scholarly journals Hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) assemblage of an oak–hornbeam in the Merlino Wood Natural Reserve and implications for its conservation

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto Maritano
Keyword(s):  
Northern Italy ◽  
Habitat Conservation ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
Good Preservation ◽  
Community Interest ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
A Site ◽  
First Time ◽  
Malaise Traps

Merlino Wood is a typical oak–hornbeam forest in the Po Plain hydrographic region. It is one of the few remaining lowland forests in Northern Italy and is a Regional Natural Reserve and a Site of Community Interest (code IT1160010). This is the first survey on hoverflies in the study area and they act as bioindicators to assess habitat conservation. Sampling was performed with three Malaise traps and an entomological net. A total of 61 species of Syrphidae were recorded between March and October 2019. Three of the species observed are considered to be under threat in Europe, three species have been recorded for the first time in Piedmont and Heringia latitarsis (Egger, 1865) has been recorded for the first time in Northern Italy. The Syrph the Net analysis has been used to assess habitat conservation. It shows good preservation of xylosaprophagous species, while the conservation conditions of other larval trophic categories are poor.

scholarly journals The vegetation of a historic road system in the suburban area of Monte Pellegrino (Palermo, Sicily)

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-103
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Gianguzzi ◽  
Giuseppe Bazan
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Natura 2000 Network ◽  
New Associations ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Special Area ◽  
A Site ◽  
Cut Slopes ◽  
First Time

Knowledge of the processes by which plants colonize old structures is a key element for nature-based design both in urban and suburban contexts. This paper analyses the natural vegetation on walls and in other microhabitats of the roadway structures of Monte Pellegrino (606 m a.s.l.) near Palermo (Sicily), built in the first half of the 1900s. The historical road has particular construction and architectural features, and its characteristics have been maintained to this day. The route, approximately 16 kilometers long, is well integrated within a site of high naturalistic value which has been designated as a Special Area of Conservation (ITA020014) of the Natura 2000 network, and it is also a regional natural reserve. The survey was carried out on different homogeneous ecological contexts based on different microhabitats (masonry retaining walls, masonry guardwalls, road margins, and rock cut slopes) which are diversified according to other environmental factors (building materials, inclination, height, and exposure). The phytosociological and statistical analysis has led to the description of six new associations (Crepido bursifoliae-Parietarietum judaicae ass. nov., Athamanto siculae-Parietarietum judaicae ass. nov., Helichryso panormitani-Hypochaeridetum laevigatae ass. nov., Diantho siculi-Helichrysetum panormitani Gianguzzi ass. nov., Olopto miliacei-Pennisetetum setacei Gianguzzi ass. nov., Teucrio flavi-Rhoetum coriariae Gianguzzi ass. nov.) and one sub-association (Rhamno alaterni-Euphorbietum dendroidis Géhu & Biondi 1997 artemisietosum arborescentis subass. nov.). Other chasmophytic formations (Centranthetum rubri Oberd. 1969, Antirrhinetum siculi Bartolo & Brullo 1986) were reported for the first time in this area.

Hydrogeochemical characterization of small coastal wetlands and forests in the Southern Po plain (Northern Italy)

Ecohydrology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Marconi ◽  
M. Antonellini ◽  
E. Balugani ◽  
E. Dinelli
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Wetlands ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
Hydrogeochemical Characterization

scholarly journals Trunk river and tributary interactions recorded in the Pleistocene–Holocene stratigraphy of the Po Plain (northern Italy)

Sedimentology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Bruno ◽  
Alessandro Amorosi ◽  
Stefano Lugli ◽  
Irene Sammartino ◽  
Daniela Fontana
Keyword(s):  
Northern Italy ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
Holocene Stratigraphy

Franciscan Books and their Readers

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
René Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Space Form ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Ideal Space ◽  
Skilled Readers ◽  
Personal Library ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Cultural Agency ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Ideal

