Impact of invasive alien plants on native plant communities and Natura 2000 habitats: State of the art, gap analysis and perspectives in Italy

L Lazzaro, R Bolpagni, G Buffa, R Gentili… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Invasive alien plants are a major threat to biodiversity and they contribute to the
unfavourable conservation status of habitats of interest to the European Community. In order …

EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

M Chytrý, L Tichý, SM Hennekens… - Applied Vegetation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for
European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that …

Assessing the conservation status of coastal habitats under Article 17 of the EU Habitats Directive

P Delbosc, I Lagrange, C Rozo, F Bensettiti… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Research on the habitats protected by the European Union's Habitats Directive (HD) has
increased rapidly since its adoption in 1992. However, the methods and tools used to …

Alien flora in Calabria (Southern Italy): an updated checklist

G Spampinato, VLA Laface, G Posillipo, A Cano Ortiz… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
An updated checklist of the Calabrian alien vascular flora is presented. By way of field,
bibliographic, and herbarium research, we recorded 382 alien taxa (representing almost …

[PDF][PDF] A first checklist of the alien-dominated vegetation in Italy

D Viciani, M Vidali, D Gigante… - Plant …, 2020 - plantsociology.arphahub.com
This study provides a first step toward the knowledge of the alien-dominated and co-
dominated plant communities present in Italy. The first ever checklist of the alien …

Shedding light on typical species: implications for habitat monitoring

G Bonari, E Fantinato, L Lazzaro, MG Sperandii… - Plant Sociology, 2021 - iris.unito.it
Habitat monitoring in Europe is regulated by Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, which
suggests the use of typical species to assess habitat conservation status. Yet, the Directive …

[HTML][HTML] Bituminaria antiatlantica (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae), a new species from Morocco

S Brullo, C Brullo, S Cambria, A Cristaudo… - PhytoKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A new species of Bituminaria is described and illustrated: Bituminaria antiatlantica Brullo, C.
Brullo, Cambria, Cristaudo & Giusso, sp. nov., which is endemic to Anti-Atlas Mountains …

Red list of habitats of the Czech Republic

M Chytrý, M Hájek, M Kočí, P Pešout, J Roleček… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Red List of Habitats of the Czech Republic assesses the risk of collapse for 157
types of natural and semi-natural habitats defined in the second edition of the Habitat …

The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily

S Brullo, C Brullo, S Sciandrello, G Tavilla, S Cambria… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
A syntaxonomical revision of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea class for the Sicilian territory is
provided. This syntaxon gathers the ephemeral herbaceous hygrophilous plant communities …

The impact of (mass) tourism on coastal dune pollination networks

E Fantinato - Biological conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Coastal dune ecosystems are increasingly threatened by the mass tourism phenomenon.
Intense concentration of human activities and mass tourism are leading to coastal dune loss …