Phytosociological Study of Beech and Beech-Mixed Woods in Monti Sibillini National Park (Central Apennines, Italy)

Phytosociological Study of Beech and Beech-Mixed Woods in Monti Sibillini National Park (Central Apennines, Italy)The results of a phytosociological survey of the woods mainly growing on limestones in the Southern part of the Marches Region (Central Italy), that is part of the Monti Sibillini National Park, are here presented. This area is characterized by a temperate climate (upper mesotemperate and lower/upper supratemperate bioclimatic belts). In order to study the vegetation, 173 phytosociological relevés were carried out through the Braun-Blanquet methodology. All the data obtained were submitted to multivariate analysis. The phytosociological analysis is characterized in nine associations, whereof three are of new description (Lathyro veneti-Fagetum sylvaticae hieracietosum murorum, Cardamino kitaibelii-Fagetum sylvaticae corallorhizetosum trifidaeandCardamino kitaibelii-Fagetum sylvaticae anemonetosum nemorosae).

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Vegetation of the "Altipiani di Colfiorito" wetlands (central Apennines, Italy)

Plant Sociology ◽

10.3897/pls2020572/04 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 113-132

Author(s):

Federico Maria Tardella ◽

Vincenzo Maria Di Agostino

Keyword(s):

Central Italy ◽

Central Apennines ◽

Catchment Basin ◽

Data Set ◽

The Past ◽

Community Interest ◽

High Conservation ◽

Phytosociological Relevés ◽

Wetland System ◽

The 1960S

The "Altipiani di Colfiorito" catchment basin in central Italy features a wetland system of great interest for conservation, composed of seven plains. Considering that most of the relevés conducted in the past refer to one plain and date back to the 1960s, the research aim was to widen and update the vegetation knowledge in the whole wetland system. Two hundred and thirty-nine phytosociological relevés were carried out using the Braun-Blanquet method. On the basis of cluster analysis of the species data set and phytosociological interpretation, 39 vegetation types were classified, most of which of high conservation interest in central Italy, referred to the Potamogetonetea (6 communities), Bidentetea (2), Phragmito-Magnocaricetea (21), Molinio-Arrhenatheretea (9), and Epilobietea angustifolii (1) classes. The new subassociation Phalaridetum arundinaceae alopecuretosum bulbosi is also described. Twenty-two communities found in the past decades by other authors were confirmed, while 17 were new records for the study area. Ten communities were attributed to four habitats of community interest according to the 92/43/EEC Directive, coded as 3150, 3260, 3270, and 6510. Twenty-four communities were not confirmed (eight of Charetea, Lemnetea minoris, and Potamogetonetea, one of Bidentetea; seven of Phragmito-Magnocaricetea; three of Scheuchzerio-Caricetea fuscae, four of Molinio-Arrhenatheretea and one of Isoëto-Nanojuncetea). Three habitats of community interest (3140, 3170*, and 7230) were not confirmed.

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Pixel- vs. Object-Based Landsat 8 Data Classification in Google Earth Engine Using Random Forest: The Case Study of Maiella National Park

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13122299 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 2299

Author(s):

Andrea Tassi ◽

Daniela Gigante ◽

Giuseppe Modica ◽

Luciano Di Martino ◽

Marco Vizzari

Keyword(s):

