An assessment methodology to combine the preservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage: the San Vincenzo al Volturno historical site (Molise, Italy)

Cicinelli, Emanuela; Salerno, Giovanni; Caneva, Giulia

doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1480-z

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“…In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to wall flora growing on archaeological and historical sites in the Mediterranean basin (Krigas et al, 1999;Spampinato et al, 2005;Iatrous et al, 2007;Motti and Stinca, 2011;Bartoli et al, 2017;Cicinelli et al, 2018;Dahmani et al, 2018).…”

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Deteriogenic flora of the Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park: ecological analysis and management guidelines

Motti

Bonanomi

Stinca

2020

Nordic Journal of Botany

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Biodeterioration, the alteration caused by living organisms, on historical buildings and stone monuments is a well-known problem affecting two-thirds of the world's cultural heritage. The study of the flora growing on wall surface is of particular importance for the assessment of the risk of biodeterioration of stone artifacts by vascular plants, and for maintenance planning. In this study, we investigate how rock type, exposure and inclination of the wall affect the biodeteriogenic flora at 13 sites of the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields located in the province of Naples, in southern Italy. For each site, we analysed randomly selected square areas with 2 x 2 m size, representing the different vegetation types in terms of vascular plant species cover. The total number of plant species recorded was 129, belonging to 43 families. Erigeron sumatrensis, Sonchus tenerrimus, and Parietaria judaica are the most commonly reported species, while Capparis orientalis is the species with the highest average coverage. Substrate type, exposure and surface inclination affect the floristic composition, with the average plant cover significantly higher on vertical surfaces and at western and southern exposure. All the main biodeteriogenic vascular plant species grow on more or less porous lythotype like yellow tufa, conglomerate and bricks. Finally, woody plants eradications methods are proposed by the tree cutting and local application of herbicides, to avoid stump and root sprouting and to minimize the dispersion of chemicals in the surrounding environment..

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Deteriogenic flora of the Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park: ecological analysis and management guidelines

Motti

Bonanomi

Stinca

2020

Nordic Journal of Botany

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“…These results suggest that recognising cultural heritage is important for current patterns of biodiversity and its conservation (e.g. Rotherham 2015;Bridgewater and Rotherham 2019;Cicinelli, Salerno, and Caneva 2018), not the least in forest ecosystems (e.g. Eriksson 2018).…”

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’Gooseberry is the only thing left’ – a study of declining biological cultural heritage at abandoned crofts in the province of Södermanland, Sweden

Eriksson

Lundin

2020

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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This is a study about cultivated and 'wild' plants as components of the material heritage of crofters, an overlooked group of people in former agrarian landscapes. Despite abundant remains of crofts in Sweden, inhabited during the period from the eighteenth century until the 1940s, crofters have been subject to few studies. We used a survey conducted 1967 of botanical remains at abandoned croft as a basis for a re-survey in 2019. As with all biological traces of former human activities, cultivated plants and wild species favoured by former management ultimately disappear, but with long delays. We describe the patterns of this decline. In general, about a third of the species were gone after 52 years. The rate of disappearance of single species occurrences was about 1% annually. We discuss the interpretation of botanical remains from since long abandoned crofts in the context of heritage. In some cases, the botanical remains were the only material evidence left. We conclude that the material heritage of crofters deserves further studies and that botanical remains at abandoned crofts should be documented and at least at some sites protected.

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“…This may be particularly important for cemeteries, monumental or archaeological sites which are hotspots of lithology or microhabitat diversity and consequently host strongly heterogeneous lithobiontic and plant communities, making them easily accessible to the public (e.g. Nimis et al 1987;Cicinelli et al 2018;Löki et al 2019). In other cases, cultural heritage sites have been clearly identified as preferential sites for the preservation of threatened species or even their re-introduction (Valkó et al 2018;BLS 2020).…”

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A review of the nature, role and control of lithobionts on stone cultural heritage: weighing-up and managing biodeterioration and bioprotection

Favero‐Longo

Viles

2020

World J Microbiol Biotechnol

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An assessment methodology to combine the preservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage: the San Vincenzo al Volturno historical site (Molise, Italy)

Cited by 40 publications

References 56 publications

Deteriogenic flora of the Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park: ecological analysis and management guidelines

Deteriogenic flora of the Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park: ecological analysis and management guidelines

’Gooseberry is the only thing left’ – a study of declining biological cultural heritage at abandoned crofts in the province of Södermanland, Sweden

A review of the nature, role and control of lithobionts on stone cultural heritage: weighing-up and managing biodeterioration and bioprotection

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