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We present an updated inventory of the vascular flora of the island of Montecristo (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy). The inventory has been updated based on a comprehensive bibliographical revision of floristic floras and previous inventories, together with the revision of herbarium specimens already preserved in Tuscan Herbaria and the implementation o...
We present ReSurveyDunes — the first database of Italian coastal dune vegetation plots, developed through a collaborative network of Italian vegetation scientists. This paper describes the scope of the initiative, provides an overview of the available data, and highlights its key features, research applications, and future potential.
ReSurveyDunes...
New localities and/or confirmations concerning 104 specific and subspecific plant taxa of Tuscan vascular flora, belonging to 95 genera and 45 families are presented: Baldellia (Alismataceae), Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae), Allium, Ipheion (Amaryllidaceae), Aethusa, Ferula, Magydaris, Trochiscanthes (Apiaceae), Vinca (Apocynaceae), Lemna (Araceae), Ar...
We present an updated list of the vascular flora of the island of Montecristo (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy), which was last described in 1976 by Paoli and Romagnoli. The inventory has been updated based on a comprehensive bibliographical review of floristic floras and previous inventories, together with the revision of herbarium specimens already pre...
Invasive alien plant species are among the major drivers of change in natural ecosystems; therefore, their eradication or control is a common and effective conservation tool to reverse biodiversity loss. The LIFE LETSGO GIGLIO project was implemented with the objective of controlling the invasion of Carpobrotus spp., among the most threatening inva...
Island ecosystems face significant threats from biological invasions due to their unique biomes. In over a quarter of these ecosystems, the number of alien plants surpasses the total count of native ones, leading to notable impacts. This concern is particularly pronounced in the Mediterranean Basin, a globally important hotspot for plant diversity....
The Butterfly Monitoring Scheme based on linear transects conducted by citizen scientists has become a fundamental indicator for understanding the impact of climate change on butterfly populations. A key finding is the fast poleward expansion of butterfly distributions in Europe, coupled with slower population declines in southern regions. Given th...
Cross-taxon congruence, i.e., using certain taxonomic groups as surrogates for others, is receiving growing interest since it may allow decreasing efforts in biodiversity studies. In this work, we investigated the patterns of cross-taxon congruence in species richness and composition between communities of bryophytes, lichens, and vascular plants i...
Ailanthus altissima is one of the major invasive trees at a global scale. Despite numerous reports about its invasiveness in different habitats, so far it was not observed on harsh ultramafic soils and to colonize the vegetation of these outcrops. In this paper we show that the species can also spread in these habitats in the Mediterranean region a...
Trait‐based ecology has already revealed main independent axes of trait variation defining trait spaces that summarize plant adaptive strategies, but often ignoring intraspecific trait variability (ITV). By using empirical ITV‐level data for two independent dimensions of leaf form and function and 167 species across five habitat types (coastal dune...
New localities and/or confirmations concerning 96 specific and subspecific plant taxa of Tuscan vascular flora, belonging to 77 genera and 43 families are presented: Mesembryanthemum (Aizoaceae), Alisma, Sagittaria (Alismataceae), Amaranthus, Chenopodium (Amaranthaceae), Allium (Amaryllidaceae), Torilis (Apiaceae), Nerium (Apocynaceae), Asparagus (...
Badlands are peculiar geomorphological formations shaping landscapes of high ecological and cultural value. In the last decades, land reclamation for agricultural purposes and the ceasing of traditional land use, such as sheep grazing, led to their decline in extent in many areas. To quantify the changes in badland-related plant communities, we res...
Freshwater ecosystems are crucial for biodiversity conservation. They are among the most threatened habitats in the world. However, the wetlands of southern European mountains still lack fine-scale plant community studies. Here we studied submontane and montane palustrine communities of the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines. Data from 123 vegetation plots d...
Biological invasions represent a global threat to biodiversity. Particular attention should be made to the management of alien plants. The species from the Carpobrotus genus are well-known invasive plants native to South Africa, whose detrimental effects on native communities are widely documented. These impacts have become particularly important i...
Grasslands represent biodiversity hotspots in temperate Europe and, for this reason, have been extensively studied in the last century. As diversity is the result of a multitude of processes that shape communities, the adoption of a multi-faceted approach (i.e., encompassing taxonomic and functional facets simultaneously) is fundamental to assessin...
New localities and/or confirmations concerning 85 specific and subspecific plant taxa of Tuscan vascular flora, belonging to 68 genera and 36 families are presented: Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae); Allium (Amaryllidaceae); Bifora, Bupleurum (Apiaceae); Arisarum (Araceae); Maianthemum, Ruscus (Asparagaceae); Bidens, Crepis, Galinsoga, Senecio, Taraxacum...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrections are provided as Suppl. material 1
We analysed two different plant communities hosting Ionopsidium savianum (Brassicaceae), a species of EU interest included in the Habitats Directive 92/43/CEE annexes, for which specific studies on the ecology of communities where the species grows are lacking and more in-depth knowledge is needed. We examined two important sites of occurrence of...
