoldo De Simone, Andrea De Toma, Michele Dalle Fratte, Luciano Di Martino, Romeo Di Pietro, Leonardo Filesi, Bruno Foggi, Paola Fortini, Roberto Gennaio, Gabriele Gheza, Michele Lonati, Andrea Mainetti, Marco Malavasi, Corrado Marcenò, Carla Micheli, Chiara Minuzzo, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Francesca Napoleone, Ginevra Nota, Giovanna Piga, Marco Pittarello, Ilaria Pozzi, Safiya Praleskouskaya, Francesco Rota, Giacomo Santini, Simona Sarmati, Alberto Selvaggi, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Francesco Pio Tozzi, Roberto Venanzoni, Mariacristina Villani, Katia Zanatta, Magda Zanzottera, Simonetta Bagella, Bonari G., Fantinato E., Lazzaro L., Sperandii M.G., Acosta A.T.R., Allegrezza M., Assini S., Caccianiga M., Di Cecco V., Frattaroli A., Gigante D., Rivieccio G., Tesei G., Valle B., Viciani D., Rocchetti G.A., Angiolini C., Badalamenti E., Barberis D., Barcella M., Bazan G., Bertacchi A., Bolpagni R., Bonini F., Bricca A., Buffa G., Calbi M., Cannucci S., Pinna L.C., Caria M.C., Carli E., Cascone S., Casti M., Cerabolini B.E.L., Copiz R., Cutini M., de Simone L., de Toma A., Fratte M.D., Di Martino L., Di Pietro R., Filesi L., Foggi B., Fortini P., Gennaio R., Gheza G., Lonati M., Mainetti A., Malavasi M., Marceno C., Micheli C., Minuzzo C., Mugnai M., Musarella C.M., Napoleone F., Nota G., Piga G., Pittarello M., Pozzi I., Praleskouskaya S., Rota F., Santini G., Sarmati S., Selvaggi A., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Tozzi F.P., Venanzoni R., Villani M., Zanatta K., Zanzottera M., Bagella S., Bonari, G., Fantinato, E., Lazzaro, L., Sperandii, M. G., Acosta, A. T. R., Allegrezza, M., Assini, S., Caccianiga, M., Di Cecco, V., Frattaroli, A., Gigante, D., Rivieccio, G., Tesei, G., Valle, B., Viciani, D., Rocchetti, G. A., Angiolini, C., Badalamenti, E., Barberis, D., Barcella, M., Bazan, G., Bertacchi, A., Bolpagni, R., Bonini, F., Bricca, A., Buffa, G., Calbi, M., Cannucci, S., Pinna, L. C., Caria, M. C., Carli, E., Cascone, S., Casti, M., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Copiz, R., Cutini, M., de Simone, L., de Toma, A., Fratte, M. D., Di Martino, L., Di Pietro, R., Filesi, L., Foggi, B., Fortini, P., Gennaio, R., Gheza, G., Lonati, M., Mainetti, A., Malavasi, M., Marceno, C., Micheli, C., Minuzzo, C., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Napoleone, F., Nota, G., Piga, G., Pittarello, M., Pozzi, I., Praleskouskaya, S., Rota, F., Santini, G., Sarmati, S., Selvaggi, A., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tozzi, F. P., Venanzoni, R., Villani, M., Zanatta, K., Zanzottera, M., and Bagella, S.
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Structure and function ,diagnostic and characteristic species, habitat monitoring, keystone species, Natura 2000, plant community, structure and functions, typical species, 92/43/EEC Directive ,Keystone specie ,Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica ,Typical species ,Plant culture ,Diagnostic and characteristic species ,Plant community ,SB1-1110 ,Diagnostic and characteristic specie ,92/43/EEC Directive ,Habitat monitoring ,Keystone species ,Natura 2000 ,Structure and functions ,QK900-989 ,Plant ecology ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata - Abstract
Habitat monitoring in Europe is regulated by Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, which suggests the use of typical species to assess habitat conservation status. Yet, the Directive uses the term “typical” species but does not provide a definition, either for its use in reporting or for its use in impact assessments. To address the issue , a n online workshop was organized by the Italian Society for Vegetation Science (SISV) to shed light on the diversity of perspectives regarding the different concepts of typical species, and to discuss the possible implications for habitat monitoring. To this aim, we inquired 73 people with a very different degree of expertise in the field of vegetation science by means of a tailored survey composed of six questions. We analysed the data using Pearson's Chi-squared test to verify that the answers diverged from a random distribution and checked the effect of the degree of experience of the surveyees on the results. We found that most of the surveyees agreed on the use of the phytosociological method for habitat monitoring and of the diagnostic and characteristic species to evaluate the structural and functional conservation status of habitats. With this contribution, we shed light on the meaning of “typical” species in the context of habitat monitoring.
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- 2021
21. Notulae To The Italian Native Vascular Flora: 11
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Davide Dagnino, Nicole Hofmann, Roberto Marchianò, Goffredo Filibeck, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Fabrizio Bonali, Riccardo Pennesi, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Giacomo Mei, Giulio Ferretti, Flavio Menini, Agostino Brusco, Duilio Iamonico, Gianniantonio Domina, Gianluca Piovesan, Valentina Laface, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Antonio Pica, G. Barberis, M. Bovio, A. Gabellini, Laura Cancellieri, L. Gubellini, Paolo Marenzi, Leonardo Rosati, Marco Martignoni, Rossano Bolpagni, Carlo Argenti, Jacopo Lupoletti, Sandro Ballelli, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Gabriele Galasso, Marco Merli, Lorenzo Pinzani, Bruno Foggi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Michele Lonati, Sarah Tonelli, Davide Barberis, Simone Ravetto Enri, Maurizio Trenchi, Luciana Carotenuto, Lina Podda, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Enrico Banfi, Giuliano Campus, Emanuele Cheli, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Claudia Turcato, Adriano Stinca, Daniele Viciani, Orazio Caldarella, Domenico Lucarini, Emmanuele Farris, Sebastiano Andreatta, Gianni Bedini, Ian Briozzo, Simonetta Peccenini, Günter Gottschlich, Simone Orsenigo, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Bartolucci, F., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Argenti, C., Bacchetta, G., Ballelli, S., Banfi, E., Barberis, D., Barberis, G., Bedini, G., Bolpagni, R., Bonali, F., Bovio, M., Briozzo, I., Brusco, A., Caldarella, O., Campus, G., Cancellieri, L., Carotenuto, L., Cheli, E., Dagnino, D., Guacchio, E. D., Farris, E., Ferretti, G., Filibeck, G., Foggi, B., Gabellini, A., Galasso, G., Gianguzzi, L., Gottschlich, G., Gubellini, L., Hofmann, N., Iamonico, D., Laface, V. L. A., Lonati, M., Lucarini, D., Lupoletti, J., Marchiano, R., Marenzi, P., Martignoni, M., Mei, G., Menini, F., Merli, M., Musarella, C. M., Orsenigo, S., Peccenini, S., Pennesi, R., Peruzzi, L., Pica, A., Pinzani, L., Piovesan, G., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Enri, S. R., Roma-Marzio, F., Rosati, L., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tonelli, S., Trenchi, M., Turcato, C., Viciani, D., Lastrucci, L., and BARTOLUCCI F., DOMINA G., ANDREATTA S., ARGENTI C., BACCHETTA G., BALLELLI S., BANFI E., BARBERIS D., BARBERIS G., BEDINI G., BOLPAGNI R., BONALI F., BOVIO M., BRIOZZO I., BRUSCO A., CALDARELLA O., CAMPUS G., CANCELLIERI L., CAROTENUTO L., CHELI E., DAGNINO D., DEL GUACCHIO E., FARRIS E., FERRETTI G., FILIBECK F., FOGGI B., GABELLINI A., GALASSO G., GIANGUZZI L., GOTTSCHLICH G., GUBELLINI L., HOFMANN N., IAMONICO D., LAFACE V.L.A., LONATI M., LUCARINI D., LUPOLETTI J., MARCHIANÒ R., MARENZI P., MARTIGNONI M., MEI G., MENINI F., MERLI M., MUSARELLA C.M., ORSENIGO S., PECCENINI S., PENNESI R., PERUZZI L., PICA A., PINZANI L., PIOVESAN G., PITTARELLO M., PODDA L., RAVETTO ENRI S., ROMA-MARZIO F., ROSATI L., SPAMPINATO G., STINCA A., TONELLI S., TRENCHI M., TURCATO C., VICIANI D., LASTRUCCI L.
