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2. Habitats Directive in northern Italy: a series of proposals for habitat definition improvement

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Bonari, Gianmaria, primary, Fratte, Michele Dalle, additional, Lonati, Michele, additional, Caccianiga, Marco, additional, Lasen, Cesare, additional, Armiraglio, Stefano, additional, Barcella, Matteo, additional, Buffa, Gabriella, additional, Cerabolini, Bruno Enrico Leone, additional, Mainetti, Andrea, additional, Miserere, Luca, additional, Oriolo, Giuseppe, additional, and Selvaggi, Alberto, additional

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2023
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3. Supplementary material 1 from: Bartolucci F, Domina G, Adorni M, Bacchetta G, Bajona E, Banfi E, Barbadoro F, Biscotti N, Bonsanto D, Conti F, Da Pozzo M, Dagnino D, De Fine G, Del Guacchio E, Forte L, Di Gristina E, Galasso G, Ghillani L, Gottschlich G, Gubellini L, Laface VLA, Lasen C, Lonati M, Mainetti A, Mascia F, Mazzacuva G, Musarella CM, Orsenigo S, Passalacqua NG, Pazienza G, Pinzani L, Rodi ES, Santi F, Sáez L, Selvaggi A, Tomaselli V, Torino L, Zidorn C, Lastrucci L (2023) Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 15. Italian Botanist 15: 91-109. https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.15.105796

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Bartolucci, Fabrizio, primary, Domina, Gianniantonio, additional, Adorni, Michele, additional, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, additional, Bajona, Enrico, additional, Banfi, Enrico, additional, Barbadoro, Franco, additional, Biscotti, Nello, additional, Bonsanto, Daniele, additional, Conti, Fabio, additional, Da Pozzo, Michele, additional, Dagnino, Davide, additional, De Fine, Giuseppe, additional, Del Guacchio, Emanuele, additional, Forte, Luigi, additional, Di Gristina, Emilio, additional, Galasso, Gabriele, additional, Ghillani, Luigi, additional, Gottschlich, Günther, additional, Gubellini, Leonardo, additional, Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid, additional, Lasen, Cesare, additional, Lonati, Michele, additional, Mainetti, Andrea, additional, Mascia, Francesco, additional, Mazzacuva, Giuliana, additional, Musarella, Carmelo Maria, additional, Orsenigo, Simone, additional, Passalacqua, Nicodemo G., additional, Pazienza, Gaetano, additional, Pinzani, Lorenzo, additional, Rodi, Elia Stefano, additional, Santi, Francesco, additional, Sáez, Llorenç, additional, Selvaggi, Alberto, additional, Tomaselli, Valeria, additional, Torino, Luigi, additional, Zidorn, Christian, additional, and Lastrucci, Lorenzo, additional

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2023
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4. Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 15

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Bartolucci, Fabrizio, primary, Domina, Gianniantonio, additional, Adorni, Michele, additional, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, additional, Bajona, Enrico, additional, Banfi, Enrico, additional, Barbadoro, Franco, additional, Biscotti, Nello, additional, Bonsanto, Daniele, additional, Conti, Fabio, additional, Da Pozzo, Michele, additional, Dagnino, Davide, additional, De Fine, Giuseppe, additional, Del Guacchio, Emanuele, additional, Forte, Luigi, additional, Di Gristina, Emilio, additional, Galasso, Gabriele, additional, Ghillani, Luigi, additional, Gottschlich, Günther, additional, Gubellini, Leonardo, additional, Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid, additional, Lasen, Cesare, additional, Lonati, Michele, additional, Mainetti, Andrea, additional, Mascia, Francesco, additional, Mazzacuva, Giuliana, additional, Musarella, Carmelo Maria, additional, Orsenigo, Simone, additional, Passalacqua, Nicodemo G., additional, Pazienza, Gaetano, additional, Pinzani, Lorenzo, additional, Rodi, Elia Stefano, additional, Santi, Francesco, additional, Sáez, Llorenç, additional, Selvaggi, Alberto, additional, Tomaselli, Valeria, additional, Torino, Luigi, additional, Zidorn, Christian, additional, and Lastrucci, Lorenzo, additional

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2023
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6. Temporal beta diversity patterns reveal global change impacts in closed mountain grasslands.