Land Cover ◽

National Park ◽

Time Window ◽

Central Italy ◽

Google Earth ◽

Data Cube ◽

Landsat 8 ◽

Change Analysis ◽

Object Based ◽

Google Earth Engine

With the general objective of producing a 2018–2020 Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) map of the Maiella National Park (central Italy), useful for a future long-term LULC change analysis, this research aimed to develop a Landsat 8 (L8) data composition and classification process using Google Earth Engine (GEE). In this process, we compared two pixel-based (PB) and two object-based (OB) approaches, assessing the advantages of integrating the textural information in the PB approach. Moreover, we tested the possibility of using the L8 panchromatic band to improve the segmentation step and the object’s textural analysis of the OB approach and produce a 15-m resolution LULC map. After selecting the best time window of the year to compose the base data cube, we applied a cloud-filtering and a topography-correction process on the 32 available L8 surface reflectance images. On this basis, we calculated five spectral indices, some of them on an interannual basis, to account for vegetation seasonality. We added an elevation, an aspect, a slope layer, and the 2018 CORINE Land Cover classification layer to improve the available information. We applied the Gray-Level Co-Occurrence Matrix (GLCM) algorithm to calculate the image’s textural information and, in the OB approaches, the Simple Non-Iterative Clustering (SNIC) algorithm for the image segmentation step. We performed an initial RF optimization process finding the optimal number of decision trees through out-of-bag error analysis. We randomly distributed 1200 ground truth points and used 70% to train the RF classifier and 30% for the validation phase. This subdivision was randomly and recursively redefined to evaluate the performance of the tested approaches more robustly. The OB approaches performed better than the PB ones when using the 15 m L8 panchromatic band, while the addition of textural information did not improve the PB approach. Using the panchromatic band within an OB approach, we produced a detailed, 15-m resolution LULC map of the study area.

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An Italian Research Culture Collection of Wood Decay Fungi

Diversity ◽

10.3390/d12020058 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 58 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carolina Elena Girometta ◽

Annarosa Bernicchia ◽

Rebecca Michela Baiguera ◽

Francesco Bracco ◽

Simone Buratti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Central Italy ◽

Wood Decay ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

Culture Collection ◽

White Rot ◽

Temperate Climate ◽

Research Culture ◽

Decay Fungi ◽

Mn Peroxidase ◽

The Mediterranean

One of the main aims of the University of Pavia mycology laboratory was to collect wood decay fungal (WDF) strains in order to deepen taxonomic studies, species distribution, officinal properties or to investigate potential applications such as biocomposite material production based on fungi. The Italian Alps, Apennines and wood plains were investigated to collect Basidiomycota basidiomata from living or dead trees. The purpose of this study was to investigate the wood decay strains of the Mediterranean area, selecting sampling sites in North and Central Italy, including forests near the Ligurian and Adriatic seas, or near the Lombardy lakes. The isolation of mycelia in pure culture was performed according to the current methodology and the identity of the strains was confirmed by molecular analyses. The strains are maintained in the Research Culture Collection MicUNIPV of Pavia University (Italy). Among the 500 WDF strains in the collection, the most interesting isolates from the Mediterranean area are: Dichomitus squalens (basidioma collected from Pinus pinea), Hericium erinaceus (medicinal mushroom), Inocutis tamaricis (white-rot agent on Tamarix trees), Perenniporia meridionalis (wood degrader through Mn peroxidase) and P. ochroleuca. In addition, strains of species related to the Mediterranean climate (e.g., Fomitiporia mediterranea and Cellulariella warnieri) were obtained from sites with a continental-temperate climate.

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Alyssum desertorum Stapf (Brassicaceae), new for the Italian flora

Acta Botanica Croatica ◽

10.1515/botcro-2016-0006 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 149-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fabrizio Bartolucci ◽

Fabio Conti

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Central Italy ◽

The Other ◽

Italian Flora ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

First Time

Abstract The occurrence of Alyssum desertorum, a species belonging to A. sect. Alyssum, is reported for the first time in Italy. It was found in Abruzzo (central Italy) in the territory of National Park of Gran Sasso and Laga mountains and surrounding areas. Morphological similarities with the other taxa recorded in Italy belonging to A. sect. Alyssum are briefly discussed. Information about the typification of the name, habitat, phenology and distribution in Italy are also provided.

