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Regions of provenance for reproductive materials of the three main forest species of Abruzzi
Marchi
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Maurizio
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Chiavetta
,
U.
,
Castaldi
,
Cristiano
,
Di Silvestro
,
Daniela
,
Contu
,
Francesco
,
Ducci
,
Fulvio
Mostra abstract
Regions of provenance of reproductive materials are a mandatory tool for the management of forest genetic resources in Europe. Italian regulation (D. Lgs. 386/2003), in contrast with other European countries, gives this role to regional administrations. Here we present a map of the Regions of Provenance for Abruzzi in central Italy. Three environmental zones were identified according to climatic variability using a spatial clustering procedure and the three main forest species for the region were mapped: European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), European black pine (Pinus nigra J.F. Arnold) and Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.). The results show that the main driving factors for clustering are temperature regimes reflecting the contrast between the continental climate of the interior of the region versus the Mediterranean climate on the coast. This effect was also evident in the delineation of the Regions of Provenance for the three main species where elevation plays a key role in the selection of seed stands. The Regions of Provenance of the three species will be used for the correct management of forest reproductive materials collected from the six seed stands of the Region. © 2016 Ugo Chiavetta.
Assessing the maintenance of forest resources and their contribution to carbon cycles
Becagli
,
Claudia
,
Bertini
,
Giada
,
Cammarano
,
Mario
,
Cantiani
,
Paolo
,
Čater
,
Matjaž
,
Chiavetta
,
U.
,
Coletta
,
Vittoria
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Conforti
,
Massimo
,
D'Andrea
,
Ettore
,
Di Salvatore
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D.
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Fabbio
,
Gianfranco
,
Ferlan
,
Mitja
,
Ferreira
,
Andreja
,
Ferretti
,
Fabrizio
,
Giovannozzi Sermanni
,
A.
,
Kobler
,
Andrej
,
Kovač
,
Marko
,
Marinšek
,
Aleksander
,
Micali
,
Marco
,
Pellicone
,
Gaetano
,
Planinšek
,
Špela
,
Rezaei
,
N.
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Sicuriello
,
Flavia
,
Skudnik
,
Mitja
,
Tonti
,
Daniela
ManFor C.Bd sites and the drivers of forest functions
Di Salvatore
,
Umberto
,
Tonti
,
Daniela
,
Bascietto
,
Marco
,
Chiavetta
,
U.
,
Cantiani
,
Paolo
,
Fabbio
,
Gianfranco
,
Becagli
,
Claudia
,
Bertini
,
Giada
,
Sansone
,
Dalila
,
Skudnik
,
Mitja
,
Kobal
,
Milan
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Kutnar
,
Lado
,
Ferreira
,
Andreja
,
Kobler
,
Andrej
,
Kovač
,
Marko
,
Ferretti
,
Fabrizio
Mapping forest ecosystem functions for landscape planning in a mountain Natura2000 site, Central Italy
sustainable forest management
forest ecosystem functions
forest landscape management planning
k-nn
multi-criteria and multi-level approach
Mostra abstract
In last decades, numerous efforts have been carried out by the scientific community to assess the multifunctional role of forests in supporting the forest decision-making processes. Recently developed in Italy, the Forest Landscape Management Planning seems to be the most suitable tool to maintain the sustainability balance between forests and local populations. This research identifies and maps different forest ecosystem functions in a mountain Natura2000 Network site by performing a spatial estimation of forest inventory parameters, and implementing a multi-criteria and multi-level approach. Final results on mapping of forest functions show acceptable values of classification accuracy. © 2014 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Ecological portrayal of old-growth forests and persistent woodlands in the cilento and vallo di Diano National Park (southern Italy)
Marchetti
,
Marco
,
Tognetti
,
Roberto
,
Lombardi
,
Fabio
,
Chiavetta
,
U.
,
Palumbo
,
Giuseppe
,
Sellitto
,
Vincenzo Michele
,
Colombo
,
C. Massimo
,
Iovieno
,
Paola
,
Alfani
,
Anna
,
Baldantoni
,
Daniela
,
Barbati
,
Anna
,
Ferrari
,
Barbara
,
Bonacquisti
,
Sandro
,
Capotorti
,
Giulia
,
Copiz
,
Riccardo
,
Blasi
,
Carlo
biodiversity
mediterranean region
ecological characterization
managed stands
old-growth forests
persistent woodlands
soil
Mostra abstract
The maintenance of certain levels of old forest represents a cornerstone of the EU's biodiversity management strategy. A consensus on a single general ecological definition of old-growth is particularly difficult in Mediterranean Europe. The present paper deals with old-growth forests and persistent woodlands in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park (PNCVD) to give an ecological understanding of forest complexity and dynamics under a multiscale and multidisciplinary perspective. The multiscale approach ranged from the identification and mapping of potential old-growth stands at landscape scale to a two-level field review of forest stand features. Field sampling involved a multidisciplinary team of researchers in forest structure, pedologic environment, soil microbial activity, flora and vegetation and deadwood components. The research provided sound knowledge about old-growthness features in the PNCVD that constitutes a unique case study in the whole Mediterranean basin. The integration of results allowed to: identify main ecosystem functions and the related services of the old-growth forests in the study area; distinguish persistent woodlands, multi-aged stands with old trees deriving from nineteenth-century management practices, from old-growth forests sensu strictu; recognize indicators of direct and indirect impacts of human activities; suggest effective practices for sustainable management in the Mediterranean context. © 2010 Società Botanica Italiana.
Post fire natural regeneration monitoring with the integrated use of high resolution remotely sensed images: The case study of the Pineta di Castel Fusano; Monitoraggio della rinnovazione naturale post incendio tramite l'uso integrato di immagini telerilevate ad alta risoluzione: Il caso della pineta di Castel Fusano
Chirici
,
Gherardo
,
Balsi
,
Marco
,
Bertini
,
Roberta
,
Bonora
,
Nico
,
Chiavetta
,
U.
,
Ottaviano
,
Marco
,
Corona
,
P.
,
Lamonaca
,
Andrea
,
Giuliarelli
,
Diego
,
Mastronardi
,
Alessandro
,
Nardinocchi
,
Giovanni
,
Sambucini
,
Valter
,
Tonti
,
Daniela
,
Marchetti
,
Marco
remote sensing
forest wildfires
k-nearest neighbors
natural re generation
neural networks
spatialisation
Mostra abstract
Stone pine stand of Castel Fusano (Rome) burnt on July the 4th 2000 during a huge wildfire. As a consequence of the fire an intensive natural sexual and asexual regeneration began. In order to monitor such a regeneration field surveys were carried out in 2003 and 2006 in sample plots. Remotely sensed high resolution images from Ikonos and Quick Bird were acquired for the same years. The purpose of this work is to test different methodologies for modeling existing relationships between remotely sensed images and ground collected data in order to estimate and to map both sexual and asexual regeneration. For such a purpose different methodologies were tested: step-wise Muliple Linear Regression, Neural Networks (Relevance-Vector-Machine and the Multi-Layered-Perceptron) and the k-Nearest-Neighbors. These activities were carried out within the framework of the GRINFOMED- MEDIFIRE also developing a specific software named Spatial Forest Modeler (SFM) able to analyze existing relationships between remotely sensed variables and data collected in the field in order to identify the best available models to map and estimate the studied variables acquired on the basis of a field sampling design. The present paper presents data collected in the field, analysis and modeling methods and achieved results. The SFM software is also presented.