Search results for "FOREST"

Bird conservation and agriculture.

2010

SOFIA: a decision support System for the Optimization of the biomass supply chain and Forest Integrated management in protected areas

2019

A decision support System for the Optimization of the biomass supply chain and Forest Integrated Management in protected areas (SOFIA) is presented. All functionalities have been developed in Python language embedded in the open-source QGIS 3.6 software. Two models were implemented with an approach and methodology based on free and open source software (QGIS, GRASS, SAGA, GDAL). The main aim of SOFIA is to support the Madonie Regional Natural Park authority and forest managers in decision-making processes to assess the costs and benefits in the energy production from residual agro-forestry biomass, as well as for determining the optimum plant size (and power) for energy and heat production …

Analisi dendrocronologiche nel sito Natura 2000 “Pineta di Linguaglossa”

2008

Dendrochronology is based on the tree’s characteristic to register in their xylem, the environmental conditions in which they live. The influence of climate, soil movements and modifications, volcanic eruptions, insect attacks etc, determine ring width and further xylem morphological elements (cell lumen, density, latewood and earlywood width etc.). Tree rings may be used as proxy records. According to this assumption, the correlation between tree rings and environmental factors may be transposed back in time using long chronologies, in order to reconstruct specific environmental conditions such as climate, hydrological fluctuations, ice movements etc. The aim of the project Managmned is to…

ANALISI DENDROCRONOLOGICA PER LO STUDIO DELL’ECOLOGIA DI ALCUNE SPECIE ARBOREE ED ARBUSTIVE IN SICILIA

Le variazioni delle superfici a faggio nel Parco delle Madonie (Sicilia): effetto del cambiamento climatico o della diversa pressione antropica?

2019

Le faggete siciliane sono di rilevante interesse fitogeografico ed ecologico perché vegetano al limite meridionale dell’intero areale di distribuzione europeo della specie. Il faggio in Sicilia caratterizza nettamente il paesaggio montano dell’Isola, raggiungendo il limite superiore della vegetazione arborea. L’areale siciliano ricopre una superficie di circa 16.000 ha, legato alle principali vette e alle alte pendici dei Monti Madonie, Monti Nebrodi ed Etna. Recenti studi hanno evidenziato che il 40% circa delle faggete siciliane sono potenzialmente a rischio a causa delle condizioni climatiche estreme. Contestualmente, alcune ricerche hanno avanzato l’ipotesi di un incremento delle superf…

Progetto agricolo e naturalistico. Architettura del paesaggio nel recupero di Casa Teresa

2015

E' stato progettato il recupero naturalistico e agronomico di Casa Teresa uno dei luoghi di più antica presenza umana a Lampedusa

Data analysis on extinct and living Picidae in Sicily and Calabria (Southern Italy).

2015

Some species of animals related to forest habitats have disappeared or greatly decreased in the first half of the last century. However, during the second half of the last century the forest areas have increased and many forests have been protected. This produced conditions for a re-colonization or reintroduction of extinct forest animal species. The present study is a complete overview of records of extinct and still living Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius, European green Woodpecker Picus viridis, Middle spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius and Lesser spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor in Sicily and Calabria (Southern Italy). This study was carried out to show that these woodpeckers, …

Pianificazione per la gestione delle risorse pastorali e interventi di miglioramento dei pascoli: strumenti per la salvaguardia dei boschi montani me…

2013

Le isole Pelagie: un luogo straordinario anche per la fauna.

2015

Lampedusa e Linosa sono isole molto diverse fra loro, una calcarea, l’altra vulcanica; quindi è comprensibile che la fauna sia in buona parte differente. Tuttavia la maggioranza delle specie vi sono migrate attivamente o, nel caso di Lampedusa, rappresentano la testimonianza di un antico collegamento con la Tunisia. L’importanza faunistica delle Pelagie è dovuta ai taxa endemici ma anche alla presenza di specie africane al limite geografico della loro distribuzione (Lampedusa, di natura calcarea, si trova infatti sulla piattaforma continentale africana).

Assessment of forest biomass derivable from the sustainable mana-gement of Mediterranean plantations in the Sicani mountains (Sicily)

2014

In view of an ecological and environmentally use of the biomass drew from forest operations, it is utterly important to well know the forest ecosystems characterizing the regional territory and in particular the pilot area of the Proforbiomed project. In this way it was possible to acquire specific information on the forest types in the area, its ecological and structural characteristics and the evolutionary dynamics. The information gathered have been fundamental in order to detect the most suitable forest management policies and interventions, able to put together the use of biomass and an increased of forest ecosystems stability.The studies carried out in the pilot area of the Proforbiom…