Drought disaster risk adaptation through ecosystem services-based solutions: way forward for South Africa

IR Orimoloye, L Zhou, A M. Kalumba - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ecosystem services refer to the direct and indirect benefits to humanity from an ecosystem.
The ability to spatially incorporate multiple biophysical environments is crucial to ecosystem …

Italian vascular flora: New findings, updates and exploration of floristic similarities between regions

A Stinca, CM Musarella, L Rosati, VLA Laface, W Licht… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tradition of floristic studies in Italy has made it possible to obtain a good knowledge of
plant diversity both on a national and regional scale. However, the lack of knowledge for …

[HTML][HTML] The floristic quality assessment index as ecological health indicator for forest vegetation: A case study from Zabarwan Mountain Range, Himalayas

SM Haq, MS Amjad, M Waheed, RW Bussmann… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evaluations ecosystem health-based field studies can assist decision-makers in formulating
more targeted conservation policies to better manage ecosystems and landscape. 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 …

Invasive alien plant species—raising awareness of a threat to biodiversity and Ecological Connectivity (EC) in the Adriatic-Ionian Region

I Gazoulis, N Antonopoulos, P Kanatas, N Karavas… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving ecological connectivity (EC) within landscapes by establishing corridors and
ecological networks has been proposed to counteract the negative effects of habitat …

Three new alien taxa for Europe and a chorological update on the alien vascular flora of Calabria (Southern Italy)

VLA Laface, CM Musarella, A Cano Ortiz… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Knowledge on alien species is needed nowadays to protect natural habitats and prevent
ecological damage. The presence of new alien plant species in Italy is increasing every day …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Mapping of Acacia saligna Invasion in the Mediterranean Coast

F Marzialetti, L Frate, W De Simone, AR Frattaroli… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Remote Sensing (RS) is a useful tool for detecting and mapping Invasive Alien Plants (IAPs).
IAPs mapping on dynamic and heterogeneous landscapes, using satellite RS data, is not …

Towards global dominance of invasive alien plants in freshwater ecosystems: the dawn of the Exocene?

R Bolpagni - Hydrobiologia, 2021 - Springer
The global and seemingly unstoppable spread of invasive alien plants emerges as one of
the main topics of current science. This is due to the multiple repercussions of invasive …

A bridge between tourism and nature conservation: boardwalks effects on coastal dune vegetation

I Prisco, ATR Acosta, A Stanisci - Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2021 - Springer
Several regulatory and management tools are commonly used to prevent negative effects of
human trampling on sand dune habitats, but few studies have attempted to evaluate the …

[HTML][HTML] Prioritizing management actions for invasive non-native plants through expert-based knowledge and species distribution models

V Lozano, F Marzialetti, ATR Acosta, I Arduini… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the high number of non-native plants that are being introduced worldwide and the
time required to process formal pest risk analyses, a framework for the prioritization of …