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0106 biological sciences ,Flora ,Endemic taxa ,Endemic taxa, Floristic data, Italy ,Floristic data ,Italy ,Botany ,Zoology ,Plant Science ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,QK1-989 ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes to the Italian administrative regions. A new combination in the genus Pilosella is proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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22. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 8
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Andrea Mainetti, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Lina Podda, Giulio Ferretti, Ginevra Nota, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Gina Maruca, Sara Magrini, Sergio Buono, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Enrico Scarici, Giovanni Zanoni, L. Gubellini, Michele Lonati, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Silvano Lodetti, Lorenzo Guzzetti, Rocco De Luca, Claudio Aristarchi, Valerio Mezzasalma, Filippo Scafidi, Leonardo Rosati, Stefano Di Natale, Fabrizio De Mattia, Gaetano Laghetti, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Michela Marignani, Gabriele Galasso, Silvia Pirani, Orazio Caldarella, Assunta Esposito, Lorenzo Pinzani, Matteo Arnoul, Marco D'Antraccoli, Flavio Menini, Marziano Pascale, Fabio Luchino, Carmelo D. Rifici, Chiara Nepi, Sara Mossini, Gianniantonio Domina, Alessia Padula, Gianmaria Bonari, Adriano Stinca, Nicola Olivieri, Federico Pasquini, Robert P. Wagensommer, Giacomo Calvia, Sebastiano Andreatta, Rosario Romano, Maria Caterina Fogu, Pietro Medagli, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Vito Buono, Nicole Hofmann, Valentina Laface, Emilio Corti, Tiberio Fiaschi, Jessica Frigerio, Gianni Picella, Giacomo Mei, Michele Mugnai, Silvia Bodino, Alice Misuri, Simone Ravetto Enri, Claudia Angiolini, Mattia M. Azzella, Alessandra Di Turi, Luigi Forte, Andrea Lallai, Giacomo Bommartini, Marco Scarici, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Alfonso La Rosa, Galasso, G., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Angiolini, C., Ardenghi, N. M. G., Aristarchi, C., Arnoul, M., Azzella, M. M., Bacchetta, G., Bartolucci, F., Bodino, S., Bommartini, G., Bonari, G., Buono, S., Buono, V., Caldarella, O., Calvia, G., Corti, E., D'Antraccoli, M., De Luca, R., De Mattia, F., Di Natale, S., Di Turi, A., Esposito, A., Ferretti, G., Fiaschi, T., Fogu, M. C., Forte, L., Frigerio, J., Gubellini, L., Guzzetti, L., Hofmann, N., Laface, V. L. A., Laghetti, G., Lallai, A., La Rosa, A., Lazzaro, L., Lodetti, S., Lonati, M., Luchino, F., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Marignani, M., Maruca, G., Medagli, P., Mei, G., Menini, F., Mezzasalma, V., Misuri, A., Mossini, S., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Nota, G., Olivieri, N., Padula, A., Pascale, M., Pasquini, F., Peruzzi, L., Picella, G., Pinzani, L., Pirani, S., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Enri, S. R., Rifici, C. D., Roma-Marzio, F., Romano, R., Rosati, L., Scafidi, F., Scarici, E., Scarici, M., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Wagensommer, R. P., Zanoni, G., Nepi, C., Galasso G., Domina G., Andreatta S., Angiolini C., Ardenghi N.M.G., Aristarchi C., Arnoul M., Azzella M.M., Bacchetta G., Bartolucci F., Bodino S., Bommartini G., Bonari G., Buono S., Buono V., Caldarella O., Calvia G., Corti E., D'Antraccoli M., De Luca R., De Mattia F., Di Natale S., Di Turi A., Esposito A., Ferretti G., Fiaschi T., Fogu M.C., Forte L., Frigerio J., Gubellini L., Guzzetti L., Hofmann N., Laface V.L.A., Laghetti G., Lallai A., La Rosa A., Lazzaro L., Lodetti S., Lonati M., Luchino F., Magrini S., Mainetti A., Marignani M., Maruca G., Medagli P., Mei G., Menini F., Mezzasalma V., Misuri A., Mossini S., Mugnai M., Musarella C.M., Nota G., Olivieri N., Padula A., Pascale M., Pasquini F., Peruzzi L., Picella G., Pinzani L., Pirani S., Pittarello M., Podda L., Enri S.R., Rifici C.D., Roma-Marzio F., Romano R., Rosati L., Scafidi F., Scarici E., Scarici M., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Wagensommer R.P., Zanoni G., and Nepi C.
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0106 biological sciences ,Flora ,Ecology ,Alien species ,Floristic data ,Plant Science ,Alien ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Italy ,Alien species, Floristic data, Italy ,lcsh:Botany ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Alien specie ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Bunias, Calocedrus, Calycanthus, Celosia, Clerodendrum, Convolvulus, Crassula, Cyclamen, Datura, Dicliptera, Eragrostis, Erigeron, Gamochaeta, Gazania, Impatiens, Kolkwitzia, Leucaena, Ludwigia, Medicago, Muscari, Nigella, Oenothera, Opuntia, Paulownia, Petroselinum, Phyllostachys, Physalis, Pseudosasa, Quercus, Reynoutria, Roldana, Saccharum, Sedum, Semiarundinaria, Senecio, Sisyrinchium, Solanum, Sporobolus, Tulipa, Vachellia, Verbena, and Youngia. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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23. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 11
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Giovanna Sotgiu Cocco, Emmanuele Farris, Francesco Festi, Nicola Pilon, Fabrizio Furlani, Filippo Scafidi, Andrea Coppi, Giulio Barone, Vanessa Lozano, Daniele Viciani, Lorenzo Pinzani, D. Marchetti, Emmanuelle Argenti, Simonetta Bagella, Filip Verloove, Leonardo Rosati, Milena Villa, Duilio Iamonico, Sergio Buono, Giulio Ferretti, Alessio Bertolli, Valentina Laface, Paolo Marenzi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Daniele Bonsanto, Mauro Fois, Gabriele Galasso, Alexander N. Sennikov, Sebastiano Andreatta, Flavio Menini, Gianniantonio Domina, Marco Merli, Simona Sarmati, L. Gubellini, Robert P. Wagensommer, Federico Selvi, Stefano Orlandini, Serlapo Bardi, Fabio Luchino, Nicola Olivieri, Valeria Tomaselli, Michela Marignani, Giacomo Calvia, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Nello Biscotti, Nicole Hofmann, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Adriano Stinca, Marco Martignoni, Salvatore Cambria, Claudio Raffaelli, Lina Podda, Alfonso La Rosa, Giulia Tomasi, Giuseppe Brundu, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Fabio Conti, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Claudia Turcato, Simonetta Peccenini, Gianluca Nicolella, Michele Mugnai, Sara Magrini, Giovanni Rivieccio, Giacomo Mei, Daniela Gigante, Jacopo Lupoletti, Gianmarco Tavilla, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Simone Ravetto Enri, Massimiliano Probo, Enrico Banfi, Filippo Prosser, Antonio Pica, Riccardo Guarino, Andrea Lallai, Davide Dagnino, Davide Tomasi, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Fabrizio Bonali, Michele Lonati, Andrea Mainetti, Amara Noor Hussain, Giuliano Campus, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Orazio Caldarella, Davide Barberis, Maurizio Trenchi, Emilio Di Gristina, Federica Bonini, Maria Carmela Caria, UAM. Departamento de