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Lelli, Chiara, Chiarucci, Alessandro, Tomaselli, Marcello, Di Musciano, Michele, Lasen, Cesare, Poloniato, Gianni, and Nascimbene, Juri

Subjects
GRASSLAND soils, CLIMATE change, MOUNTAIN ecology, GRASSLANDS, PLANT diversity, MOUNTAIN plants
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Global changes are recognized as one of the main drivers of biodiversity changes over time, especially in mountain ecosystems. A key approach to detect and investigate the effect of climate and land use change on these ecosystems is represented by vegetation surveys. In this study, based on the resurvey of historical vegetation data, we assessed temporal beta-diversity patterns within and between subalpine and alpine vegetation types in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park. Resurvey was focussed on plots sampled in four main vegetation types: 1 and 2) Mesophytic and xerophytic grasslands on neutral or base-rich soils respectively dominated by Sesleria caerulea and Carex sempervirens and by Sesleria caerulea and Helictotrichon parlatorei; 3) Acidophytic grasslands dominated by Nardus stricta; 4) Snowbeds with dominance of dwarf willows (Salix herbacea or S. retusa) or Luzula alpinopilosa. Our results revealed a pattern of floristic homogenization in grasslands and snowbeds indicating a decreasing heterogeneity, both within and between different vegetation types that can be associated with different components of global change. The highest temporal beta diversity and floristic homogenization were detected in snowbeds. In general, the magnitude of temporal changes differ between communities, thus claiming for conservation activities that are tailored to each vegetation type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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8. Proposals for improvement of Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC: Central Italy

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Casavecchia, Simona, primary, Allegrezza, Marina, additional, Angiolini, Claudia, additional, Biondi, Edoardo, additional, Bonini, Federica, additional, Del Vico, Eva, additional, Fanfarillo, Emanuele, additional, Foggi, Bruno, additional, Gigante, Daniela, additional, Gianguzzi, Lorenzo, additional, Lasen, Cesare, additional, Maccherini, Simona, additional, Mariotti, Mauro, additional, Pesaresi, Simone, additional, Pirone, Gianfranco, additional, Poldini, Livio, additional, Selvi, Federico, additional, Venanzoni, Roberto, additional, Viciani, Daniele, additional, Vidali, Marisa, additional, and Ciaschetti, Giampiero, additional

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2021
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13. Red Listing plants under full national responsibility: Extinction risk and threats in the vascular flora endemic to Italy

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Orsenigo, S, Montagnani, C, Fenu, G, Gargano, D, Peruzzi, L, Abeli, T, Alessandrini, A, Bacchetta, G, Bartolucci, F, Bovio, M, Brullo, C, Brullo, S, Carta, A, Castello, M, Cogoni, D, Conti, F, Domina, G, Foggi, B, Gennai, M, Gigante, D, Iberite, M, Lasen, C, Magrini, S, Perrino, E, Prosser, F, Santangelo, A, Selvaggi, A, Stinca, A, Vagge, I, Villani, M, Wagensommer, R, Wilhalm, T, Tartaglini, N, Duprè, E, Blasi, C, Rossi, G, Orsenigo, Simone, Montagnani, Chiara, Fenu, Giuseppe, Gargano, Domenico, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Abeli, Thomas, Alessandrini, Alessandro, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bovio, Maurizio, Brullo, Cristian, Brullo, Salvatore, Carta, Angelino, Castello, Miris, Cogoni, Donatella, Conti, Fabio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Foggi, Bruno, Gennai, Matilde, Gigante, Daniela, Iberite, Mauro, Lasen, Cesare, Magrini, Sara, Perrino, Enrico V., Prosser, Filippo, Santangelo, Annalisa, Selvaggi, Alberto, Stinca, Adriano, Vagge, Ilda, Villani, Mariacristina, Wagensommer, Robert P., Wilhalm, Thomas, Tartaglini, Nicoletta, Duprè, Eugenio, Blasi, Carlo, Rossi, Graziano, Orsenigo, S, Montagnani, C, Fenu, G, Gargano, D, Peruzzi, L, Abeli, T, Alessandrini, A, Bacchetta, G, Bartolucci, F, Bovio, M, Brullo, C, Brullo, S, Carta, A, Castello, M, Cogoni, D, Conti, F, Domina, G, Foggi, B, Gennai, M, Gigante, D, Iberite, M, Lasen, C, Magrini, S, Perrino, E, Prosser, F, Santangelo, A, Selvaggi, A, Stinca, A, Vagge, I, Villani, M, Wagensommer, R, Wilhalm, T, Tartaglini, N, Duprè, E, Blasi, C, Rossi, G, Orsenigo, Simone, Montagnani, Chiara, Fenu, Giuseppe, Gargano, Domenico, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Abeli, Thomas, Alessandrini, Alessandro, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bovio, Maurizio, Brullo, Cristian, Brullo, Salvatore, Carta, Angelino, Castello, Miris, Cogoni, Donatella, Conti, Fabio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Foggi, Bruno, Gennai, Matilde, Gigante, Daniela, Iberite, Mauro, Lasen, Cesare, Magrini, Sara, Perrino, Enrico V., Prosser, Filippo, Santangelo, Annalisa, Selvaggi, Alberto, Stinca, Adriano, Vagge, Ilda, Villani, Mariacristina, Wagensommer, Robert P., Wilhalm, Thomas, Tartaglini, Nicoletta, Duprè, Eugenio, Blasi, Carlo, and Rossi, Graziano

