Land units map of Italy

Smiraglia, Daniela; Capotorti, Giulia; Guida, Domenico; Mollo, Barbara; Siervo, Vincenzo; Blasi, C.

doi:10.1080/17445647.2013.771290

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“…This is even more important if we consider the recent production of the National Italian Vegetation Database 'VegItaly' (Gigante et al, 2012;Landucci et al, 2012), which provides a vegetation and flora dataset at the national scale. In addition these maps can contribute to landscape classification as proposed for the land unit of Italy (Smiraglia et al, 2013) and in particular they allow species distribution modeling and habitat modeling to be performed (Austin, 1999;Baselga & Araújo, 2009;Ferrier & Guisan, 2006;Franklin, 1995;Guisan & Zimmermann, 2000), as the climate data are probably the most important abiotic factors for plant distribution.…”

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Bioclimate of Italy: application of the worldwide bioclimatic classification system

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The worldwide bioclimatic classification system (WBCS) of Rivas-Martínez was applied to the Italian territory and surrounding areas between latitudes 35847 ′ -46860 ′ N and longitudes 5892 ′ -21839 ′ E. The 'WorldClim' precipitation and temperature dataset was used as the source data. Application of the WBCS in a geographic information system allowed the production of macrobioclimates, bioclimates, ombrotypes, continentality, compensated thermicity index and ombro-evaporal index maps at a scale of 1:5,500,000, and a map of thermotypes at a scale of 1:2,250,000. Moreover, the isobioclimates of Italy are identified and quantified in terms of areas. These maps are available here as raster datasets (1 km spatial resolution) and are useful for: (i) rapid bioclimatic diagnosis of the Italian territories; and (ii) vegetation-environment relationship modeling at the national scale.

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Bioclimate of Italy: application of the worldwide bioclimatic classification system

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“…As a consequence, in hierarchical land classification and mapping (Klijn & Udo de Haes, 1994), bioclimate classification is considered a mandatory environmental layer that has to be taken into account in an analysis (e.g. Bailey, 2004;Blasi et al, 2000;Smiraglia et al, 2013). Hence, accurate bioclimatic maps are important tools for land management and biodiversity conservation (Blasi, Carranza, Frondoni, & Rosati, 2008;Metzger et al, 2013); for instance, if we are not able to detect the relationship between climate and biota, we are not well prepared to understand landscape change.…”

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Bioclimate map of Sardinia (Italy)

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Bioclimatology deals with the interrelation between climate and living organisms, in particular, plants and plant communities, considering the main climate variables that are relevant for species distribution. In this context spatial interpolation of monthly temperature and precipitation data using 203 rain gauges and 68 temperature gauges for Sardinia (Italy) was undertaken. As interpolation technique, we used regression kriging which combines multiple linear regression (MLR) with ordinary kriging of the residuals. MLR procedures include as independent variables: altitude, latitude, longitude, coast distance and a topographic factor of relative elevation. Elevation data were obtained from digital elevation model at 40 m resolution. Following the approach of the Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System, a bioclimatic diagnosis of the entire territory was derived using map algebra calculations of the bioclimatic indices proposed by Rivas-Martínez et al. [(2011). Worldwide Bioclimatic classification system. Global Geobotany, 1, 1 -638]. Two macrobioclimates (Mediterranean pluviseasonal oceanic and Temperate oceanic), one macrobioclimatic variant (Submediterranean), and four classes of continentality (from weak semihyperoceanic to weak semicontinental), eight thermotypic horizons (from lower thermomediterranean to upper supratemperate) and seven ombrotypic horizons (from lower dry to lower hyperhumid) were identified, resulting in a combination of 43 isobioclimates. The resulting map represents a useful environmental stratum, for regional planning, ecological modeling and biodiversity conservation.

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“…Italy is the European country with the highest number of native vascular plant species and subspecies (Bartolucci et al 2018); at the same time it has a long history of human pressures on the environment that still influences a wide range of ecosystems. Such a high plant diversity derives from a wide latitudinal gradient and from the remarkable heterogeneity in terms of climate and physiography, along with a complex biogeographic evolution (Smiraglia et al 2013;Blasi et al 2014). These conditions allow for a broad variety of natural vegetation types (Blasi et al 2010) that is enriched by the occurrence of semi-natural ones, deriving from the long history of human activities (Capotorti et al 2012).…”

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Plant–environment interactions through a functional traits perspective: a review of Italian studies

Chelli

Marignani

Barni

et al. 2019

Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all As

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Italy is among the European countries with the greatest plant diversity due to both a great environmental heterogeneity and a long history of man-environment interactions. Trait-based approaches to ecological studies have developed greatly over recent decades worldwide, although several issues concerning the relationships between plant functional traits and the environment still lack sufficient empirical evaluation. In order to draw insights on the association between plant functional traits and direct and indirect human and natural pressures on the environmental drivers, here we summarize the existing knowledge on this topic by reviewing the results of studies performed in Italy adopting a functional trait approach on vascular plants, briophytes and lichens. Although we recorded trait measurements for 1418 taxa, our review highlighted some major gaps in plant traits knowledge: Mediterranean ecosystems are poorly represented; traits related to belowground organs are still overlooked; traits measurements for bryophytes and lichens are lacking. Finally, intraspecific variation has been little studied at community level so far. We conclude highlighting the need of approaches evaluating trait-environment relationship at large spatial and temporal scales and the need of a more effective contribution to online databases to tie more firmly Italian researchers to international scientific networks on plant traits.

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Land units map of Italy

Cited by 33 publications

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Bioclimate of Italy: application of the worldwide bioclimatic classification system

Bioclimate of Italy: application of the worldwide bioclimatic classification system

Bioclimate map of Sardinia (Italy)

Plant–environment interactions through a functional traits perspective: a review of Italian studies

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