Biología, Galasso, G., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Argenti, E., Bacchetta, G., Bagella, S., Banfi, E., Barberis, D., Bardi, S., Barone, G., Bartolucci, F., Bertolli, A., Biscotti, N., Bonali, F., Bonini, F., Bonsanto, D., Brundu, G., Buono, S., Caldarella, O., Calvia, G., Cambria, S., Campus, G., Caria, M. C., Conti, F., Coppi, A., Dagnino, D., Del Guacchio, E., Di Gristina, E., Farris, E., Ferretti, G., Festi, F., Fois, M., Furlani, F., Gigante, D., Guarino, R., Gubellini, L., Hofmann, N., Iamonico, D., Jimenez-Mejias, P., La Rosa, A., Laface, V. L. A., Lallai, A., Lazzaro, L., Lonati, M., Lozano, V., Luchino, F., Lupoletti, J., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Marchetti, D., Marenzi, P., Marignani, M., Martignoni, M., Mei, G., Menini, F., Merli, M., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Nicolella, G., Hussain, A. N., Olivieri, N., Orlandini, S., Peccenini, S., Peruzzi, L., Pica, A., Pilon, N., Pinzani, L., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Probo, M., Prosser, F., Raffaelli, C., Enri, S. R., Rivieccio, G., Rosati, L., Sarmati, S., Scafidi, F., Selvi, F., Sennikov, A. N., Cocco, G. S., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tavilla, G., Tomaselli, V., Tomasi, D., Tomasi, G., Trenchi, M., Turcato, C., Verloove, F., Viciani, D., Villa, M., Wagensommer, R. P., Lastrucci, L., Botany, Galasso, Gabriele, Domina, Gianniantonio, Andreatta, Sebastiano, Argenti, Emmanuelle, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bagella, Simonetta, Banfi, Enrico, Barberis, Davide, Bardi, Serlapo, Barone, Giulio, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bertolli, Alessio, Biscotti, Nello, Bonali, Fabrizio, Bonini, Federica, Bonsanto, Daniele, Brundu, Giuseppe, Buono, Sergio, Caldarella, Orazio, Calvia, Giacomo, Cambria, Salvatore, Campus, Giuliano, Caria, Maria C., Conti, Fabio, Coppi, Andrea, Dagnino, Davide, Del Guacchio, Emanuele, Di Gristina, Emilio, Farris, Emmanuele, Ferretti, Giulio, Festi, Francesco, Fois, Mauro, Furlani, Fabrizio, Gigante, Daniela, Guarino, Riccardo, Gubellini, Leonardo, Hofmann, Nicole, Iamonico, Duilio, Jiménez-Mejias, Pedro, La Rosa, Alfonso, Laface, Valentina L. A., Lallai, Andrea, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lonati, Michele, Lozano, Vanessa, Luchino, Fabio, Lupoletti, Jacopo, Magrini, Sara, Mainetti, Andrea, Marchetti, Dino, Marenzi, Paolo, Marignani, Michela, Martignoni, Marco, Mei, Giacomo, Menini, Flavio, Merli, Marco, Mugnai, Michele, Musarella, Carmelo M., Nicolella, Gianluca, Noor Hussain, Amara, Olivieri, Nicola, Orlandini, Stefano, Peccenini, Simonetta, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Pica, Antonio, Pilon, Nicola, Pinzani, Lorenzo, Pittarello, Marco, Podda, Lina, Probo, Massimiliano, Prosser, Filippo, Raffaelli, Claudio, Ravetto Enri, Simone, Rivieccio, Giovanni, Rosati, Leonardo, Sarmati, Simona, Scafidi, Filippo, Selvi, Federico, Sennikov, Alexander N., Sotgiu Cocco, Giovanna, Spampinato, Giovanni, Stinca, Adriano, Tavilla, Gianmarco, Tomaselli, Valeria, Tomasi, Davide, Tomasi, Giulia, Trenchi, Maurizio, Turcato, Claudia, Verloove, Filip, Viciani, Daniele, Villa, Milena, Wagensommer, Robert P., and Lastrucci, Lorenzo
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0106 biological sciences ,Flora ,Alien species ,Plant Science ,Alien ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,floristic data ,Floristic Data ,Nomenclature ,Alien specie ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Ecology ,Botany ,11831 Plant biology ,Biología y Biomedicina / Biología ,Alien Species ,Geography ,Italy ,QK1-989 ,Alien species, floristic data, Italy, nomenclature ,nomenclature ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Publisher Copyright: © This dataset is made available under the Open Database License (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License (ODbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the original source and author(s) are credited In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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24. BambApp: a citizen science project for the re-evaluation of the invasive potential of bamboo species in North-West Italy
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M. Pittarello, S. Ravetto Enri, G. Nota, G. Lombardi, V. Mezzasalma, J. Frigerio, M. Lonati, Pittarello, M, Enri, S, Nota, G, Lombardi, G, Mezzasalma, V, Frigerio, J, and Lonati, M
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Alien plant species, DNA-barcoding, RAPD methods, iNaturalist, Phyllostachys spp., Pseudosasa japonica ,DNA-barcoding ,iNaturalist ,Alien plant species ,RAPD method ,Alien plant specie ,Horticulture ,RAPD methods ,Pseudosasa japonica ,Phyllostachys spp - Abstract
Several bamboo species, suitable for temperate climates, have been introduced from southern China as ornamental plants in Europe and in Italy since the XIX century. Bamboos were appreciated also for other commercial purposes afterwards (e.g., food and structural applications) and nowadays in NW Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley Regions) the interest in their plantation has been growing. Consequently, many public authorities responsible for environment and biodiversity protection expressed a precautionary attitude for the commerce of bamboos. ‘BambApp’ project was implemented to scrutinize the invasive potential of naturalized bamboo species with a ‘citizen science’ approach, which implied the support of volunteers to collect scientific information through the use of “iNaturalist” app for smartphones. Citizens described each recorded bamboo clump in terms of maximum height, maximum stem diameter, and clump size. The coordinates and a description of the habitat type on the border of the four sides for each clump were required to volunteers as well. Moreover, surveyors had to upload four pictures of the clump, which were used to identify the bamboos at species level. In a ten-month period, 871 validated bamboo populations were recorded in the two regions and nine different species identified. The most widespread species was Phyllostachys aurea (67%), followed by Phyllostachis viridiglaucescens (16%), Pseudosasa japonica (6%), Phyllostachys reticulata (5%), Phyllostachys nigra (2%), Phyllostachys flexuosa (2%), Phyllostachys sulfurea (2%), and Phyllostachys edulis (1%). To quantify the invasive potential of bamboo species a Principal Component Analysis was carried out by using variables related to clump growth. Average elevation ranged between 252 m and 431 m a.s.l. and the clump size ranged between an average of about 27 m2 and about 2160 m2. Phyllostachis reticulata and P. sulfurea were the tallest species with the largest stem diameters, whereas P. aurea was the species forming the largest clumps in terms of occupied surface. The 82% of populations bordered for at least one side with anthropic habitats, 60% with agricultural habitats, and 45% with natural habitats. ‘BambApp’ project, through a citizen science network, successfully provided reliable and comprehensive information to public authorities for re-evaluating the invasive potential of bamboo species in NW Italy and for regulating their commerce.