Abstract

Taxa endemic to a country are key elements for setting national conservation priorities and for driving conservation strategies, since their persistence is entirely dependent on national policy. We applied the IUCN Red List categories to all Italian endemic vascular plants (1340 taxa) to assess their current risk of extinction and to highlight their major threats. Our results revealed that six taxa are already extinct and that 22.4% (300 taxa) are threatened with extinction, while 18.4% (247; especially belonging to apomictic groups) have been categorized as Data Deficient. Italian endemic vascular plants are primarily threatened by natural habitat modification due to agriculture, residential and tourism development. Taxa occurring in coastal areas and lowlands, where anthropogenic impacts and habitat destruction are concentrated, display the greatest population decline and extinction. The national network of protected areas could be considered effective in protecting endemic-rich areas (ERAs) and endemic taxa, but ineffective in protecting narrow endemic-rich areas (NERAs), accordingly changes to the existing network may increase the effectiveness of protection. For the first time in the Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot, we present a comprehensive extinction assessment for endemic plants under the full responsibility of a single country. This would provide an important step towards the prioritization and conservation of threatened endemic flora at Italian, European, and Mediterranean level. A successful conservation strategy of the Italian endemic vascular flora should implement the protected area system, solve some taxonomical criticism in poorly known genera, and should rely on monitoring threatened species, and on developing species-specific action plans.

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2018

14. Red Listing plants under full national responsibility: Extinction risk and threats in the vascular flora endemic to Italy

Author

Orsenigo, Simone, primary, Montagnani, Chiara, additional, Fenu, Giuseppe, additional, Gargano, Domenico, additional, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, additional, Abeli, Thomas, additional, Alessandrini, Alessandro, additional, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, additional, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, additional, Bovio, Maurizio, additional, Brullo, Cristian, additional, Brullo, Salvatore, additional, Carta, Angelino, additional, Castello, Miris, additional, Cogoni, Donatella, additional, Conti, Fabio, additional, Domina, Gianniantonio, additional, Foggi, Bruno, additional, Gennai, Matilde, additional, Gigante, Daniela, additional, Iberite, Mauro, additional, Lasen, Cesare, additional, Magrini, Sara, additional, Perrino, Enrico V., additional, Prosser, Filippo, additional, Santangelo, Annalisa, additional, Selvaggi, Alberto, additional, Stinca, Adriano, additional, Vagge, Ilda, additional, Villani, Mariacristina, additional, Wagensommer, Robert P., additional, Wilhalm, Thomas, additional, Tartaglini, Nicoletta, additional, Duprè, Eugenio, additional, Blasi, Carlo, additional, and Rossi, Graziano, additional

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2018
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18. 6210 Formazioni erbose secche seminaturali e facies coperte da cespugli su substrato calcareo (Festuco-Brometalia)

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Gigante, Daniela, Buffa, Gabriella, Foggi, Bruno, Frattaroli, Anna Rita, Lasen, Cesare, Pirone, Gianfranco, Selvaggi, Alberto, Strumia, Sandro, Vico, Eva Del, Facioni, Laura, Carli, Emanuela, Allegrezza, Marina, Viciani, Daniele, P. Angelini, L. Casella, A. Grignetti, P. Genovesi. (ed.)., C6) Gigante, G., Buffa, G., Foggi, B., Frattaroli, A. R., Lasen, C., Pirone, G., Selvaggi, A., Strumia, S., Del Vico, E., Facioni, L., Carli, E., Allegrezza, M., and Viciani, D.

