IT04-T Foreste Mediterranee
Creators
- Papitto, Giancarlo1
- Cocciufa, Cristiana1
- Fares, Silvano2
- Salvati, Luca3
- Sorgi, Tiziano4
- Moretti, Valerio4
- Canullo, Roberto5
- Carnicelli, Stefano6
- Cecchini, Guia6
- Andreetta, Anna6
- Bussotti, Filippo7
- Pollastrini, Martina7
- Matteucci, Giorgio8
- De Cinti, Bruno9
- Fabbio, Giancarlo10
- Cutini, Andrea10
- Bertini, Giada10
- Piovosi, Maurizio10
- Marchino, Luca10
- Paoletti, Elena11
- Marchetto, Aldo12
- Brunialti, Giorgio13
- Frati, Luisa13
- 1. Arma dei Carabinieri (CUFAA), Comando Tutela Biodiversità e Parchi, Ufficio Studi e Progetti, via G. Carducci 5, 00187 Roma, Italia
- 2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la BioEconomia (CNR – IBE), via dei Taurini, 19 - 00100 Roma, Italia
- 3. Università di Macerata, Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, via Armaroli, 43 – 60200 Macerata, Italia
- 4. Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria – Centro di ricerca Foreste e Legno (CREA – FL), via Valle della Quistione 27, 00166 Roma, Italia
- 5. Università di Camerino (UNICAM-SBMV), Scuola di Bioscienze e Medicina Veterinaria, via R. Fidanza 11, 62014 Matelica (MC), Italia
- 6. Università di Firenze (UNIFI-DST), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, via G. La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze (Italia)
- 7. Università di Firenze (UNIFI-DAGRI), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, via G. Donizetti 6, 50144 Firenze (Italia)
- 8. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la BioEconomia (CNR – IBE), via Madonna del Piano, 10 - 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI)
- 9. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerca per gli Ecosistemi Terrestri (CNR – IRET), via Salaria km 29.300, 00016 Monterotondo (RM), Italia
- 10. Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria – Centro di ricerca Foreste e Legno (CREA – FL), viale Santa Margherita 80, 52100 Arezzo, Italia
- 11. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri (CNR-IRET), via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italia
- 12. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (CNR – IRSA), largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania-Pallanza (VB), Italia
- 13. TerraData environmetrics , Spin-off dell'Università degli Studi di Siena, via L. Bardelloni 19, 58025 Monterotondo Marittimo (GR)
Description
The LTER site "Mediterranean Forests" (IT 04 000 T Mediterranean Forests) consists of three ICP Forests Level II intensive monitoring plots (http://icp-forests.net/), belonging to the CONECOFOR National Program (since 1995). The three Research Sites are located in Tuscany (Colognole - LI, TOS1), Lazio (Acquapendente - VT, LAZ1) and Sicily (Godrano - PA, SIC1). Each area is a 50m fenced square area, where passive samplers and automatic survey units are located, which are designed to collect data on the physiological processes that reflect the interactions of trees with their living environment and provide valuable information on the impacts of atmospheric pollution on forests and the alterations produced by polluting compounds on plant growth, on the balance of their foliar nutrients and on the functionality of soils, proving to also possess the right flexibility required by the current knowledge challenges on functioning of semi-natural forest ecosystems. The three areas, so far apart from each other on the national territory, have been included in this LTER macrosito because they represent the woody cenoses of the Mediterranean belt, with a prevalence of tree species from Turkey (Quercus cerris L.) and holm oak (Quercus ilex L.). These woods are characterized by the typical Mediterranean climate (hot and dry summers, mild winters and autumn rainfall), presence of evergreen or sclerophillous plant species, despite submontane and pre-Apennine location (as in the case of the site of Monte Rufeno). However, forest monitoring has a rather high cost that, when not insured by national funds, is sought in other sources of funding, such as European projects. The ICP Forests-CONECOFOR areas have been included in several LIFE projects (https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/life), including the last one LIFE + ENV13EN000813 "Smart4Action" (Sustainable Monitoring and Reporting to Inform Forest and Environmental Awareness and Protection") which enabled to carry out a "spending review" on the national monitoring network. On the basis of the results obtained, it was possible to calculate which changes in the timing of the monitoring protocols, in the sampling frequencies and in the number of replicas will be feasible in order to obtain significant cost savings, while maintaining the scientific value of the collected data. These results also allowed to select and prioritize the ICP Forests-CONECOFOR areas, better responding to the criteria needed to achieve the maximum monitoring efficiency with the least expense. The LAZ1 Monte Rufeno site turned out to belong to this category.
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Related works
- Has part
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5235815 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5235813 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5235811 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Book: 10.5281/zenodo.5570272 (DOI)
Funding
- eLTER PLUS – European long-term ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems research infrastructure PLUS 871128
- European Commission
- eLTER – European Long-Term Ecosystem and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure 654359
- European Commission
- eLTER PPP – eLTER Preparatory Phase Project 871126
- European Commission