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25. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 10
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Paola Bolzani, Simone Ravetto Enri, Adriano Stinca, Nicole Hofmann, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Veronica Ranno, Chiara Nepi, Giacomo Mei, Marco Pittarello, Gianniantonio Domina, Giovanni Spampinato, Nicola Olivieri, Francesco Liccari, Dario Azzaro, Antonio Pica, Filippo Scafidi, Giulio Barone, Marta Latini, Francesco Boscutti, Gabriele Galasso, Simonetta Bagella, Fabio Conti, Gianluca Nicolella, L. Gubellini, Emilio Di Gristina, Loredana Lunesu, Mattia Bianco, Daniela Longo, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Filippo Prosser, Sara Magrini, Fabio Miconi, Giovanni Rivieccio, Gianmarco Tavilla, Sergio Buono, Jacopo Lupoletti, Giuliano Mereu, Michele Lonati, Camilla Wellstein, Gianmaria Bonari, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Stefan Zerbe, Manuel Tiburtini, Lorenzo Pinzani, Valentina Laface, Jacopo Franzoni, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Milena Villa, Carlo Cibei, V. Giacanelli, Galasso G., Domina G., Azzaro D., Bagella S., Barone G., Bartolucci F., Bianco M., Bolzani P., Bonari G., Boscutti F., Buono S., Cibei C., Conti F., Di Gristina E., Fanfarillo E., Franzoni J., Giacanelli V., Gubellini L., Hofmann N., Laface V.L.A., Latini M., Liccari F., Lonati M., Longo D., Lunesu L., Lupoletti J., Magrini S., Mei G., Mereu G., Miconi F., Musarella C.M., Nicolella G., Olivieri N., Peruzzi L., Pica A., Pinzani L., Pittarello M., Prosser F., Ranno V., Enri S.R., Rivieccio G., Roma-Marzio F., Scafidi F., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Tavilla G., Tiburtini M., Villa M., Wellstein C., Zerbe S., Nepi C., Galasso, Gabriele, Domina, Gianniantonio, Azzaro, Dario, Bagella, Simonetta, Barone, Giulio, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bianco, Mattia, Bolzani, Paola, Bonari, Gianmaria, Boscutti, Francesco, Buono, Sergio, Cibei, Carlo, Conti, Fabio, Di Gristina, Emilio, Fanfarillo, Emanuele, Franzoni, Jacopo, Giacanelli, Valeria, Gubellini, Leonardo, Hofmann, Nicole, Laface, Valentina L. A., Latini, Marta, Liccari, Francesco, Lonati, Michele, Longo, Daniela, Lunesu, Loredana, Lupoletti, Jacopo, Magrini, Sara, Mei, Giacomo, Mereu, Giuliano, Miconi, Fabio, Musarella, Carmelo M., Nicolella, Gianluca, Olivieri, Nicola, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Pica, Antonio, Pinzani, Lorenzo, Pittarello, Marco, Prosser, Filippo, Ranno, Veronica, Ravetto Enri, Simone, Rivieccio, Giovanni, Roma-Marzio, Francesco, Scafidi, Filippo, Spampinato, Giovanni, Stinca, Adriano, Tavilla, Gianmarco, Tiburtini, Manuel, Villa, Milena, Wellstein, Camilla, Zerbe, Stefan, and Nepi, Chiara
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0106 biological sciences ,Alien species ,floristic data, Italy ,nomenclature ,Flora ,Distribution (economics) ,Plant Science ,Alien ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,floristic data ,lcsh:Botany ,Alien species floristic data Italy nomenclature ,Nomenclature ,Alien specie ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Geography ,Italy ,Alien species, floristic data, Italy, nomenclature ,Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata ,business ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
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26. Alpine vegetation type affects composition of nutritionally important C18 fatty acids in tissues of lambs from different breeds
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Willems, H., Kreuzer, M., Leiber, F., Lombardi, G., Mosimann, E., Golier, A., Iussig, G., Lonati, M., Pittarello, M., and Probo, M.
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A total of 110 lambs of the breeds Engadine Sheep and Valaisian Black Nose Sheep were fattened on one lowland and three different alpine pasture types. The experiment was conducted in two consecutive years and lasted for 9 weeks of grazing in each year. Immediately afterwards, the lambs were slaughtered. Perirenal adipose tissue and the Longissimus dorsi muscle were analysed for fatty acid composition. The lambs on the lowland pasture had the lowest proportions of linoleic and α-linolenic acid in the lipid fraction of these tissues. Additionally, there was a clear differentiation in these proportions when lambs grazed different alpine vegetation types. This was related to the content of phenolic compounds rather than the fatty acid contents of the swards, and an increasing phenolic level probably resulted in a higher ruminal protection of the native plant fatty acids. Intermediates of biohydrogenation (vaccenic acid and conjugated linoleic acid) were highest in the lowland lambs. Animal breed effects were weak.
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27. Pediatric Hemispheric High-Grade Gliomas and H3.3-G34 Mutation: A Review of the Literature on Biological Features and New Therapeutic Strategies.
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Bonada M, Pittarello M, De Fazio E, Gans A, Alimonti P, Slika H, Legnani F, Di Meco F, and Tyler B
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- Humans, Child, Epigenesis, Genetic, Tumor Microenvironment genetics, Tumor Microenvironment immunology, Glioma genetics, Glioma therapy, Glioma pathology, Mutation, Brain Neoplasms genetics, Brain Neoplasms therapy, Brain Neoplasms pathology, Brain Neoplasms immunology, Histones genetics
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Pediatric high-grade glioma (pHGG) encompasses a wide range of gliomas with different genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic features. Almost 50% of pHGGs present a mutation in genes coding for histone 3, including the subtype harboring the H3.3-G34 mutation. In this context, histone mutations are frequently associated with mutations in TP53 and ATRX , along with PDGFRA and NOTCH2NL amplifications. Moreover, the H3.3-G34 histone mutation induces epigenetic changes in immune-related genes and exerts modulatory functions on the microenvironment. Also, the functionality of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) has an impact on treatment response. The prognosis remains poor with conventional treatments, thus eliciting the investigation of additional and alternative therapies. Promising molecular targets include PDGFRA amplification, BRAF mutation, EGFR amplification, NF1 loss, and IDH mutation. Considering that pHGGs harboring the H3.3-G34R mutation appear to be more susceptible to immunotherapies (ITs), different options have been recently explored, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, antibody mediated IT, and Car-T cells. This review aims to summarize the knowledge concerning cancer biology and cancer-immune cell interaction in this set of pediatric gliomas, with a focus on possible therapeutic options.
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28. The Use of Technology-Based Simulation among Medical Students as a Global Innovative Solution for Training.
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Guerrini F, Bertolino L, Safa A, Pittarello M, Parisi A, Beretta LV, Zambelli E, Totis F, Campanaro G, Pavia L, Spena G, Nicolosi F, and Servadei F
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Background: Technological advancements have been rapidly integrated within the neurosurgical education track since it is a high-risk specialty with little margin for error. Indeed, simulation and virtual reality during training can improve surgical performance and technical skills. Our study aims to investigate the impact of neurosurgical technology-based simulation activities on medical students., Methods and Materials: The "Suturing Mission-The Symposium" was a three-day event held at Humanitas University. Participants had access to live-streamed conferences held by worldwide experts in several fields of neurosurgery and practical simulations of dura mater sutures, microvascular anastomosis, and augmented reality neurosurgical approaches. An anonymous survey was conducted at the beginning and end of the event., Results: 141 medical students with a mean age of 21 participated. After the course, 110 participants (77.5%) showed interest in pursuing a surgical path, with a great prevalence in those who had planned to have a surgical career before the event (88.7% vs. 41.4%, p < 0.001). Participants were also asked about their comfort levels while handling surgical instruments, and a good outcome was reached in 72.7% of participants, with a significant difference between those who had previously attended a suture course (87.8% vs. 66.3%, p = 0.012)., Conclusion: Training sessions on surgical simulators were effective in increasing participants' interest in pursuing a surgical path, improving their understanding of postgraduate orientation, and boosting their confidence with surgical instruments.