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Habitat, Natura 2000, Monitoring, Italy, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata
Published
2016

20. 6150 Formazioni erbose boreo-alpine silicicole

Author

Foggi, Bruno, Buffa, Gabriella, Ravera, Sonia, Lasen, Cesare, Selvaggi, Alberto, Petraglia, Alessandro, and Gigante, Daniela

Subjects
Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata
Published
2016

22. 6520 Praterie montane da fieno

Author

Buffa, Gabriella, Lasen, Cesare, and Selvaggi, Alberto

Subjects
Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale e Applicata
Published
2016

25. Floristic composition, site conditions and diversity of poet's daffodil (Narcissus radiiflorus Salisb.) hay meadows in the Venetian Pre-Alps and outer Dolomites (N-Italy): implications for conservation and restoration.

Author

Lasen, Cesare, Tomaselli, Marcello, Scariot, Alberto, Garlato, Adriano, and Carbognani, Michele

Subjects
*NARCISSUS (Plants), *PLANT conservation, *PLANT diversity, *PLANT communities
Abstract

Hay meadows are an important component of the alpine landscape, which evolved over millennia of human activities. When traditionally managed, hay meadows support a rich flora and are recognized for high species diversity. However, both intensification and abandonment can lead to a loss of biodiversity in this vegetation. In this paper, the focus was on the hay meadows where Narcissus radiiflorus Salisb. forms white mosaic carpets during the blooming period. This vegetation was studied through 26 phytosociological relevés, taken in the Venetian Pre-Alps and outer Dolomites (Northern Italy). Relevés were numerically classified and analysed in their relationships with site conditions. Moreover, diversity metrics were calculated for detecting the conservation status of hay meadows subjected to different types of disturbance. The results showed that poet's daffodils' dominance brings together hay meadows showing a substantial range of floristic and ecologic variation and that part of the stands dominated by Narcissus radiiflorus could be referred to a habitat type regarded as prioritary for nature conservation. Moreover, management-related variations in functional diversity suggested that the best practice recommended for conservation and restoration of this habitat is the continuation of traditional late mowing. This practice will allow preserving both biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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27. Flora delle Alpi Feltrine

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Lasen, Cesare

Subjects
Check list, Alpi Feltrine, Eastern Alps, Flora
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CHECK LIST OF THE FLORA OF THE ALPS NEAR FELTRE. The flora of the calcareous mountains near Feltre (Belluno) is composed by about 1,600 species of vascular plants, some of them endemic or very rare and in this sense may be regarded as particularly rich. New records for the regional flora and some critical species are discussed.

Published
1983

28. La vegetazione di Erera-Brendol-Campotorondo

Author

Lasen, Cesare

Subjects
Vegetation, Alpi Feltrine, Eastern Alps
Abstract

THE VEGETATION OF THE ERERA-BRENDOL-CAMPOTORONDO ALPS NEAR FELTRE. The mountain group Erera-Brendol-Campotorondo is one ofthe most interesting landscapes of the Dolomites near Belluno. The vegetation consists of about 20 types which are described in their floristical composition and ecological problems. The timberline lies in about 1600m and may be regarded as particularly low for the Southern Alps. The karstic plateau is covered by a monotonous formation of Pinus mugo, Rhododendron and other prostrate shrubs. Cattle- and sheep-grazing has played the most important role in the past and secondary grasslands are widespread. Rocks, gravels, and snow beds, although relatively limited, show a rich endemic flora and quite rare vegetation types.