Carpobrotus acinaciformis and C. edulis are well-known invasive alien plants native to South Africa, whose detrimental effects on native communities are widely documented in the Mediterranean basin and thus largely managed in coastal ecosystems. Most of the literature on these species focuses on their impacts on habitats of sandy coastal dunes, whi...
Grasslands represent biodiversity hotspots in temperate Europe and, for this reason, have been extensively studied in the last century. Because such diversity is the result of a multitude of processes that shape communities, the adoption of a multifaceted approach (i.e., encompassing taxonomic and functional facets simultaneously) is fundamental to...
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Ecological communities are assembled by regional and local processes. These processes select species through their traits, which are tied to species' evolutionary history. A multifaceted approach, encompassing taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity can thus help us to better understand community assembly. We asked what the relative im...
Semi-natural grasslands are characterized by high biodiversity and require multifaceted approaches to monitor their biodiversity. Moreover, grasslands comprise a multitude of microhabitats, making the scale of investigation of fundamental importance. Despite their wide distribution, grasslands are highly threatened and are considered of high conser...
With this work we present some updates to the vascular flora of the Island of Giglio, thanks to recent field collections (carried out in 2018 and 2020) and herbarium investigations. We confirmed 30 native taxa historically reported for the Island but not recorded in the last 100 years, and the presence of a native species of phytogeographic interes...
Vengono presentate nuove località e/o conferme relative a 61 taxa specifici e sottospecifici di piante vascolari della flora vascolare toscana, appartenenti a 56 generi e 25 famiglie: Delosperma (Aizoaceae), Ridolfia (Apiaceae), Dracunculus (Araceae), Gamochaeta, Hieracium, Matricaria, Rhagadiolus, Senecio, Tolpis (Asteraceae), Atriplex (Amaranthac...
The herb layer plays a significant role in maintaining forest functions, and its community composition is determined by various abiotic factors and biotic interactions. This study attempted to investigate the interspecific plant-plant biotic interactions using a functional traits approach. Specifically , the effects of a dominant species coverage o...
Altitudinal gradients have been widely studied, especially on mountains, in order to investigate diversity patterns occurring among and within communities, on the basis of abiotic and biotic factors. Taking into account taxonomic diversity and functional diversity simultaneously is fundamental to shed light on the drivers that shape communities [3]...
Natural and anthropogenic disturbances are key factors in forest vegetation dynamics. Forest disturbance regimes are rapidly changing, with increasing magnitude and frequency of extreme events such as pathogen invasions , wildfires and windstorms, possibly as a consequence of climate change [1]. In October 2018, the "Vaia" storm hit the Eastern Ita...
The project LETSGO GIGLIO "Less alien species in the Tuscan Archipelago: new actions to protect Giglio island habitats" is a Life Natura project co-funded by the European Commission (www.lifegogiglio.eu). The project sees the collaboration of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, the Department of Biology of the University of Florence, and the Comp...
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Understanding fine-grain diversity patterns across large spatial extents is fundamental for macroecological research and biodiversity conservation. Using the GrassPlot database, we provide benchmarks of fine-grain richness values of Palaearctic open habitats for vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and complete vegetation (i.e., the sum of the...
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In the European Union (EU), there is an urgent need to define a specific and standardized monitoring strategy for Habitat Directive (HD) forest habitats, like Quercus suber woodlands (EU habitat 9330). Such forests are an important component of western Mediterranean landscapes. In Ita...
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 uses the term “typical” species but does not provide a definition, either for its use in reporting or for its use in impact assessments. To address the issue, an onlin...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.
The recent Landscape Plan of Tuscany Region pays particular attention towards the floodplain woods, for their conservation concern, landscape, and historical importance. The floodplain forest vegetation is defined as the natural and semi-natural wood vegetation located close to the rivers and submerged only during exceptional flooding. We gathered...
We present an updated taxonomic study of Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum (Euphorbiaceae) for Italy. A comprehensive body of knowledge has been developed thanks to the examination of about 1,250 herbarium specimens from 13 Italian herbaria, field surveys, and an extensive literature analysis. As a result, our revision included 10 species considered as...
New localities and/or confirmations concerning 74 specific and subspecific plant taxa of Tuscan vascular flora, belonging to 69 genera and 28 families are presented: Bunium, Trinia (Apiaceae), Nerium (Apocynaceae), Lemna (Araceae), Artemisia, Bidens, Centaurea,
Crupina, Gazania, Hieracium, Rhagadiolus, Symphyotrichum, Tagetes, Tripleurospermum (Ast...
We investigated the distribution of the alien species Senecio inaequidens
in Tuscany. We verified occurrence and extent of its populations,
investigating sites with ecological conditions suitable for it. In particular,
we surveyed a large portion of Tuscany’s railways, which proved to
be effective dispersion corridors, due to the bio-ecological cha...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Furthermore, three new combinations are proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided a...