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29. Resource selection by Sarda cattle in a Mediterranean silvopastoral system.
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Acciaro M, Pittarello M, Decandia M, Sitzia M, Giovanetti V, Lombardi G, and Clark PE
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Knowledge of how grazing cattle utilize heterogeneous landscapes in Mediterranean silvopastoral areas is scarce. Global positioning systems (GPS) to track animals, together with geographic information systems (GIS), can relate animal distribution to landscape features. With the aim to develop a general spatial model that provides accurate prediction of cattle resource selection patterns within a Mediterranean mountainous silvopastoral area, free-roaming Sarda cows were fitted with GPS collars to track their spatial behaviors. Resource selection function models (RSF) were developed to estimate the probability of resource use as a function of environmental variables. A set of over 500 candidate RSF models, composed of up to five environmental predictor variables, were fitted to data. To identify a final model providing a robust prediction of cattle resource selection pattern across the different seasons, the 10 best models (ranked on the basis of the AIC score) were fitted to seasonal data. Prediction performance of the models was evaluated with a Spearman correlation analysis using the GPS position data sets previously reserved for model validation. The final model emphasized that watering point, elevation, and distance to fences were important factors affecting cattle resource-selection patterns. The prediction performances (as Spearman rank correlation scores) of the final model, when fitted to each season, ranged between 0.7 and 0.94. The cows were more likely to select areas lower in elevation and farther from the watering point in winter than in summer (693 ± 1 m and 847 ± 13 m vs. 707 ± 1 m and 635 ± 21 m, respectively), and in spring opted for the areas furthest from the water (963 ± 12). Although caution should be exercised in generalizing to other silvopastoral areas, the satisfactory Spearman correlations scores from the final RSF model applied to different seasons indicate resource selection function is a powerful predictive model. The relative importance of the individual predictors within the model varied among the different seasons, demonstrating the RSF model's ability to interpret changes in animal behavior at different times of the year. The RSF model has proven to be a useful tool to interpret the spatial behaviors of cows grazing in Mediterranean silvopastoral areas and could therefore be helpful in managing and preserving ecosystem services of these areas., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer MB declared a shared parent affiliation with the author PC to the handling editor at the time of review., (Copyright © 2024 Acciaro, Pittarello, Decandia, Sitzia, Giovanetti, Lombardi and Clark.)
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30. Intrinsic and Microenvironmental Drivers of Glioblastoma Invasion.
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De Fazio E, Pittarello M, Gans A, Ghosh B, Slika H, Alimonti P, and Tyler B
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- Humans, Neoplasm Invasiveness pathology, Astrocytes metabolism, Tumor Microenvironment, Glioblastoma metabolism, Glioma metabolism, Brain Neoplasms metabolism
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Gliomas are diffusely infiltrating brain tumors whose prognosis is strongly influenced by their extent of invasion into the surrounding brain tissue. While lower-grade gliomas present more circumscribed borders, high-grade gliomas are aggressive tumors with widespread brain infiltration and dissemination. Glioblastoma (GBM) is known for its high invasiveness and association with poor prognosis. Its low survival rate is due to the certainty of its recurrence, caused by microscopic brain infiltration which makes surgical eradication unattainable. New insights into GBM biology at the single-cell level have enabled the identification of mechanisms exploited by glioma cells for brain invasion. In this review, we explore the current understanding of several molecular pathways and mechanisms used by tumor cells to invade normal brain tissue. We address the intrinsic biological drivers of tumor cell invasion, by tackling how tumor cells interact with each other and with the tumor microenvironment (TME). We focus on the recently discovered neuronal niche in the TME, including local as well as distant neurons, contributing to glioma growth and invasion. We then address the mechanisms of invasion promoted by astrocytes and immune cells. Finally, we review the current literature on the therapeutic targeting of the molecular mechanisms of invasion.
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31. Foraging behavior of Highland cattle in silvopastoral systems in the Alps.
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Nota G, Svensk M, Barberis D, Frund D, Pagani R, Pittarello M, Probo M, Ravetto Enri S, Lonati M, and Lombardi G
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Trees and shrubs expanded in the last decades in European mountains due to land abandonment and the decrease in grazing pressure, and are expected to further spread also due to climate change. As a consequence of low forage quality and topographic constraints, the management of mountain environments dominated by woody vegetation with livestock is often challenging. Silvopastoral systems based on cattle hardy breeds able to forage on woody plants, such as Highland cattle, could be a suitable option for the management and restoration of such environments. In this study, we used direct observations to explore the foraging behavior of Highland cattle in four study areas across the western Alps. In particular, we assessed: (1) cattle diet composition, (2) the selection for more than 30 tree and shrub species, and (3) the relationships between species consumption and their abundance in the environment. Highland cattle fed on a mixture of both woody and herbaceous species, including between 15 and 46% of woody plants in the diet. Some trees (e.g., Celtis australis , Fraxinus spp., and Populus tremula ) and shrubs (e.g., Frangula alnus , Rhamnus spp., and Rubus idaeus ) were positively selected by cattle, thus they could be an important forage supplement to their diet. Moreover, the results highlighted that relative species consumption generally increased with increasing species abundance in the environment, suggesting that this cattle breed could be suitable to control shrub expansion in highly encroached areas. The outcomes of this study can support the development of targeted silvopastoral systems in the Alps., Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10457-023-00926-z., Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.Conflict of interestCorresponding author, on behalf of all the co-authors, discloses any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence the work., (© The Author(s) 2023.)
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32. Blue light photobiomodulation for reactivation of healing in wounds not responding to standard therapy.
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Ricci E and Pittarello M
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Objective: Blue light (410-430nm) has been suggested to be effective in the healing process of hard-to-heal wounds. The aim of this study was to test this hypothesis., Method: This single-centre observational study assessed the efficacy of photobiomodulation with blue light (120 seconds at a distance of 4cm from the wound bed once a week for four weeks) in activating healing in patients with hard-to-heal skin lesions (mean duration 23.9 months) of the lower limb that had not responded to four weeks of standard treatment., Results: A total of 59 patients were assessed. Wounds were divided into groups according to aetiology: hard-to-heal venous wound (30.5%); hard-to-heal arterial and mixed wounds (16.9%); hard-to-heal inflammatory wound (22.0%); other hard-to-heal wounds (13.6%); and acute wound (16.9%). The mean reduction in wound area at the end of the four-week treatment period with blue light compared with baseline was 51.38% (p<0.001) across all wounds. Among subgroups, the best performance was obtained for hard-to-heal venous wounds, achieving a 63.36% (p<0.001) mean reduction in wound size, and acute wounds, achieving a mean reduction of 82.76% (p<0.001). The greatest mean change in wound bed score was seen at the end of the four-week treatment period with blue light, with an increase in the mean score from 8.6 at baseline to 12.8 at week four (77.2%; p<0.001). There was a clear decrease in pain during blue light treatment, achieving a reduction in the average numeric rating scale (NRS) from 4.3 at baseline to 1.8 at week 4 (53.23%; p <0.001). At week 4, the highest proportion of complete healing was seen in acute (100.0%) and venous wounds (83.3%)., Conclusion: Based on these results, photobiomodulation with blue light appears to reactivate the healing process in acute and hard-to-heal wounds that do not respond to standard treatment. Photobiomodulation with blue light treatment is easy to perform and safe, with no reported adverse events or side-effects., Competing Interests: Declaration of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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33. Assessment of microbial biocontrol agent (BCA) viability to mechanical and thermal stress by simulating spray application conditions.
