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Growing external pressures from human activities and climate change can exacerbate desertification, compromising the livelihoods of more than 25% of the world’s population. The dryland mosaic is defined by land covers that do not behave similarly, and the identification of their recurring or irregular changes over time is crucial, especially in areas susceptible to become desertified. To this aim, the methodological approach of this research is based on the integration of non-linear data analysis techniques, such as recurrence plots (RPs) and recurrence quantification analysis (RQA), applied to the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), which is a functional ecological proxy of above ground net primary production. The research exploits the recurring change detected in vegetation cover over time to gauge the predictable (resilient) behavior of the EVI as well as its chaoticity in a semi-arid Mediterranean region (Apulia, Italy). Interestingly, the results have shown the spatial rendering of recurrence variables, confirming the well-known hot spots of soil degradation and desertification taking place in the region, which are characterized by greater EVI chaoticity, but they have also identified new potential candidate sites. As a result, the susceptibility to land degradation, as measured by the EVI-RQA approach, can help in measuring land desertification with evident operational benefits for landscape planning. The novelty of the research lies in the spatially explicit identification of resilient and less resilient areas to desertification that can support the definition of more targeted interventions and conservation priorities for better planning and sustainable management of Mediterranean drylands.
Irene Petrosillo; Donatella Valente; Christian Mulder; Bai-Lian Li; K. Jones; Giovanni Zurlini. The Resilient Recurrent Behavior of Mediterranean Semi-Arid Complex Adaptive Landscapes. Land 2021, 10, 296 .
AMA StyleIrene Petrosillo, Donatella Valente, Christian Mulder, Bai-Lian Li, K. Jones, Giovanni Zurlini. The Resilient Recurrent Behavior of Mediterranean Semi-Arid Complex Adaptive Landscapes. Land. 2021; 10 (3):296.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIrene Petrosillo; Donatella Valente; Christian Mulder; Bai-Lian Li; K. Jones; Giovanni Zurlini. 2021. "The Resilient Recurrent Behavior of Mediterranean Semi-Arid Complex Adaptive Landscapes." Land 10, no. 3: 296.
The contribution of soil to supporting, regulating, provisioning and cultural functions as well as its role in the ecosystem services is well-known in the international literature. However, in the domain of organic agriculture, the impact of cropping systems shifts from cereal-cereal to high-frequency diversified cropping sequences with legume as a component crop on soil carbon dynamics is not widely known. In order to identify an alternative cropping system to widely prevalent rice-fallow production system in Himalayan region of India, seven cropping sequences viz., rice -fenugreek (green vegetable) - maize (R-F-M); rice -vegetable pea - maize (R-Vp-M); rice-coriander (leaves)-cowpea (R-C-Cp); rice - fenugreek (green vegetable) - baby corn (R-F-Bc); rice - broccoli - Sesbania (green manuring) (R-B-S); rice - buckwheat (R-Bw) and rice - maize (R-M) were assessed for five consecutive years from 2013 to 2018 for their productivity and resource conservation values. Results revealed that the inclusion of legumes in rice-based sequences increased the rice grain yield by 13.4 to 24.6% over R-M (3.13 Mg ha−1) sequence. The R-B-S sequence had the highest very labile carbon (VLC) (4.6 g kg−1 soil) followed by the R-Vp-M. Relative proportion of various organic carbon fractions in the top 10 cm soil followed the order of VLC (30.2%) > non labile carbon (NLC, 27.6%) > labile carbon (LC, 23.4%) > less labile carbon (LLC, 18.9%). The carbon management index (CMI) was the highest (100.9%) in the R-B-S sequence followed by R-C-Cp (98.0%). The addition of a third crop in the sequence increased the active carbon (AC) pool by 1.1 to 5.8%. The passive carbon (PC) pool was highest in soil under the R-C-Cp sequence (9.15 Mg ha−1) at 0–10 cm soil depth. The carbon retention efficiency under the R-C-Cp cropping sequence was the highest (15.1%) followed by the R-B-S (14.9%). R-B-S and R-C-Cp sequences had 12.5% and 10.6% higher soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) over the R-M sequence, respectively. Similarly, R-B-S and R-C-Cp increased the FDA by 49.6 and 41.8%, and DHA by 135.0% and 103.9%, respectively over R-M sequence. In conclusion, the management of crops from organic agriculture aimed at improving soil ecosystem services, in contrasting degradation of soil health and the decline of SOC, can also have positive effects on crop productivity in the eastern Himalayan region of India as well as all over the world.
Subhash Babu; Raghavendra Singh; R.K. Avasthe; Gulab Singh Yadav; K.P. Mohapatra; Thiru Selvan; Anup Das; Vinod K. Singh; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo. Soil carbon dynamics in Indian Himalayan intensified organic rice-based cropping sequences. Ecological Indicators 2020, 114, 106292 .
