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Analisi multitemporale del paesaggio e classificazione gerarchica del territorio: il caso dei monti Lepini (Italia centrale).
No full textAnalisi diacronica dei contatti e valutazione dello stato di conservazione del paesaggio
No full textClassificazione gerarchica, CORINE Land Cover e valutazione dello stato di conservazione della rete ecologica territoriale.
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The map of the vegetation series of Italy.
No full textWe present the methodology developed for mapping the vegetation series of Italy (at scale 1:250.000) in the frame of the project "Completion of Basic Naturalistic Knowledge", funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment. A hierarchical land classification is combined with expert knowledge of vegetation dynamics and phytosociological field data. The Map of the Vegetation Series is an essential tool for ecological planning and land management
The use of adjacency analysis for quantifying landscape changes
No full textThe analysis of landscape changes in space and time plays an important role in landscape ecology. Analyzing landscape dynamics through time may be crucial for identifying historical and current processes that shape the actual landscapes and for developing predictive landscape models for ecosystem management and conservation. In this view, the propensity of land cover patches to change is at least partially related to the nature of their contact types. The interactions of a given patch with adjacent land cover types affect both land use exploitation by humans and vegetation dynamics. The aim of this paper is to use patch boundary dynamics for describing the landscape changes that occurred in the Lepini Mountains (central Italy) during 1954-2000. Results show an increase in landscape complexity in the Mediterranean land units and a corresponding decrease in landscape complexity in the Temperate land units. This differential trend is due to a complex, human-driven temporal dynamics of Mediterranean ecosystems that generates heterogeneity as opposed to a diffuse landscape abandonment in the Temperate region that leads to a more homogeneous boundary structure
Terrestrial ecoregions of Italy. Explanatory notes
No full textBased on a robust methodological process for classification and mapping, The Ecoregions of Italy provides a comprehensive picture of the ecological and geographic arrangement of the country, which is currently being adopted by official bodies as a reference for natural capital accounting, ecological setting of municipalities, mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, and recognition of threatened ecosystems. The Map and Explanatory Notes presented here are aimed at disseminating knowledge and sharing expertise in different aspects of ecoregion applications, beyond the strict research community. The underlying principles of the classification and the methodology used in establishing the map are synthetically explained and the main distinctive character of each ecoregion is described. Such information will hopefully stimulate both scientific and professional workers to acknowledge that every geographical area holds a specific structural and functional ecological potential- the ‘project of nature’-, and that this potential should never be overlooked when searching for sustainable and long-lasting nature-based solutions, including the deployment of green infrastructure
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