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Grella M, Gioelli F, Marucco P, Zwertvaegher I, Mozzanini E, Pittarello M, Balsari P, Fountas S, Nuyttens D, Mezzalama M, and Pugliese M
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Background: In order to improve the biological control agent (BCA) efficacy, stress factors threatening the viability of microorganisms during spray application need to be determined. The effect of spray mixture temperature and exposure time on Trichoderma harzianum T 22 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens QST713 viability were tested. Concurrently the combined effect of mechanical and thermal stress effect on BCA viability were tested at two initial spray mixture temperatures (14 and 25 °C) by simulating a spray application using airblast sprayers featured by different tank capacity and a spray liquid circuit (without and with hydraulic agitation system). To assess the BCA microorganism viability, spray mixture samples were collected at time intervals along trials and plated to count the colony forming units (CFU)., Results: The critical temperature threshold that inhibited BCA viability was 35 °C with 30 min of exposure. The sprayer type, the initial temperature of the spray mixture and the temperature increment during the trials significantly decreased the number of CFU recovered. When simulating a spray application, the spray mixture temperature increase rate was determined mainly by the residual amount of spray mixture in the tank. Even if the tank capacity does not substantially affect the final temperature reached by the spray mixture, the higher residual spray mixture in bigger tanks can expose the BCAs for a longer time to critical temperatures., Conclusions: Experimental trials allowed us to identify the effect of factors affecting the viability of tested BCAs, providing information about the actual chance to guarantee the biological efficacy of BCA treatments. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry., (© 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.)
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34. Nitrogen translocation by Highland cattle grazing in Alnus viridis -encroached pastures.
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Svensk M, Pittarello M, Mariotte P, Nota G, Schneider MK, Frund D, Dubois S, Allan E, and Probo M
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During the last decades, Alnus viridis has expanded over former montane pastures and meadows, due to land use and abandonment. This nitrogen-fixing woody species has triggered negative agro-environmental impacts, such as nitrogen (N) leaching, soil acidification and a reduced biodiversity. The aim of this study was to estimate the N translocation from A. viridis -encroached areas to adjacent open pastures by Highland cattle. In 2019 and 2020, Highland cattle herds equipped with GPS collars were placed in four A. viridis -encroached paddocks across Italy and Switzerland. The N content was measured in A. viridis leaves, herbaceous vegetation, and cattle dung pats, which were collected throughout the grazing season. Using GPS locations and collar activity sensors, livestock activity phases were discriminated. The N ingested by cattle was estimated through the N content of herbaceous vegetation and A. viridis leaves of vegetation patches visited by cattle during 24 h before dung sampling (N
24H ). The N content of herbaceous vegetation significantly increased with increasing A. viridis cover. The average N content in dung pats (31.2 ± 3.4 g.kg-1 DM) was higher than average values from literature on grazing cattle. Moreover, it was positively related to the N24H . Most of this N (29.5 ± 10.3 kg ha-1 yr-1 ) was translocated towards resting areas, which generally occurred on flat open pastures. Our results highlight the potential of Highland cattle to effectively translocate part of the ingested N from A. viridis -encroached towards targeted open areas, thus bringing new perspective for forage yield and quality improvement in the long-term., Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10705-023-10282-0., Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests., (© The Author(s) 2023.)- Published
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35. Spatial Distribution and Habitat Selection of Sarda Cattle in a Silvopastoral Mediterranean Area.
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Acciaro M, Bragaglio A, Pittarello M, Marrosu GM, Sitzia M, Sanna G, Decandia M, Bagella S, and Lombardi G
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The beef livestock system in Sardinia is based on suckler cows, often belonging to autochthonous breeds, such as the Sarda breed, and they often graze silvopastoral areas. Besides beef meat, silvopastoral systems (SPSs) provide several Ecosystem Services (ESs), such as timber provision, harvested as wood, and watershed protection. Livestock distribution is a critical factor for the sustainable use of SPSs (e.g., to avoid uneven grazing patterns) and information on patterns of spatial use are required. A study was conducted to determine: (i) the spatial distribution and (ii) the habitat selection of Sarda cattle grazing in a Mediterranean silvopastoral area. Over different seasons, 12 free-roaming adult Sarda cows were fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) Knight tracking collars to calculate an index mapping of the incidence of livestock in the landscape (LRI) and a preference index (PI) for different areas. Since the PI data were not normally distributed, the Aligned Rank Transform (ART) procedure was used for the analysis. LRI was able to represent the spatial variability in resource utilization by livestock as a LRI map. Overall, the areas where the animals drank and received supplementation were strongly preferred by the cows, reaching PI values in the summer of 19.3 ± 4.9 (median ± interquartile range), whereas areas with predominantly rocks were strongly avoided (the worst PI value in the spring was 0.2 ± 0.6). Grasslands were, in general, used in proportion to their presence in the area, with slightly increased use in the spring (PI 1.1 ± 0.5). Forest area was avoided by cows, except in the spring when it was used in proportion to their presence in the area.
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36. Alkaline extract from vermicompost reduced the stress promoted by As on maize plants and increase their phytoextraction capacity.
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Santos JLA, Busato JG, Pittarello M, da Silva J, Horák-Terra I, Evaristo AB, and Dobbss LB
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- Antioxidants pharmacology, Biodegradation, Environmental, Plant Extracts pharmacology, Zea mays, Arsenic pharmacology, Soil Pollutants analysis
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Arsenic (As) represents an environmental risk and phytoremediation has been identified as a good technique to recover contaminated soils. Plants defense mechanisms needed to be enhanced against As stress-promoting action by biostimulants such as humic materials. This work sought to determine the effectiveness of an alkaline vermicompost extract (AEV) and in mitigating stresses promoted by As in maize plants, increasing their potential use for phytoextraction. The AEV were extracted from vermicompost and two preliminary assays in Leonard pots were carried out: the first one to define the best AEV concentration-response dose and the second to point out the toxic As concentration. The second step was to set up a 28-day long experiment with the following four treatments: control, AEV, As, As + AEV. AEV attenuated As-induced stress in maize plants. Maize dry biomass was reduced in the As treatment and rebalanced to values similar to the control in the As + HS treatment while the plants treated only with HS showed the highest biomass among the treatments. The concentrations of P, Fe, Cu, Mn and Ni, and catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) antioxidant activity increased in the As treatment and decreased in the As + AEV treatment. The rate of photosynthesis decreased, and the internal CO
2 concentration increased with stress induced by As, where both effects were attenuated by AEV. Our results show the positive effect of the AEV in alleviating As abiotic stress on maize growth, offering new options of employment of humic substances in phytoremediation process., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
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37. Slope and distance from buildings are easy-to-retrieve proxies for estimating livestock site-use intensity in alpine summer pastures.
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Pittarello M, Ravetto Enri S, Lonati M, and Lombardi G
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- Animals, Geographic Information Systems, Grassland, Italy, Remote Sensing Technology, Conservation of Natural Resources methods, Herbivory physiology, Livestock physiology
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Regardless of the issue, most of the research carried out on summer pastures of European Alps had to consider the effects of grazing management, as it is an intrinsic component of alpine environment. The management intensity of grazing livestock is measured in terms of livestock stocking rate, but not always a direct measure of it is easily retrievable. Therefore, the aim of the research was to test the reliability of proxies easily retrievable from open data sources (i.e. slope and distance from buildings) in approximating the pastoral site-use intensity. To test the proxies' effectiveness two different approaches were used. With the first one, the proxies' reliability was assessed in a case-study conducted at farm scale by using the number of positions gathered with GPS collars, which are a reliable measure of livestock site-use intensity. With the second, the proxies' reliability was assessed by means of five Vegetation Ecological Groups (VEGs), used as a tool for indirect quantification of livestock site-use intensity at regional scale (thirty-two alpine valleys of the Western Italian Alps, Piedmont Region-Italy). At farm scale, distance from buildings and slope were both reliable predictors of the number of GPS locations as assessed with a Generalized Additive Model. Results of Generalized Linear Models at the regional scale showed that the values of both the slope and the distance from buildings were able to separate VEGs along the same site-use intensity gradient assessed by modelling the number of GPS locations at farm scale. By testing proxies' reliability both with a direct (i.e. GPS collar positions) and indirect (i.e. VEGs) measurement of livestock site-use intensity, results indicated that slope and distance from buildings can be considered effective surrogates of site-use intensity gradient in alpine grasslands managed under livestock grazing. Therefore, when the level of site-use intensity in research carried out in alpine summer pastures is not directly available, a reliable solution consists in the use of the terrain slope and the distance from buildings, which are also easily retrievable from open data sources or computable., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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- 2021
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38. Wound bed preparation with hypochlorous acid oxidising solution and standard of care: a prospective case series.
