Synoptique des associations végétales du littoral adriatique italien

The salt marsh vegetation on the East Adriatic coast

“…Therefore, only three associations classified into two classes were recorded. On the other hand, the east and the north coast of the Adriatic show a much better vegetation development, with a great number of associations (Géhu & Biondi 1996;Géhu 1999;Poldini et al 1999). Given the nature of the salt marsh vegetation, these associations are very similar according to their floristic structure, as was proved in our study (Table 4).…”

“…The salt marsh vegetation, as well as other halophilous vegetation on the Italian side of the Adriatic coast is well studied, and has been the object of scientific investigation of several recent phytosociological studies (Géhu & Biondi 1996;Géhu 1999;Poldini et al 1999). The vegetation of the east Adriatic coast has not been systematically studied, especially from the ecological point of view.…”

Not just a sandy beach. The multi-service value of Mediterranean coastal dunes

“…Italian Adriatic coast (Géhù and Biondi, 1996;Del Vecchio et al, 2016;Prisco et al, 2012;Stanisci et al, 2014). The number of focal species and the conservation status per habitat for each N2K site are reported in Appendix F.…”

“…List of the coastal dune N2K sites along with the number of focal species and the conservation status of the coastal dune habitat types used for assessing the ES Existence value of biodiversity. The number of focal plant species for each habitat was extracted from the Italian Interpretation Manual of the 92/43/EEC Directive habitats (Biondi et al, 2009) and restricted to the taxa present along Italian Adriatic coast (Géhu and Biondi, 1996;Del Vecchio et al, 2015;Prisco et al, 2012;Stanisci et al, 2014). The conservation status of the four selected dune habitats is available from the official Natura 2000 Standard data forms (Genovesi et al, 2014; raw data is downloadable from the portal of the Italian Ministry of the Environment ftp://ftp.minambiente.it/PNM/Natura2000/TrasmissioneCE_dicembre2017/)..…”

Plant communities structure and composition in three coastal wetlands in southern Apulia (Italy)

“…In the Adriatic region, the salt marsh vegetation prevails in the western and northern coasts, the east coast being mostly rocky (Pandža et al 2007). Within the Italian side of the Adriatic Sea, the salt marsh vegetation has been the object of various phytosociological studies (Pignatti 1966;Corbetta 1968;Géhu et al 1984;Biondi et al 1989;Géhu & Biondi 1996;Piccoli et al 1996;Biondi 1999;Poldini et al 1999;Pirone et al 2001). Nevertheless, a systematic study on the vegetation of these areas is still lacking, and the only phytosociological data available to date come from a few contributions that are often limited to very small areas (Corbetta 1970;Macchia & Vita 1973;Taffetani & Biondi 1989;Mariotti et al 1992;Beccarisi et al 2003a,b;Biondi et al 2006).…”