The book explores the manuscripts written, read, and studied by Franciscan friars from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries in Northern Italy, and specifically Padua, assessing four key aspects: ideal, space, form and readership. The ideal is studied through the regulations that determined what manuscripts should aim for. Space refers to the development and role of Franciscan libraries. The form is revealed by the assessment of the physical configuration of a set of representative manuscripts read, written, and manufactured by the friars. Finally, the study of the readership shows how Franciscans were skilled readers who employed certain forms of the manuscript as a portable, personal library, and as a tool for learning and pastoral care. By comparing the book collections of Padua’s reformed and unreformed medieval Franciscan libraries for the first time, this study reveals new features of the ground-breaking cultural agency of medieval friars.

scholarly journals Ecological preference of the diving bell spider Argyroneta aquatica in a resurgence of the Po plain (Northern Italy) (Araneae: Cybaeidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Mammola ◽  
Riccardo Cavalcante ◽  
Marco Isaia
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Study ◽  
Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Prey Availability ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
Ecological Importance ◽  
Positive Effect

The diving bell spider <em>Argyroneta aquatica</em> is the only known spider to conduct a wholly aquatic life. For this reason, it has been the object of an array of studies concerning different aspects of its peculiar biology such as reproductive behavior and sexual dimorphism, physiology, genetic and silk. On the other hand, besides some empirical observations, the autoecology of this spider is widely understudied. We conducted an ecological study in a resurgence located in the Po Plain (Northern Italy, Province of Vercelli) hosting a relatively rich population of <em>Argyroneta</em> <em>aquatica</em>, aiming at identifying the ecological factors driving its presence at the micro-habitat level. By means of a specific sampling methodology, we acquired distributional data of the spiders in the study area and monitored physical-chemical and habitat structure parameters at each plot. We analyzed the data through Bernoulli Generalized Linear Models (GLM). Results pointed out a significant positive effect of the presence of aquatic vegetation in the plot. In addition, the presence of <em>A. aquatica</em> was significantly associated with areas of the resurgence characterized at the same time by high prey availability and low density of predators. Considering the ecological importance and rarity of this species, we update and revise the data on the distribution of <em>A. aquatica</em> in Italy.

scholarly journals The T788G Mutation in thecyp51CGene Confers Voriconazole Resistance in Aspergillus flavus Causing Aspergillosis

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 2598-2603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Yi Sun ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Weixia Liu ◽  
Zhe Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aspergillus Flavus ◽  
Resistant Strain ◽  
Antifungal Susceptibility ◽  
Gene Replacement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Replacement Method ◽  
First Choice ◽  
The One ◽  
A Site ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTWith voriconazole (VRC) being approved as the first choice in treating invasive aspergillosis (IA) and its increasing use in treatment, a VRC-resistant strain ofAspergillus flavus, the second leading cause of IA afterAspergillus fumigatus, has emerged. The VRC-resistant strain ofA. flavuswas isolated for the first time from the surgical lung specimen of an IA patient with no response to VRC therapy. In order to ascertain the mechanism of VRC resistance, the azole target enzyme genes in this strain ofA. flavuswere cloned and sequenced, and 4 mutations generating amino acid residue substitutions were found in thecyp51Cgene. To further determine the role of this mutated gene for VRC resistance inA. flavus, anAgrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene replacement approach was applied. Consequently, the mutatedcyp51Cgene from thisA. flavusstrain was proven to confer the VRC resistance. Finally, to discern the one out of the four mutations in thecyp51Cgene that is responsible for contributing to VRC resistance, a site-directed gene mutagenesis procedure combined with a gene replacement method was performed. As a result, the T788G missense mutation in thecyp51Cgene was identified as responsible for VRC resistance inA. flavus. These findings indicated that the detection of this mutation inA. flavuscould serve as an indicator for physicians to avoid the use of VRC during IA treatment. Further comprehensive surveillance for antifungal susceptibility, as well as intensive study on the mechanism of azole resistance inA. flavuscausing IA, would be required to fully understand this mechanism.

scholarly journals Technologies and new approaches used by the INGV EMERGEO Working Group for real-time data sourcing and processing during the Emilia Romagna (northern Italy) 2012 earthquake sequence

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliana Alessio ◽  
Laura Alfonsi ◽  
Carlo Alberto Brunori ◽  
Pierfrancesco Burrato ◽  
Giuseppe Casula ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Event ◽  
Main Shock ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Earthquake Activity ◽  
Seismic Sequence ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Broad Area ◽  
Epicentral Area ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
Real Time Data