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Ricci E and Pittarello M
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- Humans, Standard of Care, Ulcer, Wound Healing, Hypochlorous Acid, Varicose Ulcer
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Objective: This prospective case series aims to evaluate the clinical impact of a hypochlorous acid oxidising solution (AOS) in association with usual standard of care (SoC) on wound bed preparation (WBP) in patients with hard-to-heal ulcers of various aetiologies. The AOS (Nexodyn, APR Applied Pharma Research S.A., Switzerland) comprises three main features: highly pure and stabilised hypochlorous acid, acidic pH and high reduction-oxidation potential., Method: Between February 2015 and February 2017, patients who met the inclusion criteria were treated with AOS and usual SoC. Data collection ran for 70 days: T0-T70. A baseline assessment was undertaken at T0; parameters assessed at fortnightly visits included: WBP score, area and depth of ulcer, duration, pain, Bates-Jensen score and infection status., Results: A total of 60 patients took part in the study. By T70, 68.3% of wounds had healed or improved and a significant wound size reduction of 21% was observed (p<0.001), despite a mean wound duration of 20.6 months. All wounds were free of local infection and cellulitis; 10% were colonised. WBP scores improved, while Bates-Jensen and pain scores fell significantly over time., Conclusion: This evaluation suggests that AOS might represent a valuable therapeutic addition for an optimal WBP in the routine management of hard-to-heal ulcers of different aetiologies., Declaration of Interest: ER worked as a consultant for APR Applied Pharma Research S.A. The authors have no other conflicts of interest.
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- 2021
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39. Hard-to-heal ulcers treated with hypochlorous acid oxidising solution and standard of care: a 32-week follow-up.
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Ricci E and Pittarello M
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- Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Standard of Care, Wound Healing, Hypochlorous Acid, Ulcer
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Objective: Immediately following a two-year prospective case series in which the wounds of 60 patients with hard-to-heal ulcers were treated with a hypochlorous acid oxidising solution (AOS) in addition to standard of care (SoC) for 70 days (T0-T70), a subset of 31 patients (51.7%) whose wounds had not fully healed by T70 opted to continue with treatment for a further 22 weeks (days T70-T224, a total treatment time of 32 weeks (224 days). The objective was to provide long-term evidence on the clinical performance and safety of AOS when used in association with the usual SoC in patients with stalled, hard-to-heal ulcers of various aetiologies., Method: As per the main study, wounds were formally assessed by the study lead at 28 days (±14 days, depending on patient attendance). Parameters assessed at fortnightly visits included area, depth and duration of ulcer; pain; wound bed preparation (WBP) score; and infection status. Wounds were managed in accordance with the SoC protocol., Results: By T224, 35.5% (n=11) of wounds healed completely and 83.9% showed some types of improvement. All wounds were free of infection and colonisation, the WBP score improved (100% A1-A2 at T196), and pain scores fell. Use of AOS in combination with several types of dressing (SoC) for such a long period confirmed a good safety profile., Conclusion: This follow-up evaluation, coupled with the primary study, suggests that AOS might represent a valuable therapeutic addition for the management of hard-to-heal ulcers for long periods of treatment., Declaration of Interest: ER worked as a consultant for APR Applied Pharma Research S.A. The authors have no other conflicts of interest.
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- 2021
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40. AI technology for remote clinical assessment and monitoring.
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Zoppo G, Marrone F, Pittarello M, Farina M, Uberti A, Demarchi D, Secco J, Corinto F, and Ricci E
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- Humans, Italy, Reproducibility of Results, Technology, United States, Artificial Intelligence, Diabetic Foot diagnosis, Telemedicine
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Objective: To report the clinical validation of an innovative, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, portable and non-invasive medical device called Wound Viewer. The AI medical device uses dedicated sensors and AI algorithms to remotely collect objective and precise clinical data, including three-dimensional (3D) wound measurements, tissue composition and wound classification through the internationally recognised Wound Bed Preparation (WBP) protocol; this data can then be shared through a secure General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)- and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant data transfer system. This trial aims to test the reliability and precision of the AI medical device and its ability to aid health professionals in clinically evaluating wounds as efficiently remotely as at the bedside., Method: This non-randomised comparative clinical trial was conducted in the Clinica San Luca (Turin, Italy). Patients were divided into three groups: (i) patients with venous and arterial ulcers in the lower limbs; (ii) patients with diabetes and presenting with diabetic foot syndrome; and (iii) patients with pressure ulcers. Each wound was evaluated for area, depth, volume and WBP wound classification. Each patient was examined once and the results, analysed by the AI medical device, were compared against data obtained following visual evaluation by the physician and research team. The area and depth were compared with a Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variations in the obtained distribution (expected p-value>0.1 for both tests). The WBP classification and tissue segmentation were analysed by directly comparing the classification obtained by the AI medical device against that of the testing physician., Results: A total of 150 patients took part in the trial. The results demonstrated that the AI medical device's AI algorithm could acquire objective clinical parameters in a completely automated manner. The AI medical device reached 97% accuracy against the WBP classification and tissue segmentation analysis compared with that performed in person by the physician. Moreover, data regarding the measurements of the wounds, as analysed through the Kruskal-Wallis technique, showed that the data distribution proved comparable with the other methods of measurement previously clinically validated in the literature (p=0.9)., Conclusion: These findings indicate that remote wound assessment undertaken by physicians is as effective through the AI medical device as bedside examination, and that the device was able to assess wounds and provide a precise WBP wound classification. Furthermore, there was no need for manual data entry, thereby reducing the risk of human error while preserving high-quality clinical diagnostic data.
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41. Effects of different humic substances concentrations on root anatomy and Cd accumulation in seedlings of Avicennia germinans (black mangrove).
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Pittarello M, Busato JG, Carletti P, Zanetti LV, da Silva J, and Dobbss LB
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- Avicennia anatomy & histology, Avicennia growth & development, Avicennia metabolism, Biodegradation, Environmental, Plant Roots anatomy & histology, Plant Roots growth & development, Seedlings metabolism, Soil, Stress, Physiological, Avicennia drug effects, Cadmium toxicity, Humic Substances, Plant Roots drug effects, Seedlings drug effects
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Mangrove areas are among most threatened tropical ecosystems worldwide. Among polluting agents Cadmium is often found in high concentrations in mangrove sediments. Humic substances, complex biomolecules formed in soil and sediments during animal and plant residuals decomposition, have a known biostimulant activity and can be adopted to counteract various plant stresses. This study explores, in controlled conditions, the effect of humic substances on Avicennia germinans seedlings, with or without cadmium contamination. Humic compounds significantly changed plant root architecture, and, when coupled with cadmium, root anatomy and Cortex to Vascular Cylinder diameter ratio. These modifications led to lower Cd uptake by humic substances-treated plants. Humic substances amendment could be effective, depending on their concentrations, on improving plant health in mangrove areas, for forest recuperation and/or dredged sediments phytoremediation purposes., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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42. Alleviation of iron toxicity in Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) by humic substances.
