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Marco Caccianiga

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Habitat type and island identity as drivers of community assembly in an archipelago

2020

Aim: Ecoinformatics offer new opportunity to test islands as biogeographic and eco- logical models. In this paper we predicted three hypotheses: (1) plot-based data issu- ing from vegetation surveys can be used to predict Island Species-Area Relationships (ISARs) or island similarity; (2) the habitat area is an independent predictor of species richness patterns within island; (3) species richness and composition are more de- pendent on habitat type than island identity in land-bridge islands. Area: Tuscan Archipelago, Italy. Methods: We assembled a database of all the vegetation plots available for the archi- pelago. For the first hypothesis we calculated ISARs, using Arrhenius model, and B…

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryEcologybiogeographic patterns islands plot data species-area relationshipsIdentity (social science)islandsPlant Sciencespecies-area relationshipsbiogeographic patternsType (biology)HabitatislandSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataArchipelagobiogeographic patternEthnologyplot data
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Shedding light on typical species: Implications for habitat monitoring

2021

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, an 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 veget…

Structure and functiondiagnostic and characteristic species habitat monitoring keystone species Natura 2000 plant community structure and functions typical species 92/43/EEC DirectiveKeystone specieSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaTypical speciesPlant cultureDiagnostic and characteristic speciesPlant communitySB1-1110Diagnostic and characteristic specie92/43/EEC Directive; Diagnostic and characteristic species; Habitat monitoring; Keystone species; Natura 2000; Plant community; Structure and functions; Typical speciesKeystone species92/43/EEC DirectiveStructure and functionsHabitat monitoringNatura 2000QK900-989Plant ecologySettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata
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Implementation of IUCN criteria for the definition of the Red List of Ecosystems in Italy

2020

The present work is aimed at presenting the data, methods and criteria that are being used for the assessment of ecosystem collapse risk in Italy.

0106 biological sciences010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesCollapse (topology)Plant SciencePotential natural vegetationpotential natural vegetation010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesmapping and assessment ecosystems and their servicesIUCN Red ListEcosystemecoregionsmapping and assessment ecosystems and their serviceBiodiversity conservation strategieEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesthreatsbiodiversity conservation strategiesbusiness.industryEnvironmental resource managementecosystem risk assessmentbiodiversity conservation strategies; ecoregions; ecosystem risk assessment; mapping and assessment ecosystems and their services; potential natural vegetation; threatsGeographyWork (electrical)businessecoregionPlant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
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