Published
1983

29. An overview of the Italian forest biodiversity and its conservation level, based on the first outcomes of the 4th Habitat Report ex-Art. 17

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Gigante, D., Selvaggi, A., Acosta Alicia, T., Adorni, M., Allegrezza, M., Angiolini, C., Armiraglio, S., Assini, S., Attorre, F., Bagella, S., Barcella, M., Giuseppe Bazan, Bertacchi, A., Bolpagni, R., Bonari, G., Buffa, G., Caccianiga Marco Stefano, Cacciatori, C., Carmela, C., Casavecchia, S., Casella, L., Cerabolini Bruno, E., Ciaschetti, G., Ciccarelli, D., Cogoni, A., Cutini, M., De Sanctis Michele, De Simone Walter, Del Vecchio Silvia, Di Cecco Valter, Di Martino Luciano, Di Musciano Michele, Fantinato, E., Filesi, L., Foggi, B., Forte, L., Frattaroli Anna Rita, Galdenzi, D., Gangale, C., lorenzo gianguzzi, Giusso Del Galdo Gianpietro, Grignetti, A., Riccardo Guarino, Lasen, C., Maneli, F., Marcenò, C., Mariotti Mauro Giorgio, Oriolo, G., Paura, B., Perrino, E., Pesaresi, S., Pezzi, G., Pisanu, S., Poponessi, S., Prisco, I., Puglisi, M., Rivieccio, G., Sciandrello, S., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Strumia, S., Taffetani, F., Tesei, G., Tomaselli, V., Venanzoni, R., Viciani, D., Villani, M., Wagensommer Robert Philipp, Zanatta, K., Angelini, P., Società Botanica Italiana, Gigante, Daniela, Selvaggi, Alberto, Acosta Alicia, T. R., Adorni, Michele, Allegrezza, Marina, Angiolini, Claudia, Armiraglio, Stefano, Assini, Silvia, Attorre, Fabio, Bagella, Simonetta, Barcella, Matteo, Bazan, Giuseppe, Bertacchi, Andrea, Bolpagni, Rossano, Bonari, Gianmaria, Buffa, Gabriella, Caccianiga Marco, Stefano, Cacciatori, Cecilia, Caria Maria, Carmela, Casavecchia, Simona, Casella, Laura, Cerabolini Bruno, E. L., Ciaschetti, Giampiero, Ciccarelli, Daniela, Cogoni, Annalena, Cutini, Maurizio, De Sanctis, Michele, De Simone, Walter, Del Vecchio, Silvia, Di Cecco, Valter, Di Martino, Luciano, Di Musciano, Michele, Fantinato, Edy, Filesi, Leonardo, Foggi, Bruno, Forte, Luigi, Frattaroli Anna, Rita, Galdenzi, Diana, Gangale, Carmen, Gianguzzi, Lorenzo, Giusso Del Galdo, Gianpietro, Grignetti, Alessandra, Guarino, Riccardo, Lasen, Cesare, Maneli, Fabio, Marcenò, Corrado, Mariotti Mauro, Giorgio, Oriolo, Giuseppe, Paura, Bruno, Perrino, Enrico, Pesaresi, Simone, Pezzi, Giovanna, Pisanu, Stefania, Poponessi, Silvia, Prisco, Irene, Puglisi, Marta, Rivieccio, Giovanni, Sciandrello, Saverio, Spampinato, Giovanni, Stinca, Adriano, Strumia, Sandro, Taffetani, Fabio, Tesei, Giulio, Tomaselli, Valeria, Venanzoni, Roberto, Viciani, Daniele, Villani, Mariacristina, Wagensommer Robert, Philipp, Zanatta, Katia, Angelini, Paola, and Gigante Daniela, Selvaggi Alberto, Acosta Alicia T.R., Adorni Michele, Allegrezza Marina, Angiolini Claudia, Armiraglio Stefano, Assini Silvia, Attorre Fabio, Bagella Simonetta, Barcella Matteo, Bazan Giuseppe, Bertacchi Andrea, Bolpagni Rossano, Bonari Gianmaria, Buffa Gabriella, Caccianiga Marco Stefano, Cacciatori Cecilia, Caria Maria.Carmela, Casavecchia Simona, Casella Laura, Cerabolini Bruno E.L., Ciaschetti Giampiero, Ciccarelli Daniela, Cogoni Annalena, Cutini Maurizio, De Sanctis Michele, De Simone Walter, Del Vecchio Silvia, Di Cecco Valter, Di Martino Luciano, Di Musciano Michele, Fantinato Edy, Filesi Leonardo, Foggi Bruno, Forte Luigi, Frattaroli Anna Rita, Galdenzi Diana, Gangale Carmen, Gianguzzi Lorenzo, Giusso Del Galdo Gianpietro, Grignetti Alessandra, Guarino Riccardo, Lasen Cesare, Maneli Fabio, Marcenò Corrado, Mariotti Mauro Giorgio, Oriolo Giuseppe, Paura Bruno, Perrino Enrico, Pesaresi Simone, Pezzi Giovanna, Pisanu Stefania, Poponessi Silvia, Prisco Irene, Puglisi Marta, Rivieccio Giovanni, Sciandrello Saverio, Spampinato Giovanni, Stinca Adriano, Strumia Sandro, Taffetani Fabio, Tesei Giulio, Tomaselli Valeria, Venanzoni Roberto, Viciani Daniele, Villani Mariacristina, Wagensommer Robert Philipp, Zanatta Katia, Angelini Paola