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Dobbss LB, Dos Santos TC, Pittarello M, de Souza SB, Ramos AC, and Busato JG
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- Anacardiaceae metabolism, Brazil, Catalase, Humic Substances, Iron, Peroxidase metabolism, Plant Leaves, Reactive Oxygen Species, Anacardiaceae chemistry, Antioxidants chemistry, Peroxidase chemistry
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One of the industrial pillars of Espírito Santo state, South East of Brazil, is iron-mining products processing. This activity brings to a high level of coastal pollution due to deposition of iron particulate on fragile ecosystems as mangroves and restinga. Schinus therebinthifolius (aroeira) is a widespread restinga species. This work tested iron toxicity alleviation by vermicompost humic substances (HS) added to aroeira seedlings in hydroponic conditions. Catalase, peroxidase, and ascorbate peroxidase are antioxidant enzymes that work as reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers: they increase their activity as an answer to ROS concentration rise that is the consequence of metal accumulation or humic substance stimulation. S. terebinthifolius seedlings treated with HS and Fe augmented their antioxidant enzyme activities significantly less than seedlings treated separately with HS and Fe; their significantly lower Fe accumulation and the slight increase of root and leaf area confirm the biostimulating effect of HS and their role in blocking Fe excess outside the roots. The use of HS can be useful for the recovery of areas contaminated by heavy metals.
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43. Possible developments for ex situ phytoremediation of contaminated sediments, in tropical and subtropical regions - Review.
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Pittarello M, Busato JG, Carletti P, and Dobbss LB
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- Metals, Heavy chemistry, Soil Pollutants chemistry, Biodegradation, Environmental, Metals, Heavy metabolism, Plants metabolism, Soil chemistry, Soil Pollutants metabolism
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The growing problem of remediation of contaminated sediments dredged from harbor channels needs to be resolved by a cost effective and sustainable technology. Phytoremediation, by ex situ remediation plants, seems to have the potential to replace traditional methods in case of moderately contaminated sediments. On the other side, the need to mix sediments with soil and/or sand to allow an easier establishment of most employed species causes an increase of the volume of the processed substrate up to 30%. Moreover the majority of phytoremediating species are natives of temperate climate belt. Mangroves, with a special focus on the genus Avicennia - a salt secreting species - should represent an effective alternative in terms of adaptation to salty, anoxic sediments and an opportunity to develop ex situ phytoremediation plants in tropical and subtropical regions. The use of humic acid to increase root development, cell antioxidant activity and the potential attenuation of the "heavy metals exclusion strategy" to increase phytoextraction potentials of mangroves will be reviewed., (Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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44. Evaluation of the clinical performance of a new foam with silver sulfadiazine 1.
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Ricci E, Pittarello M, and Giarratana M
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- Humans, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Viscoelastic Substances administration & dosage, Anti-Infective Agents, Local administration & dosage, Burns drug therapy, Silver Sulfadiazine administration & dosage, Skin Ulcer drug therapy
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- 2015
45. Roles of rhizobial symbionts in selenium hyperaccumulation in Astragalus (Fabaceae).
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Alford ÉR, Lindblom SD, Pittarello M, Freeman JL, Fakra SC, Marcus MA, Broeckling C, Pilon-Smits EA, and Paschke MW
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- Astragalus Plant microbiology, Biomass, Cysteine analogs & derivatives, Cysteine metabolism, Organoselenium Compounds metabolism, Plant Leaves metabolism, Plant Leaves microbiology, Plant Root Nodulation, Plant Roots metabolism, Plant Roots microbiology, Soil, X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Astragalus Plant metabolism, Rhizobium physiology, Selenium metabolism, Symbiosis
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Premise of the Study: Are there dimensions of symbiotic root interactions that are overlooked because plant mineral nutrition is the foundation and, perhaps too often, the sole explanation through which we view these relationships? In this paper we investigate how the root nodule symbiosis in selenium (Se) hyperaccumulator and nonaccumulator Astragalus species influences plant selenium (Se) accumulation., Methods: In greenhouse studies, Se was added to nodulated and nonnodulated hyperaccumulator and nonaccumulator Astragalus plants, followed by investigation of nitrogen (N)-Se relationships. Selenium speciation was also investigated, using x-ray microprobe analysis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)., Key Results: Nodulation enhanced biomass production and Se to S ratio in both hyperaccumulator and nonaccumulator plants. The hyperaccumulator contained more Se when nodulated, while the nonaccumulator contained less S when nodulated. Shoot [Se] was positively correlated with shoot N in Se-hyperaccumulator species, but not in nonhyperaccumulator species. The x-ray microprobe analysis showed that hyperaccumulators contain significantly higher amounts of organic Se than nonhyperaccumulators. LC-MS of A. bisulcatus leaves revealed that nodulated plants contained more γ-glutamyl-methylselenocysteine (γ-Glu-MeSeCys) than nonnodulated plants, while MeSeCys levels were similar., Conclusions: Root nodule mutualism positively affects Se hyperaccumulation in Astragalus. The microbial N supply particularly appears to contribute glutamate for the formation of γ-Glu-MeSeCys. Our results provide insight into the significance of symbiotic interactions in plant adaptation to edaphic conditions. Specifically, our findings illustrate that the importance of these relationships are not limited to alleviating macronutrient deficiencies., (© 2014 Botanical Society of America, Inc.)
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46. Spatiotemporal analysis of copper homeostasis in Populus trichocarpa reveals an integrated molecular remodeling for a preferential allocation of copper to plastocyanin in the chloroplasts of developing leaves.
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Ravet K, Danford FL, Dihle A, Pittarello M, and Pilon M
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- Chloroplasts drug effects, Copper deficiency, Copper pharmacology, Cytosol drug effects, Cytosol metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant drug effects, MicroRNAs genetics, MicroRNAs metabolism, Photosynthesis drug effects, Plant Leaves drug effects, Plant Proteins metabolism, Populus drug effects, Populus genetics, Time Factors, Chloroplasts metabolism, Copper metabolism, Homeostasis drug effects, Plant Leaves growth & development, Plant Leaves metabolism, Plastocyanin metabolism, Populus metabolism
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Plastocyanin, which requires copper (Cu) as a cofactor, is an electron carrier in the thylakoid lumen and essential for photoautotrophic growth of plants. The Cu microRNAs, which are expressed during Cu deprivation, down-regulate several transcripts that encode for Cu proteins. Since plastocyanin is not targeted by the Cu microRNAs, a cofactor economy model has been proposed in which plants prioritize Cu for use in photosynthetic electron transport. However, defects in photosynthesis are classic symptoms of Cu deprivation, and priorities in Cu cofactor delivery have not been determined experimentally. Using hydroponically grown Populus trichocarpa (clone Nisqually-1), we have established a physiological and molecular baseline for the response to Cu deficiency. An integrated analysis showed that Cu depletion strongly reduces the activity of several Cu proteins including plastocyanin, and consequently, photosynthesis and growth are decreased. Whereas plastocyanin mRNA levels were only mildly affected by Cu depletion, this treatment strongly affected the expression of other Cu proteins via Cu microRNA-mediated transcript down-regulation. Polyphenol oxidase was newly identified as Cu regulated and targeted by a novel Cu microRNA, miR1444. Importantly, a spatiotemporal analysis after Cu resupply to previously depleted plants revealed that this micronutrient is preferentially allocated to developing photosynthetic tissues. Plastocyanin and photosynthetic electron transport efficiency were the first to recover after Cu addition, whereas recovery of the other Cu-dependent activities was delayed. Our findings lend new support to the hypothesis that the Cu microRNAs serve to mediate a prioritization of Cu cofactor use. These studies also highlight poplar as an alternative sequenced model for spatiotemporal analyses of nutritional homeostasis.
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