A5012424029- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Fire dynamics and safety research
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Forest ecology and management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Forest Management and Policy
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2016-2025
Unité de Nutrition Humaine
1999
Studying human activity in coastal areas is crucial for urban planning, sustainability, and economic development. However, there limited evidence of ongoing monitoring activities these areas. Thus, a quantitative analysis the spatio-temporal changes, trends, variability Nighttime light (NTL) Italian Coastal Zone over past decade (2014-2023) was conducted to assess dynamics. The findings our study indicate following: (1) NTL increases years both extent intensity along zone; (2) vary by...
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...
Abstract The impacts and threats posed by wildfires are dramatically increasing due to climate change. In recent years, the wildfire community has attempted estimate occurrence with machine learning models. However, fully exploit potential of these models, it is paramount importance make their predictions interpretable intelligible. This study a first attempt provide an eXplainable artificial intelligence (XAI) framework for estimating using Random Forest model Shapley values interpretation....
Fine dead fuel load is one of the most significant components wildfires without which ignition would fail. Several studies have previously investigated 1-h using standard parameters or site-specific estimated ad hoc for landscape. On hand, these methods a large margin error, while on other their production times and costs are high. In response to this gap, set models was developed combining multi-source remote sensing data, field data machine learning techniques quantitatively estimate fine...
Wildfire regimes affected by global change have been the cause of major concern in recent years. Both direct prevention (e.g., fuel management planning) and land governance strategies agroforestry development) can an indirect regulatory effect on wildfires. Herein, we tested hypothesis that active planning Italy mitigated wildfire impacts terms loss ecosystem services forest cover, burned wildland-urban interface, from 2007 to 2017. At national scale, assessed size potential fire drivers...
This study aimed to explore differences in the perceptions of professional and voluntary firefighters regarding extreme wildfire events that occurred Portugal 2017. We collected a sample 185 participants, firefighters, who directly participated suppression activities for Pedrógão Grande October 2017 wildfires Portugal. They were on duty 149 fire stations Central Region A questionnaire was sent via Google Form based mainly close-ended two open-ended questions. It structured into topics...
Abstract Background Wildfires play a key role in shaping Mediterranean landscapes and ecosystems impacting species dynamics. Numerous studies have investigated the wildfire occurrences influence of their drivers many countries Basin. However, this regard, no attempted to compare different regions, which may appear similar under aspects. In response gap, climatic, topographic, anthropic, landscape were analyzed compared assess patterns fire ignition points terms occurrence frequency Catalonia...
Abstract Wildfires pose a unique challenge to conservation in fire‐prone regions, yet few studies quantify the cumulative effects of wildfires on forest dynamics (i.e., changes structural conditions) across landscape and regional scales. We assessed contribution wildfire eastern Cascade Mountains, USA from 1985 2010 using imputed maps structure tree size canopy cover) remotely sensed burn severity maps. addressed three questions: (1) How do differ between region as whole unburned portion...
One of the most important environmental issues in Europe is expansion wildland-urban interfaces (WUIs) and how this trend may affect occurrence wildfires. Land use changes, abandonment farmland, reduced grazing has led to an increase forested areas with accumulation continuity surface fuels available for combustion. Policies based exclusively on extensive fire suppression have become ineffective different parts Europe. To reduce threat damaging costly wildfires, European countries must...
Air pollution remains a major global challenge in addressing environmental and health issues requiring continuous immediate action. Nevertheless, the extensive adverse effects from atmospheric are mainly experienced by communities people lower- middle-income countries, such as medium- large-sized cities Latin America including coastal city of Guaruja Brazil. Urban forests, integral parts landscape, play crucial role mitigating air should therefore be considered policies. This study aimed to...