A5082917216- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Environmental Quality and Pollution
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Bioenergy crop production and management
University of Molise
2012-2025
University of Palermo
2024
El.En. Group (Italy)
2017
The high-resolution layers (HRLs) are land cover maps produced for the entire Italian territory (approximately 30 million hectares) in 2012 by European Environment Agency, aimed at monitoring soil imperviousness and natural cover, such as forest, grassland, wetland, water surface, with a high spatial resolution of 20 m. This study presents methodologies developed production, verification, enhancement HRLs Italy. innovative approach is mainly based on (a) use available reference data process,...
Urban afforestation is increasingly regarded as a key strategy for fostering biodiversity to restore and enhance the ecosystem services needed counteract effects of climate change in built-up areas. In Italy, several experimental projects have been launched part National Recovery Resilience Plan (NRRP), focusing on cities or metropolitan areas such Milan, Rome, Pistoia Campobasso. These follow multidisciplinary approach, integrating botanists, foresters, urban planners, landscape architects...
Among the land use–land cover products, tree maps are essential tools for assessing forest functionality and ecosystem services, implementing sustainable management. By combining open-source ancillary high-resolution cartographic datasets, this study aims to map trees forests in Latium region central Italy, highlighting their spatial configuration, function, typology. The main findings show that 44.2% of regional area. Forests 508,056 ha, forming core matrix mountain landscape, providing...
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Forests cover nearly 40% of European land, with different country percentage and patchy distribution. The forestry sector highlights that forest areas have ownership: private (by firms, individual, or organizations) public (State, communities municipalities). number holdings, size landholding, ownership types influence drive management, governance various other socio-economic linked issues. Moreover, owners determine management objectives policies which the application Sustainable Forest...
Abstract Recent attempts to mitigate global change have brought forestry-based carbon (C) sequestration into sharp focus due its potential absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. However, consequences of actual forest management practices on C storage capacity are still controversial a certain extent. Under such perspective, distinctive relevant issue concerns ecosystems within areas specifically designated for nature conservation. From analysis biomass data forests in National Parks Italy, we found...
Surface biomass characterization plays a key role in wildfire management. It allows classifying vegetation fuels flammability for fire risk analysis, to define silvicultural prescriptions hazard reduction, plan prescribed burning, or model behavior and its effects, such as greenhouse gas pollutant emissions. To facilitate fuel classification analysis of potential effects Italy, we harmonized 634 measurements surface wildland from Alpine, temperate Mediterranean environments. The dataset...
Fuel moisture content is essential to estimate several fire behavior variables. The objective of the present study was fuel through meteorological field materials used for this purpose were accumulated needles found on ground a Pinus elliottii Engelm. plantation Federal University Paraná Experimental Station, located in Rio Negro county, State, southern Brazil (26º04'S lat., 49º45'W long.). To determine content, two sampling methods tested: first method consisted collecting samples plastic...
In this work we present an innovative method based on the application of inverse yield models for producing spatially explicit estimations forest age. Firstly, a raster growing stock volume map was produced using non-parametric k-Nearest Neighbors estimation basis IRS LISS-III remotely sensed imagery and field data collected in framework local inventory. Secondly, species specific inverted equations were applied to estimate age as function volume. The tested 128.000 ha even-aged forests...
termini di superficie boschiva percorsa dal fuoco in diversi paesi del Mediterraneo con ingenti danni vite umane (in Portogallo si sono registrati più 60 morti nell'incendio giugno) ed economico-ambientali (si stima che Italia gli ettari bruciati ad oggi superino i 75.000 ettari, come riportato da Legambiente nel "Dossier incendi 2017" 27/07).Inoltre, mai quest'anno, il fenomeno degli estivi ha avuto grande risonanza mediatica perché abbiamo visto bruciare alcu-
To support sustainable forest management, planning policies and environmental actions, it is essential to have available common standardized geospatial information on structure, composition distribution. In this paper we present a harmonized categories (HFCs) map of four administrative Regions located in central Italy (i.e. Marche, Abruzzo, Lazio Molise) at scale 1:400,000. The study area extends over 42,246 km2, 14,878 km2 which are covered by forests. Four regional maps were order produce...
The Italian landscape has seen numerous changes in the last twenty years connected with different ‘driving forces’ of a prevalently socio-economic nature, which are reflected general ‘banalisation’ and continuous expansion urbanised areas. An analysis data from ‘Inventory Land Use Italy’ provides precise picture dynamics change allows us to assess real capacity national parks safeguard environment. It was found comparative that although figure for surface area (1%) is currently much lower...
Increasing the availability of greenspaces in built-up areas (GSB) is one main challenges to improving sustainability and livability urban landscapes. Concurrently, brownfields permeable spaces offers chance increase through implementation Nature-Based Solutions. This work aims evaluate how land use/cover changes influenced Italian over last three decades. These were classified according population density, vegetation type, average size, better characterize recent dynamics (2008–2016) offer...
Trees outside forests (TOFs) are important landscape features that provide numerous functions (ecosystem services) not valued due to a lack of knowledge about these resources. The aim this study was evaluate the changes induced by anthropogenic land use change in relation their effects on TOFs. dynamics TOFs were examined through detailed photointerpretation mapping and characterization use/land cover other environmental variables. function relative analyzed, revealing simplification loss...
Starting from the objectives of Nature Restoration Law and concept Forest Landscape Restoration, objective following study is to present a methodological approach aimed at identifying areas that are best suited for implementation NbS improvement landscape habitat status in area identified by Urban Atlas city Campobasso (1028.64 km2). Using open data (ISPRA ecosystem services Regional land use capability), an expert based (questionnaire) multi-criteria analysis (AHP), Total Ecosystem Services...
This study aims to present a methodological approach based on the objectives of Nature Restoration Law and concept Forest Landscape identify areas that are best suited for implementation Nature-based Solutions improvement landscape habitat status in city Campobasso (1028.64 km2). Using open data (ISPRA ecosystem services regional land use capability), an expert (questionnaire), multicriteria analysis (Analytical Hierarchy Process), Total Ecosystem Services Value index was determined as...
Among LULC products, tree cover maps are crucial tools to assess forest functionality and ecosystem services (ES), implement sustainable management. Advances in remote sensing technologies continue improving maps’ accuracy, detail proficiency. This study focuses on a novel high resolution mapping of Latium region, central Italy, emphasizing spatial configuration, function typology. Regional forests trees covers 44.2% Latium. Forests mountain areas represent 38.3% the regional...
In questo lavoro sono riportati i risultati della stima disponibilità di biomassa per uso energetico ottenibile dalle risorse agro-forestali a seguito dell'applicazione criteri sostenibilità. Le analisi state effettuate due differenti scale geografiche: la prima livello nazionale e seconda regionale, basata su strati informativi maggior dettaglio, con aggregati comunale. entrambi casi stati applicati dei vincoli alla produzione strettamente connessi alle caratteristiche morfologiche,...
A critical challenge for urban forests is the arrival of Toumeyella parvicornis (or pine tortoise scale) in Italy, as this species damages stone (Pinus pinea L.), an emblematic Mediterranean species. The aim study to evaluate effectiveness remote-sensing data monitoring pest invasions area Rome, using PlanetScope images with a 1-day revisit time and 3 m spatial resolution, making them ideal detecting outbreaks complex areas. First, we constructed reference dataset, georeferencing 238 healthy...
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