AMA StyleSubhash Babu, Raghavendra Singh, R.K. Avasthe, Gulab Singh Yadav, K.P. Mohapatra, Thiru Selvan, Anup Das, Vinod K. Singh, Donatella Valente, Irene Petrosillo. Soil carbon dynamics in Indian Himalayan intensified organic rice-based cropping sequences. Ecological Indicators. 2020; 114 ():106292.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSubhash Babu; Raghavendra Singh; R.K. Avasthe; Gulab Singh Yadav; K.P. Mohapatra; Thiru Selvan; Anup Das; Vinod K. Singh; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo. 2020. "Soil carbon dynamics in Indian Himalayan intensified organic rice-based cropping sequences." Ecological Indicators 114, no. : 106292.
Ajay K. Gupta; Mridula Negi; Subrata Nandy; Manoj Kumar; Vishal Singh; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo; Rajiv Pandey. Mapping socio-environmental vulnerability to climate change in different altitude zones in the Indian Himalayas. Ecological Indicators 2020, 109, 1 .
AMA StyleAjay K. Gupta, Mridula Negi, Subrata Nandy, Manoj Kumar, Vishal Singh, Donatella Valente, Irene Petrosillo, Rajiv Pandey. Mapping socio-environmental vulnerability to climate change in different altitude zones in the Indian Himalayas. Ecological Indicators. 2020; 109 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAjay K. Gupta; Mridula Negi; Subrata Nandy; Manoj Kumar; Vishal Singh; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo; Rajiv Pandey. 2020. "Mapping socio-environmental vulnerability to climate change in different altitude zones in the Indian Himalayas." Ecological Indicators 109, no. : 1.
Donatella Valente; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Irene Petrosillo. The role of green infrastructures in Italian cities by linking natural and social capital. Ecological Indicators 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleDonatella Valente, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Irene Petrosillo. The role of green infrastructures in Italian cities by linking natural and social capital. Ecological Indicators. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonatella Valente; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Irene Petrosillo. 2020. "The role of green infrastructures in Italian cities by linking natural and social capital." Ecological Indicators , no. : 1.
Conservation of biodiversity in agroecosystems is a global challenge as conversion of forest to agroecosystems has been one of the major causes for biodiversity loss through habitat transformation. The agroecosystems, especially those traditionally managed or organic, are reported to retain high biodiversity including endemic, specialists and conservation concern species. Among others, butterflies are the most vulnerable taxa reacting sensitively and rapidly to climate and habitat changes, and represent as bio-indicators to predict the health of an ecosystem. However, the assessment of land use effect on butterfly diversity has not yet been undertaken in the Eastern Himalayas. Therefore, this study was designed along agroecosystem-forest gradient to understand: the patterns of butterfly alpha diversity taking into account the variation across seasons, elevation, forest specialization and larval host specificity; the patterns of butterfly beta diversity; and plausible environmental determinants of butterfly alpha and beta diversity. We assessed the patterns of taxonomic alpha and beta diversity of butterflies and their determinants in the Indigenous Farming Systems (IFS) {large cardamom-based agroforestry systems (LCAS), mandarin orange-based agroforestry systems (MOAS) and farm-based agroforestry systems (FAS)} along with adjacent natural forests (Forests) in the study area during December 2012–August 2017. We recorded 268 species of butterflies from six families which included two-third forest specialists, one-third monophagous and one-fifth conservation concern species. Along the agroecosystem-forest gradient, alpha diversity of butterflies declined for total, forest specialists, monophagous and protected species. However, pair-wise beta diversity increased and the multiple beta diversity was dominated by substitution components. Alpha diversity was determined by tree species richness, tree density, canopy cover, elevation, mean annual precipitation (MAP), season, whereas tree species richness, tree density, tree basal area, canopy cover, elevation, mean annual temperature, and MAP influenced beta diversity. We also identified 15 indicator species dominated by forest specialists suitable for long term ecological monitoring program in the Eastern Himalaya. The organic and traditionally managed agroecosystems of Sikkim play a complementary role to the protected areas (PAs) in fostering biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision, especially in the areas with high human pressure and low PA and forest coverage.
Kishor Sharma; Bhoj Kumar Acharya; Ghanashyam Sharma; Donatella Valente; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Irene Petrosillo; Thiru Selvan. Land use effect on butterfly alpha and beta diversity in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Ecological Indicators 2019, 110, 105605 .
AMA StyleKishor Sharma, Bhoj Kumar Acharya, Ghanashyam Sharma, Donatella Valente, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Irene Petrosillo, Thiru Selvan. Land use effect on butterfly alpha and beta diversity in the Eastern Himalaya, India. Ecological Indicators. 2019; 110 ():105605.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKishor Sharma; Bhoj Kumar Acharya; Ghanashyam Sharma; Donatella Valente; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Irene Petrosillo; Thiru Selvan. 2019. "Land use effect on butterfly alpha and beta diversity in the Eastern Himalaya, India." Ecological Indicators 110, no. : 105605.