<p>On May 20, 2012, a Ml 5.9 seismic event hit the Emilia Po Plain, triggering intense earthquake activity along a broad area of the Po Plain across the provinces of Modena, Ferrara, Rovigo and Mantova (Figure 1). Nine days later, on May 29, 2012, a Ml 5.8 event occurred roughly 10 km to the SW of the first main shock. These events caused widespread damage and resulted in 26 victims. The aftershock area extended over more than 50 km and was elongated in the WNW-ESE direction, and it included five major aftershocks with 5.1 ≤Ml ≤5.3, and more than 2000 minor events (Figure 1). In general, the seismic sequence was confined to the upper 10 km of the crust. Minor seismicity with depths ranging from 10 km to 30 km extended towards the southern sector of the epicentral area (ISIDe, http://iside.rm.ingv.it/). […]</p><br />

scholarly journals What can we learn from the January 2012 northern Italy earthquakes?

2012 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Massa ◽  
Gabriele Ameri ◽  
Sara Lovati ◽  
Rodolfo Puglia ◽  
Gianlorenzo Franceschina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strong Motion ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Hazard Map ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
Motion Data ◽  
Horizontal Acceleration ◽  
Magnitude Range ◽  
Seismic Hazard Map ◽  
Maximum Horizontal Acceleration

<p>This note focuses on the ground motion recorded during the recent moderate earthquakes that occurred in the central part of northern Italy (Panel 1), a region that is characterized by low seismicity. For this area, the Italian seismic hazard map [Stucchi et al. 2011] assigns a maximum horizontal acceleration (rock site) of up to 0.2 g (10% probability of being exceeded in 50 yr). In the last 4 yr, this region has been struck by 9 earthquakes in the magnitude range 4 <span>≤</span>M<span>w </span><span>≤</span> 5.0, with the three largest located in the Northern Apennines (the M<span>w </span>4.9 and 5.0 Parma events, in December 2008 and January 2012) and on the Po Plain (the M<span>w </span>4.9 Reggio Emila event, in January 2012). We have analyzed the strong-motion data (distance &lt;300 km) from these events as recorded by stations belonging to the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (RAIS, http://rais.mi.ingv.it; RSNC, http://iside.rm.ingv.it) and the Department of Civil Protection (RAN, www.protezionecivile.it; http://itaca.mi.ingv.it). […]</p>

scholarly journals Zustand und Entwicklung siedlungsnaher Wälder – Ergebnisse aus dem LFI

2017 ◽  
Vol 168 (5) ◽  
pp. 252-260
Author(s):  
Christoph Fischer ◽  
Urs-Beat Brändli
Keyword(s):  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
National Forest Inventory ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
First Time ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Forest Managers

State and development of forests close to settlements – results from the NFI For more than 30 years, the national forest inventory (NFI) has been reporting on the state and development of the Swiss forest and its services. Here, for the first time on the topic of “urban forest”, focusing on the forests in the Swiss lowlands, where all urban centers are located. Due to missing definitions we classified the forest according to household equivalents in the vicinity of NFI plots. The forest was classified as either close to settlements (urban) or far from settlements. Using indicators, we compared both categories in order to answer the following questions: 1) How common are forests close to settlements? 2) How do forests close to settlements and far from settlements differ? 3) Is there a potential for conflict of use? 4) Which developments could be observed in relation to forest perception in the last 20 years? 29% of the forest in the lowlands is close to settlements. Five out of ten indicators on forest provision do not differ between both forest categories. Differences occur in relation to the degree of mixture and forest structure. Furthermore, close to settlement forests have more forest roads, recreational facilities and a primary “recreation” function. Regardless of their primary function, forests close to settlements are more intensively used for recreation. Following the NFI model on nature provision for recreation, the forest area with high nature provision has increased in the last 20 years, for all forests. The results indicate that both forest categories are quite similar and are managed in a similar way. Due to the intensive recreational use of lowland forests close to settlements, a certain conflict potential between recreationalists and forest owners is given, posing a challenge for forest managers.

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