Subjects
Habitat, Habitat, Italian forests, Vegetation Science, Natura 2000, Biodiversity conservation, Italian forests
Abstract

In 2019 the 4th Report ex-Art. 17 on the conservation status (CS) of Annex I Habitats of the 92/43/EEC Directive was expected by every EU/28 country, with reference to the period 2013-18. In Italy, the process was in charge to the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), on behalf of the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection (MATTM), with the scientific support of the Italian Botanical Society (SBI). A large group of thematic and territorial experts elaborated the available data concerning the 124 types of terrestrial and inland water Habitats present in Italy, 39 of which are represented by Forest Habitats (Group 9),. The main aim of the work was the evaluation of the overall CS of each Habitat by Biogeographic Region (Mediterranean, Continental and Alpine), for a total amount of 294 assessments. A high proportion of these (92, corresponding to 31% of the total) referred to Forest Habitats, including 20 marginal types for which the CS was not requested. The analysis was carried out at different scales: a) administrative territory, through the data contained in the ISPRA database, whose compilation was in charge to the Regions and Autonomous Provinces; b) Natura 2000 site, with the latest updates available (Standard Data Forms updated to 2018); c) national scale, implementing the distribution maps for each Habitat based on the European grid ETRS89-LAEA5210 (10x10 km2 mesh); d) Biogeographic Region, scale of the final assessment. Cartographic outcomes, associated databases and additional data used for the assessments will be available online on the ISPRA Portal as soon as the validation process by the European Commission will be completed. A dedicated archive named "HAB_IT" has been created in the national database "VegItaly" (1), managed by the Italian Society of Vegetation Science, where the phytosociological relevés representative of the various Annex I Habitats in Italy will be archived and freely accessible. An overview of the results regarding the Forest habitats is here provided, including a comparison with the outcomes of the former reporting cycle, the 3rd Report ex-Art. 17 (2). In several cases (e.g. 9120, 91L0), the distribution maps have been remarkably improved due to better knowledge and more fitful interpretation. The conservation status resulted as Favourable (FV) for 6,7%, Inadequate (U1) for 58,7% and Bad (U1) for 32,0% of the 72 assessed forest Habitat types. In no case there was an improvement of the conservation status, while in 6 cases a worsening of the conditions resulted from the data analysis, pointing out the Habitats types with a higher need of action. Similarly to other projects carried out as a team by the network of Annex I Habitat experts of the Italian Botanical Society and the Italian Society for Vegetation Science (e.g. 3, 4), this is another step in the direction of supporting the implementation of the 92/43/EEC "Habitat" Directive in Italy and Europe. On this ground, the high biodiversity of the Italian forest Habitats could be emphasized, however results pointed out that some rare or endemic types (e.g. Alnus cordata or Betula aetnensis-dominated forests) are still scarcely acknowledged by the most prominent EU conservation tools such as the Annex I to the "Habitat" Directive. 1) F. Landucci et al. (2012) Plant Biosyst., 146(4), 756-763 2) P. Genovesi et al. (2014) ISPRA, Serie Rapporti, 194/2014 3) E. Biondi et al. (2009) Società Botanica Italiana, MATTM, D.P.N., http://vnr.unipg.it/habitat/ 4) D. Gigante et al. (2016) Plant Sociology, 53(2), 77-87

Published
2019

30. Red Listing plants under full national responsibility: Extinction risk and threats in the vascular flora endemic to Italy