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The weed vegetation of the bean “Fagiolo Cannellino di Atina” and the red pepper “Peperone di Pontecorvo” PDO crops (Latium, central Italy)

Plant Sociology ◽

10.3897/pls2020571/01 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marta Latini ◽

Emanuele Fanfarillo ◽

Elisa De Luca ◽

Mauro Iberite ◽

Giovanna Abbate

Keyword(s):

Multivariate Analysis ◽

Phaseolus Vulgaris ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Capsicum Annuum ◽

Central Italy ◽

Agricultural Management ◽

Red Pepper ◽

Vegetation Types ◽

Protected Designation Of Origin

The weed vegetation of the bean “Fagiolo Cannellino di Atina” (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and the red pepper “Peperone di Pontecorvo” (Capsicum annuum L.) PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) crops was surveyed by means of 16 relevés, sampled in four farms of southern Latium during July 2019. The relevés were subjected to multivariate analysis, which revealed that the two crops are weeded by vegetation types referable to two different subassociations of Panico-Polygonetum persicariae (Spergulo-Erodion, Eragrostietalia, Digitario-Eragrostietea). Namely, communities colonizing bean fields, which are more mesophilous and richer in Eurasian taxa, are ascribable to the subassociation sorghetosum halepensis. Communities colonizing red pepper fields, which are more thermophilous and richer in Mediterranean taxa, are ascribable to the subassociation cyperetosum rotundi. Floristic, structural, and chorological features of the communities are discussed in relation to environmental factors and agricultural management.

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A possible crawling paracomatulid crinoid from the Lower Jurassic of central Italy

Carnets de géologie (Notebooks on geology) ◽

10.2110/carnets.2021.2119 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (19) ◽

pp. 523-532

Author(s):

Riccardo Manni ◽

Rolando Di Nardo

Keyword(s):

Central Italy ◽

Lower Jurassic ◽

Central Apennines ◽

Morphofunctional Analysis

A new paracomatulid crinoid, Tiburtocrinus toarcensis gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Jurassic of Tivoli (central Apennines, Italy). This type of stemless crinoids has never previously been recorded in Italy, and this report bridges a significant gap. Morphofunctional analysis of the radial facets suggests that Tiburtocrinus toarcensis gen. et sp. nov. may have been a crawling paracomatulid, very different from other paracomatulids that probably swam.

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Cd, Pb and Cu in spring waters of the Sibylline Mountains National Park (Central Italy), determined by square wave anodic stripping voltammetry

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20130124007 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 24007

Author(s):

C. Truzzi ◽

A. Annibaldi ◽

S. Illuminati ◽

C. Finale ◽

G. Scarponi

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Anodic Stripping Voltammetry ◽

Central Italy ◽

Stripping Voltammetry ◽

Square Wave ◽

Anodic Stripping

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Forerunners of the Romans. II.

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00001691 ◽

1928 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 133-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. Randall-MacIver

Keyword(s):

Iron Age ◽

Central Italy ◽

Asia Minor ◽

Central Apennines ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Adriatic Coast ◽

Different Origin ◽

Burial Rite

At the date of about 1000 B.c., that is to say a little after the A beginning of the Iron Age and two centuries before any effective colonization by the Etruscans coming from Asia Minor, northern and central Italy may be partitioned into five distinct spheres of civilization. For convenience of treatment I shall assume that each of these spheres represents a comparatively homogeneous people, passing over the question whether there may not have been submerged minorities of some local importance. And I shall give each of these five peoples, or nations as they may not unfairly be called, a conventional name of geographic derivation, to avoid the endless and futile controversies as to tribal nomenclature. As the accompanying map therefore will show the north-west is occupied by the Comacines, part of Venetia by the Atestines, the Bolognese region by the northern Villanovans, Tuscany and part of Latium by the southern Villanovans. East of the Apennines, from Rimini to Aufidena, the Adriatic coast and the central Apennines were held by the Picenes, who must be understood for this purpose to include some of the tribes known to history as Samnites in addition to a small number of Umbrians. The first four of these nations were related by more or less close ties of kinship and practised the same burial rite of cremation, but the Picenes were of wholly different origin and used only the rite of inhumation. Of the Ligurians, occasionally mentioned by classical writers as occupying the coast of the Italian Riviera, it is impossible to say anything as they have left no remains by which their civilization in the Iron Age can be judged.

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