A robust survey method that samples the main characteristics of plant assemblages is needed to assess the conservation status of European habitat in the Natura 2000 network. A measure of variability, called pseudo-multivariate dissimilarity-based standard error (MultSE), was recently proposed for assessing sample-size adequacy in ecological communi...
Euphorbia subsection Hypericifoliae (Euphorbiaceae, Malpighiales) comprises 365 species distributed nearly worldwide and includes E. berteroana, a species widespread in Central and South America and mistakenly reported for Italy. This species was described for the first time by Sprengel based on material collected by Bertero. In the present work we...
Genus Plantago (Plantaginaceae) hosts more than 200 species with complicated nomenclature and taxonomy. Within section Coronopus the two taxa Plantago weldenii and P. commutata have either been treated as different taxa or merged together. As a basis for a thorough taxonomic revision of these taxa, we designate here lectotypes for the two names P....
Vengono presentate nuove località e/o conferme relative 75 taxa specifici e sottospecifici di piante vascolari della flora vascolare toscana, appartenenti a 67 generi e 41 famiglie: Delosperma (Aizoaceae), Dysphania (Amaranthaceae), Leucojum, Nothoscordum (Amaryllidaceae), Bupleurum, Coriandrum (Apiaceae), Araujia (Apocynaceae), Lemna (Araceae), Hy...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Bunias, Calocedrus, Calycanthus, Celosia, Clerodendrum, Convolvulus, Crassula, Cyclamen, Datura, Dicli...
Il progetto RESTO CON LIFE "Island conservation in Tuscany, restoring habitat not only for birds" è un progetto Life Natura cofinanziato dalla Commissione Europea, finalizzato alla riqualificazione ambientale di ecosistemi insulari mediterranei e focalizzato sul recupero e la protezione di specie e habitat presenti nella Direttiva 92/43/CEE "Habita...
Habitat conservation has been identified as relevant for the preservation of biodiversity in the European Union (92/43 EEC Habitats Directive, hereafter: HD). According to the Art. 11 and Art. 17 of this Directive (1), each European country is obliged to monitor the Annex I Habitats every six years to periodically evaluate if the conservation targe...
“MONITO-RARE” is a project involving Tuscany Region and Universities of Firenze, Siena and Pisa, aimed to improve the knowledge and develop monitoring methodologies for species and habitats included in Natura 2000 Network and considered of community interest, according to Art. 11 and Art. 17 of the Directive 92/43/EEC. Among the habitat of interest...
The Project RESTO CON LIFE “Island conservation in Tuscany, restoring habitats not only for birds” is a Life Natura project co-funded by the European Commission (www.restoconlife.eu). Within this project, over the last five years, the Tuscan Archipelago National Park has undertaken, together with the other partners of the project, several actions t...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Abies, Actinidia, Aloe, Amaryllis, Anredera, Arctotheca, Bidens, Cardiospermum, Celosia, Commelina, Cotoneaster, C...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations and status changes to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Acer , Alchemilla , Andrachne , Bromus , Clinopodium , Colchicum , Damasonium , Erodium , Festuca , Hieracium , Hyparrhenia...
Ionopsidium savianum (Caruel) Arcang. (Brassicaceae) is as near threatened species included in the IUCN Red List, primarily threatened by habitat alteration and abandonment of traditional management practices (Gigante et al. 2014). It is considered as subendemic for Italy, recorded for Latium, Umbria and Tuscany, in different ecological conditions....
New localities and/or confirmations concerning 57 specific and subspecific plant taxa of Tuscan vascular flora, belonging to 42 genera and 25 families are presented: Chenopodium, Polycnemum, Salsola (Amaranthaceae), Torilis (Apiaceae), Hieracium, Tragopogon (Asteraceae), Mahonia (Berberidaceae), Lepidium (Brassicaceae), Campanula (Campanulaceae), H...
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Acalypha, Acer, Canna, Cardamine, Cedrus, Chlorophytum, Citrus, Cyperus, Epilobium, Eucalyptus, Euphor...
Le indagini hanno preso in esame Euphorbia L. subg. Chamaesyce Raf. sect. Anisophyllum Roeper. Si tratta di un gruppo di circa 350 specie cosmopolite, perlo-più (60%) native del Nuovo Mondo, distinguibile per la presenza di foglie asimmetriche, opposte e stipole interpicciolari (Yang, Berry 2011). In Italia, tale gruppo si presenta con due specie i...
New localities and/or confirmations concerning 98 specific and subspecific plant taxa of Tuscan vascular flora, belonging to 81 genera and 42 families are presented: Alisma, Baldellia (Alismataceae), Chenopodium (Amaranthaceae), Sternbergia (Amaryllidaceae), Bupleurum (Apiaceae), Vinca (Apocynaceae), Muscari, Polygonatum (Asparagaceae), Carlina, Ce...