Author

Eugenio Duprè, Mariacristina Villani, Gianniantonio Domina, Domenico Gargano, Gianluigi Bacchetta, M. Bovio, Enrico V. Perrino, Sara Magrini, Miris Castello, Chiara Montagnani, Giuseppe Fenu, T. Wilhalm, Graziano Rossi, Mauro Iberite, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Alberto Selvaggi, Angelino Carta, Filippo Prosser, Carlo Blasi, Donatella Cogoni, Adriano Stinca, Annalisa Santangelo, Robert P. Wagensommer, C. Lasen, Bruno Foggi, Thomas Abeli, Simone Orsenigo, Daniela Gigante, Fabrizio Bartolucci, N. Tartaglini, Salvatore Brullo, Fabio Conti, Cristian Brullo, Matilde Gennai, A. Alessandrini, Ilda Vagge, Orsenigo S., Montagnani C., Fenu G., Gargano D., Peruzzi L., Abeli T., Alessandrini A., Bacchetta G., Bartolucci F., Bovio M., Brullo C., Brullo S., Carta A., Castello M., Cogoni D., Conti F., Domina G., Foggi B., Gennai M., Gigante D., Iberite M., Lasen C., Magrini S., Perrino E.V., Prosser F., Santangelo A., Selvaggi A., Stinca A., Vagge I., Villani M., Wagensommer R.P., Wilhalm T., Tartaglini N., Dupre E., Blasi C., Rossi G., Orsenigo, Simone, Montagnani, Chiara, Fenu, Giuseppe, Gargano, Domenico, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Abeli, Thoma, Alessandrini, Alessandro, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bovio, Maurizio, Brullo, Cristian, Brullo, Salvatore, Carta, Angelino, Castello, Miri, Cogoni, Donatella, Conti, Fabio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Foggi, Bruno, Gennai, Matilde, Gigante, Daniela, Iberite, Mauro, Lasen, Cesare, Magrini, Sara, Perrino, Enrico V., Prosser, Filippo, Santangelo, Annalisa, Selvaggi, Alberto, Stinca, Adriano, Vagge, Ilda, Villani, Mariacristina, Wagensommer, Robert P., Wilhalm, Thoma, Tartaglini, Nicoletta, Duprè, Eugenio, Blasi, Carlo, Rossi, Graziano, Orsenigo, S, Montagnani, C, Fenu, G, Gargano, D, Peruzzi, L, Abeli, T, Alessandrini, A, Bacchetta, G, Bartolucci, F, Bovio, M, Brullo, C, Brullo, S, Carta, A, Castello, M, Cogoni, D, Conti, F, Domina, G, Foggi, B, Gennai, M, Gigante, D, Iberite, M, Lasen, C, Magrini, S, Perrino, E, Prosser, F, Santangelo, A, Selvaggi, A, Stinca, A, Vagge, I, Villani, M, Wagensommer, R, Wilhalm, T, Tartaglini, N, Duprè, E, Blasi, C, and Rossi, G

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Behavior and Systematic, Biodiversity conservation, Endemic rich areas, Endemic taxa, IUCN Red Lists, Mediterranean Basin, Species richness, Taxonomic knowledge, Flora, Species richne, Evolution, Biodiversity conservation, Endemic rich areas, Endemic taxa, IUCN Red Lists, Mediterranean Basin, Species richness, Taxonomic knowledge, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Plant Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, IUCN Red List, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Data deficient, Extinction, Endemic rich area, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, Biodiversity hotspot, Habitat destruction, Geography, Threatened species, Protected area
Abstract

Taxa endemic to a country are key elements for setting national conservation priorities and for driving conservation strategies, since their persistence is entirely dependent on national policy. We applied the IUCN Red List categories to all Italian endemic vascular plants (1340 taxa) to assess their current risk of extinction and to highlight their major threats. Our results revealed that six taxa are already extinct and that 22.4% (300 taxa) are threatened with extinction, while 18.4% (247; especially belonging to apomictic groups) have been categorized as Data Deficient. Italian endemic vascular plants are primarily threatened by natural habitat modification due to agriculture, residential and tourism development. Taxa occurring in coastal areas and lowlands, where anthropogenic impacts and habitat destruction are concentrated, display the greatest population decline and extinction. The national network of protected areas could be considered effective in protecting endemic-rich areas (ERAs) and endemic taxa, but ineffective in protecting narrow endemic-rich areas (NERAs), accordingly changes to the existing network may increase the effectiveness of protection. For the first time in the Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot, we present a comprehensive extinction assessment for endemic plants under the full responsibility of a single country. This would provide an important step towards the prioritization and conservation of threatened endemic flora at Italian, European, and Mediterranean level. A successful conservation strategy of the Italian endemic vascular flora should implement the protected area system, solve some taxonomical criticism in poorly known genera, and should rely on monitoring threatened species, and on developing species-specific action plans.

