Conserving plant diversity in Europe: outcomes, criticisms and perspectives of the Habitats Directive application in Italy

Fenu, Giuseppe; Bacchetta, Gianluigi; Giacanelli, Valeria; Gargano, Domenico; Montagnani, Chiara; Orsenigo, Simone; Cogoni, Donatella; Rossi, Graziano; Conti, Fabio; Santangelo, Annalisa; Pinna, Maria Silvia; Bartolucci, Fabrizio; Domina, Gianniantonio; Oriolo, Giuseppe; Blasi, C.; Genovesi, Piero; Abeli, Thomas; Ercole, S.

doi:10.1007/s10531-016-1244-1

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“…1). At the country level, our results are comparable with the distribution maps of the Italian Flora of Community Interest (protected by the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC) elaborated by Fenu et al (2017). These authors produced distribution maps for 103 species on a 10 × 10 km UTM grid.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Protected areas vary widely between and within countries and regions, and the varying characteristics include the institution date, conservation focus, effective level of protection, permanence of protection, constancy of protection, ecological scale of protection, type of management, management authority and reference legislation, to cite some of them. In addition, the effectiveness of the selection process and the resulting Natura 2000 network have often been questioned because each country made its designations largely independently, and the designation of sites has been criticised as depending too strongly on governmental politics, economic and cultural criteria, and interactions between society and the environment Fenu et al, 2017;Gruber et al, 2012;Orlikowska et al, 2016;Trochet and Schmeller, 2013). In addition, in their analysis, Trochet and Schmeller (2013) demonstrated that the Natura 2000 network also covers species not listed in the annexes of the Habitats Directive, at least in the case of mammals, birds and reptiles; this might happen also for plants.…”

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confidence: 99%

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At the intersection of cultural and natural heritage: Distribution and conservation of the type localities of Italian endemic vascular plants

Brundu

Peruzzi

Domina

et al. 2017

Biological Conservation

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A B S T R A C TWe conducted a GIS spatial analysis with the aim of providing the first quantitative large-scale overview of the distribution patterns of 1536 type localities (loci classici) of 1216 Italian endemic vascular plants and their relationship with a set of descriptive variables. Whereas some variables were used to model the presence-absence distribution patterns of the type localities for the whole set of endemics as well as for the subset of narrow endemics, others (e.g., presence inside or outside protected areas and Italian Important Plant Areas) were considered with the purpose of assessing potential assets or risks for conservation.The largest number of type localities was found within the Mediterranean biogeographic region (1134),http://dx

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

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confidence: 99%

At the intersection of cultural and natural heritage: Distribution and conservation of the type localities of Italian endemic vascular plants

Brundu

Peruzzi

Domina

et al. 2017

Biological Conservation

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“…This also served as a basis for an inventory of endemic taxa of Italy (Peruzzi et al 2014a(Peruzzi et al , 2015a, for the project "Italian Loci Classici Census" (Domina et al 2012;Passalacqua et al 2014;Peruzzi et al 2015b;Brundu et al 2017), for the revised Red List of Italian vascular plants (Rossi et al 2013(Rossi et al , 2014(Rossi et al , 2016 and for the updated checklist of the Italian plants listed in the Habitat Directive (Fenu et al 2017).…”

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An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy

Bartolucci

Peruzzi

Galasso³

et al. 2018

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“…Such previous studies on both the rate of endemism and risk of extinction amongst these plant communities pointed out that ‘Mediterranean gypsum vegetation’ should be considered a Priority Habitat (*1520) for conservation according to the 92/43 EU Directive (Anonymous 1992). Since no specific national law has yet been enacted in Italy (Fenu et al 2017, Rossi et al 2016), this directive theoretically represents the major instrument for plant conservation. Several Italian gypsum outcrops have been identified as SCI (Sites of Community Importance) and SCZ (Special Conservation Zones) e.g.…”

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Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy

Musarella¹,

Mendoza-Fernández²,

Poveda³

et al. 2018

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Our understanding of the richness and uniqueness of the flora growing on gypsum substrates in Italy has grown significantly since the 19th century and, even today, new plant species are still being discovered. However, the plants and plant communities, growing on gypsum substrates in Italy, are still a relatively unknown subject.The main aim of this paper was to elaborate a checklist of the Italian gypsophilous flora, to increase knowledge about this peculiar flora and for which conservation efforts need to be addressed.Through a structured group communication process of experts (application of the Delphi technique), a remarkable number of experienced Italian botanists have joined together to select focal plant species linked to gypsum substrates. From the results obtained, 31 plant species behave as absolute or preferent taxa (gypsophytes and gypsoclines) and form the ‘core’ Italian gypsophilous flora. The most abundant life forms were chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes, belonging to Poaceae and Brassicaceae; as for chorotypes, the most represented are Mediterranean and narrow endemics. By improving on previously available information about the flora with a clear preference for gypsum in Italy, this undertaking represents an important contribution to the knowledge of a habitat which is today considered a priority for conservation.

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Conserving plant diversity in Europe: outcomes, criticisms and perspectives of the Habitats Directive application in Italy

Cited by 47 publications

References 37 publications

At the intersection of cultural and natural heritage: Distribution and conservation of the type localities of Italian endemic vascular plants

At the intersection of cultural and natural heritage: Distribution and conservation of the type localities of Italian endemic vascular plants

An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy

Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy

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