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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Resilience of Mediterranean Forests to Climate Change
La Mela Veca Donato SalvatoreMaetzke Federico GuglielmoMiozzomarcelloSferlazza Sebastianosubject
Mediterranean climateclimate change Mediterranean forests adaptation strategy resilience indicators best management practicesSettore AGR/05 - Assestamento Forestale E Selvicoltura060102 archaeologybusiness.industryEnvironmental resource management0211 other engineering and technologiesClimate change021107 urban & regional planning06 humanities and the arts02 engineering and technologyEnvironmental science0601 history and archaeologybusinessResilience (network)GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.dictionariesencyclopediasglossaries)description
In the Mediterranean region, forests play a key role in the welfare of urban and rural peoples, by providing highly appreciated marketed goods as well as high value but nonmarket services. Anthropogenic climate change entails a significant impact on Mediterranean forests, such as the reduced species diversity, high density, pest, and diseases. In this chapter, we present the achievements of the project LIFE ResilForMed (Resilience of Mediterranean Forests to climate change), as Sicilian responds on adaptation and mitigation to climate change: (i) map of Sensitivity Forest Areas to desertification of the Sicilian region; (ii) list of bird indicators showing sensitivity to desertification in Sicily; (iii) set of resilience indicators aimed to assess the resilience of Mediterranean forests to climate changes; (iv) list of sporadic and endemic tree species of Sicilian forests; (v) development of optimal management models suitable to improve or consolidate the resilience of forest and preforest ecosystems. This work is at the forefront of developing knowhow and transferable best management practices that may help Mediterranean forests to adapt to climate change and thereby, safeguard their multifunctional benefits for future generations.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-08 |