Published
2018

31. The Red List of Italian endemic vascular plants

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Graziano Rossi, Domenico Gargano, Chiara Montagnani, Giuseppe Fenu, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Alessandro Alessandrini, Thomas Abeli, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Giovanni Astuti, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Liliana Bernardo, Salvatore Brullo, Miris Castello, Donatella Cogoni, Fabio Conti, Gianniantonio Domina, Bruno Foggi, Silvio Frattini, Matilde Gennai, Rodolfo Gentili, Mauro Iberite, Cesare Lasen, Sara Magrini, Gianluca Nicolella, Annalisa Santangelo, Alberto Selvaggi, Maria Cristina Villani, Robert P Wagensommer, Ilda Vagge, Filippo Prosser, Thomas Wilhalm, Maurizio Bovio, Carlo Blasi, Enrico V. Perrino, Eugenio Duprè, Nicoletta Tartaglini, Simone Orsenigo, Società Botanica Italiana, Rossi, Graziano, Gargano, Domenico, Montagnani, Chiara, Fenu, Giuseppe, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Alessandrini, Alessandro, Abeli, Thoma, Ardenghi, Nicola M. G., Astuti, Giovanni, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bernardo, Liliana, Brullo, Salvatore, Castello, Miri, Cogoni, Donatella, Conti, Fabio, Domina, Gianniantonio, Foggi, Bruno, Frattini, Silvio, Gennai, Matilde, Gentili, Rodolfo, Iberite, Mauro, Lasen, Cesare, Magrini, Sara, Nicolella, Gianluca, Santangelo, Annalisa, Selvaggi, Alberto, Cristina Villani, Maria, P Wagensommer, Robert, Vagge, Ilda, Prosser, Filippo, Wilhalm, Thoma, Bovio, Maurizio, Blasi, Carlo, Perrino, Enrico V., Duprè, Eugenio, Tartaglini, Nicoletta, and Orsenigo, Simone

Subjects
Biodiversity conservation, Endemic rich areas, Endemic taxa, IUCN Red Lists, Mediterranean Basin, Species richness, Taxonomic knowledge, Species richne, Endemic rich area, IUCN Red List
Abstract

The Italian vascular flora is one of the richest in the European Union and the Italian peninsula is located at the centre of the Mediterranean Basin, one of the 25 world biodiversity hotspots with an exceptional loss of habitats and species (1). Preliminary to any conservation initiative concerning plant diversity, a prioritization of the most endangered species is needed. IUCN Red List protocol is widely recognized and used to evaluate the conservation status of a species, according to its estimated extinction risk (2). Assessing the conservation status of plants endemic to an entire nation is a key challenge, because of the huge amount of data, knowledge and information required. Such a result can be achieved only through the collaboration of many specialists and an adequate financial base. “The Red List of the Italian Flora” project, promoted by the Ministry for Environment and Protection of Land and Sea General, Directorate for Protection of Nature and Sea, in collaboration with the Italian Botanical Society, started in 2013 with the aim to update the conservation status of Italian plants. In 2016 the assessment of all the vascular plants strictly endemics to Italy was completed. Considering all the Italian endemics, with the exclusion of taxonomically critical genera (i.e. Alchemilla, Hieracium, Ophrys, Pilosella, Ranunculus, Rubus and Taraxacum), a total of 1088 taxa was assessed. Three taxa are considered extinct (EX), one extinct in the wild (EW) and six are possibly extinct (CR[PE]). Around 27% of the Italian endemics are included in one of the major threat categories (CR, EN and VU), while c. 20% may become threatened with extinction in the near future (NT). Around half of the Italian endemic taxa (506) are widespread and abundant taxa (LC). Finally, 80 species (7%) were categorized as Data Deficient since the available data did not allow a robust assessment, indicating that further taxonomic and field studies should be undertaken in the next future.

Published
2017

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