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Wine and quality. A cluster anlysis to assess certain representative aspects relating to the quality
2009
This research, in which the technique of Cluster Analysis is used, will provide information on how wine producers can evaluate certain characteristics (variables) of their product more widely associated as indicative of quality. The analysis identified homogeneous groups containing within them other, related variables, which can be considered similar. Those attributes which are by themselves most representative of the product's quality are also highlighted. Finally, the cluster analysis made it possible to comment on the behaviour of producers, and looking at how they seek to meet market expectations based on their knowledge of customer's habits in the buying and consuming of wine.
Tree-to-tree variation in plant-based measurements as indicators of orange water status
2012
A study was conducted in order to determine the sensitivity of measured indicators of the plant water status in a citrus orchard. In ten adult orange (Citrus sinensis) trees, grafted on sour orange (C. aurantium) rootstocks and drip irrigated every second day, sap flow by Granier TDP probes, leaf and xylem water potential, gas exchange and leaf and canopy thermal imaging were hourly monitored all over the day. The evaluations were performed during two separate clear-sky days with different environmental conditions, respectively in the summer and autumn seasons. Variations of environmental components (reference evapotranspiration, solar radiation, vapour pressure deficit and temperature) wer…
IoT monitoring of urban tree ecosystem services: Possibilities and challenges
2020
Urban green infrastructure plays an increasingly significant role in sustainable urban development planning as it provides important regulating and cultural ecosystem services. Monitoring of such dynamic and complex systems requires technological solutions which provide easy data collection, processing, and utilization at affordable costs. To meet these challenges a pilot study was conducted using a network of wireless, low cost, and multiparameter monitoring devices, which operate using Internet of Things (IoT) technology, to provide real-time monitoring of regulatory ecosystem services in the form of meaningful indicators for both human health and environmental policies. The pilot study w…
Resilienza delle foreste Mediterranee ai cambiamenti climatici - Guida al progetto [Resilience of Mediterranean forests to climate change – Project g…
2017
The overall objective of the project LIFE11+ ENV/IT/000215 RESILFORMED – Resilience of Mediterranean forests to climate change is to preserve the forest systems from the risks due to climate change, through naturalization processes, increased biodiversity and improved responsiveness, in the recovery process, coming from destabilizing events. The specific objective is to implement a regional forest policy able to increase resilience capacity of Sicilian forests, improving their ecosystem capacity and fostering the biodiversity preservation. The project has proposed to pursue five concrete results: 1) drafting guidelines for effective Mediterranean forest management with respect to climate ch…
Programmare la selvicoltura in un bosco vetusto all’interno di un cratere secondario del Monte Etna: primi risultati
2017
In questo contributo sono presentati i primi risultati di uno studio multidisciplinare condoto su un lembo di bosco vetusto a quercia congesta (Qercus congesta C. Presl) all’interno di un cratere secondario sulle pendici del cono vulcanico del Monte Etna, il cratere di Monte Egito. L’obietivo generale è migliorare l’eficienza ecosistemica di queste formazioni riconosciute come habitat di interesse comunitario (91AA* - boschi orientali di quercia bianca) tramite una selvicoltura eficiente ed eficace, programmata ed adatata sulla base delle carateristiche peculiari dell’ecosistema forestale, valutandone nel tempo i risultati dopo l’esecuzione degli interventi programmati. È stato adotato un a…
Definizione, attraverso indicatori, del ruolo di comunità e degli ecosistemi nelle misure di adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici. Componente foresta…
2014
Sono individuati indicatori forestali sintetici utili per valutare il grado di resilienza dei popolamenti forestali ai cambiamenti climatici.
Project LIFE11 ENV/IT/0002215 ResilForMed - Resilience of Mediterranean Forests to Climate Change
2017
Forest and pre-forest ecosystems of Sicily are characterized by a high structural simplification and fragility, reduced species diversity, high density, pest and diseases that are expected to worsen according to the ongoing anthropogenic climate change. In this work we present the achievements of the project LIFE ResilForMed (Resilience of Mediterranean Forests to climate change), as Sicilian response on adaptation and mitigation to climate change. ResilForMed project is co-funded by the LIFE Initiative (2007-2014) and started June 1st 2012 with an expected conclusion on June 30th 2017. The project consortium involves: (i) the Department of Rural and Land Development of the Sicilian Region,…
Analysis, assessment and quantification of the climate changes impact: the resilience silvicultural indicators
2017
Sicilian forests can be considered at high decay risk because of more and more frequent wildfires and, even more, because of climate change effects, like floods, draught, heat waves, snow and wind storms. They are worrying processes, contributing at making ecosystems weaker and intensifying the potential desertification risk in Sicily, one of the most threatened of Italian regions by this form of soil degradation. The most effective approach to mitigate the effects of the climate change has been developed through the following action: analysis, assessment and quantification of the climate change impact: the silvicoltural resilience indicators.