A5083632737- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Forest ecology and management
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
Edison (Italy)
1999-2025
University of Florence
2014-2024
University of Bern
2014
Florence (Netherlands)
2009
In many parts of Europe, close-to-nature silviculture (CNS) has been widely advocated as being the best approach for managing forests to cope with future climate change. this review, we identify and evaluate six principles enhancing adaptive capacity European temperate in a changing climate: (1) increase tree species richness, (2) structural diversity, (3) maintain genetic variation within species, (4) resistance individual trees biotic abiotic stress, (5) replace high-risk stands (6) keep...
The development of forestry as a scientific and management discipline over the last two centuries has mainly emphasized intensive operations focused on increased commodity production, mostly wood. This “conventional” forest approach typically favored production even-aged, single-species stands. While alternative regimes have generally received less attention, this been changing three decades, especially in countries with developed economies. Reasons for change include combination new...
Complex systems science provides a transdisciplinary framework to study characterized by (1) heterogeneity, (2) hierarchy, (3) self‐organization, (4) openness, (5) adaptation, (6) memory, (7) non‐linearity, and (8) uncertainty. thinking has inspired both theory applied strategies for improving ecosystem resilience adaptability, but applications in forest ecology management are just beginning emerge. We review the properties of complex using four well‐studied biomes (temperate, boreal,...
We investigated the potential performance of air pollution removal by green infrastructures and urban forests in city Florence, central Italy, with a focus on two most detrimental pollutants for human health: particulate (PM10) ozone (O3). The spatial distribution was mapped using remote sensing data. A modeling approach vegetation indices, Leaf Area Index, local concentration data applied to estimate PM10 O3 removal. results are discussed highlight role improving quality Southern European cities.
This review presents a multidisciplinary framework for integrating the ecological, regulatory, procedural and technical aspects of forest management fires prevention under Mediterranean environments. The aims are to: i) provide foreground wildfire scenario; ii) illustrate theoretical background fuel management; iii) describe available techniques mechanical operations fire in wildland-urban interfaces, with exemplification case-studies; iv) allocate activities hierarchy planning. is conceived...
Wagner, S., S. Nocentini, F. Huth, and M. Hoogstra-Klein. 2014. Forest management approaches for coping with the uncertainty of climate change: trade-offs in service provisioning adaptability. Ecology Society 19(1):32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06213-190132
Abstract Purpose of Review Forests provide multiple ecosystem services (ES) to society, and the demand for ES is growing at global level. However, how manage forests provision sometimes conflicting a complex still unresolved issue. In this study, we reviewed scientific literature period 2010–2020 dealing with forest management in Mediterranean forests, aim (1) outlining progress research, (2) identifying knowledge gaps research needs, (3) discussing approaches considering ES. The selected...
Beech forests characterise the landscape of many mountain areas in Italy, from Alps to southern regions. This paper analyses relationship between stand structure and management history beech Italy. The aim is outline possible strategies for sustainable these forest formations. present Italy result interacting factors. According National Forest Inventory, more than half total area covered by has a long coppicing. High cover 34% 13% have complex structures which not been classified regular...
Abstract Classic silviculture and management, with the aim of predicting regeneration rate producing a constant yield merchantable wood, have simplified many forests, often transforming natural forests into plantations or coppices. To conserve forest complexity biodiversity, management should change reference paradigm consider ecosystems as complex biological systems characterized by inherent unpredictability their trajectories in continuously changing environment. The new Management Plan...
Climate change has already increased fire risk in Mediterranean forests. Adaptation options related to forest fires and climate include measures fuel management, fighting infrastructure, as well public awareness. The importance of each these was evaluated six countries a study initiated within the COST Action FP0703 "Expected Change Options for European Silviculture". A questionnaire survey used document views foresters scientists. Country differences were observed adaptation efficiency...
One of many possible climate change effects in temperate areas is the increase frequency and severity windstorms; thus, fast cost efficient new methods are needed to evaluate wind-induced damages forests. We present a method for assessing windstorm forest landscapes based on two-stage sampling strategy using single-date, post-event airborne laser scanning (ALS) data. ALS data used delineating damaged stands an initial evaluation volume fallen trees. The total trees then estimated...
Abstract Due to a long-standing history of human impact, it is rare find in Europe old-growth stands associated primary forests; the term "old-growthness" more appropriate assess forests European countries: i.e. degree which forest stands, may or not have been impacted by humans, express structural variability commonly found forests. The paper focuses on operational methods and promote old-growthness countries, like Italy, where detection difficult task because scarcity "relatively old"...
In recent history, both a growing awareness of how scientific and societal uncertainty impacts management decisions the intrinsic value nature have suggested new approaches to forest management, with debate in science over need for paradigmatic shift from classic conventional world view, based on determinism, predictability, output-oriented towards view that has roots complex adaptive systems theory is consistent nature-based ethic. A conceptual framework under this context provided by...
Abstract Assessing forest biodiversity, naturalness and old-growth status (B-N-OG) is crucial for supporting sustainable planning, yet comprehensive monitoring networks specifically designed such purposes are lacking in many countries. National Forest Inventories (NFIs) the official source of statistics on trends forests. While initially wood production assessment, NFI data may be pivotal ecological monitoring, thanks to their robust sampling protocols—enabling statistical inference—and...
The quantification of tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) and multi-taxon biodiversity is pivotal to the implementation forest conservation policies, which are crucial under current climate change scenarios. We assessed capacity Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data quantify indices related both beetle bird communities TreMs, calculating species richness types saproxylic epixylic TreMs using Shannon index. As predictors, 240 ALS-derived metrics were calculated: 214 point-cloud based, 14...
Afforestation and reforestation are integral components of the wider field land management. When these initiatives integrate diverse eco-biological, landscape, cultural, socioeconomic characteristics intervention area they can achieve substantial environmental improvements also by improving ecosystem functions, commonly referred to as services (ES). European black pines (Austrian pine (Pinus nigra Arnold) Corsican laricio (Poir.) Maire) some Europe's most frequently used tree species for...
In Italia la superficie dei rimboschimenti ammonta a circa mezzo milione di ettari, maggior parte quali prevalenza conifere. Negli ultimi decenni sono emerse problematiche riguardanti potenziale instabilità questi soprassuoli, spesso causata da una gestione selvicolturale mancante o insufficiente e discontinua. Questa comunicazione sintetizza i risultati uno studio sulle modalità per valorizzazione pino nero laricio delle piantagioni douglasia in Italia. Utilizzando dati dell’inventario...
The most well-known and vast Calabrian pine forests are in the Sila mountain range, southern Italy. In this paper, present-day distribution of district was analyzed compared with forest maps dating back to 1935 order assess changes land use. Main ecological anthropogenic factors affecting were investigated by logistic regression models identify important predictors persistence, expansion, transition over period 1935-2006. 2006, area covered mixed pine-beech 36 100 ha 20 221 ha, respectively....
Forestry is one of Europe's largest land uses, for which adaptation to climate change will require coordinated action among multiple actors. However, so far, has been less placed in focus than mitigation, and the forest sector mainly reactive. This paper explores reviews integration forestry development planned policy different countries. Sweden, Germany France are taken as examples countries with developments their policies well requirements systems Italy utilised an example how actions...