The growing recognition of the contribution of urban areas to adaptation and mitigation strategies implemented in response to climate change has led to several policy initiatives. Among others, the “Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy” is the most acknowledged, providing local governments with the opportunity to overcome the mitigation-adaptation dichotomy and enhance urban resilience. In this context, the main aim of this paper is to analyse the synergy between adaptation and mitigation actions in some European Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans at an urban level. We will do this through: (1) the proposal of a novel classification model of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, which will be capable of classifying, in a common way, the best practices carried out at an urban level; and (2) a comparison of the best climate change management practices carried out by two European countries (Italy and Spain). The classification model is based on three urban sectors: (1) Urban Adaptation and Health (UA&H), (2) Transport & Infrastructure (T&I), and (3) Energy (NRG). Urban management measures have been classified as soft (more focused on environmental information), gray (more focused on buildings), and green (more focused on nature-based solutions). The overall comparative analysis between Italy and Spain shows that in large and medium-sized Italian cities, mainly soft (52%) and green (28%) adaptation measures have been integrated into local energy-environmental planning in combination with mitigation actions. However, in both countries, decisions regarding the type of measures to be implemented are taken independently of the size of the city. This paper, in line with other research, highlights the importance of nature-based solutions as a first step in the integration process between adaptation and mitigation strategies at an urban level.
Maria Rita Pasimeni; Donatella Valente; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. The interplay between urban mitigation and adaptation strategies to face climate change in two European countries. Environmental Science & Policy 2019, 95, 20 -27.
AMA StyleMaria Rita Pasimeni, Donatella Valente, Giovanni Zurlini, Irene Petrosillo. The interplay between urban mitigation and adaptation strategies to face climate change in two European countries. Environmental Science & Policy. 2019; 95 ():20-27.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Rita Pasimeni; Donatella Valente; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. 2019. "The interplay between urban mitigation and adaptation strategies to face climate change in two European countries." Environmental Science & Policy 95, no. : 20-27.
Maria Rita Pasimeni; Donatella Valente; Teodoro Semeraro; Irene Petrosillo; Giovanni Zurlini. Anthropogenic Landscapes. Encyclopedia of Ecology 2019, 472 -481.
AMA StyleMaria Rita Pasimeni, Donatella Valente, Teodoro Semeraro, Irene Petrosillo, Giovanni Zurlini. Anthropogenic Landscapes. Encyclopedia of Ecology. 2019; ():472-481.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaria Rita Pasimeni; Donatella Valente; Teodoro Semeraro; Irene Petrosillo; Giovanni Zurlini. 2019. "Anthropogenic Landscapes." Encyclopedia of Ecology , no. : 472-481.
It is known that financial insurance can address the economic impacts of a natural disaster, but some ecological aspects can play a crucial role in mitigating the overall risks for socio-ecological systems. To better strengthen the study of these relations, the aims of this paper are: (1) to analyze the main research topics of the scientific literature on ecological and/or financial-economic insurance to face natural disasters, through a co-word network analysis; (2) to analyze the temporal trends of the total Gross Insurance Premium and Meteorological and climatological extreme events in 29 OECD countries; and (3) to carry out a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of some selected variables in order to conceptualize a first empirical model combining financial-economic and ecological insurance to face natural disasters. The literature review has shown a predominance of topics related to financial insurance (about 60%), and the co-word map of key words has highlighted a common space where economic and ecological insurances interact. PCA highlighted three major components explaining 90.6% of the overall variation and discriminating aspects more related to the “financial” insurance, from those related to the “ecological” insurance. More in detail, PC1, which represents the financial insurance, explains the 60.4% of variation, PC2 and PC3 that represent surrogates of the “ecological” insurance explain respectively the 19.6% and the 10.6% of variation. On the basis of the application of the proposed empirical model, countries with high levels of financial and ecological preparedness have been identified. The next steps of this research will be focused on a pilot study area where a quantitative assessment will be applied to better define the landscape contribution to natural disaster risk mitigation, the analysis of the role of social capital through a cross-scales approach, in terms of policies and management strategies, and the investigation of innovative economic tools to take into account specific payment for ecosystem services in the context of natural disasters.
Donatella Valente; Pier Paolo Miglietta; Donatella Porrini; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. A first analysis on the need to integrate ecological aspects into financial insurance. Ecological Modelling 2018, 392, 117 -127.
AMA StyleDonatella Valente, Pier Paolo Miglietta, Donatella Porrini, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Giovanni Zurlini, Irene Petrosillo. A first analysis on the need to integrate ecological aspects into financial insurance. Ecological Modelling. 2018; 392 ():117-127.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDonatella Valente; Pier Paolo Miglietta; Donatella Porrini; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. 2018. "A first analysis on the need to integrate ecological aspects into financial insurance." Ecological Modelling 392, no. : 117-127.
Socio-ecological landscapes typically characterized by non-linear dynamics in space and time are difficult to be analyzed using standard quantitative methods, due to multiple processes interacting on different spatial and temporal scales. This poses a challenge to the identification of appropriate approaches for analyzing time series that can evaluate system properties of landscape dynamics in the face of disturbances, such as uncontrolled fires. The purpose is the application of non-linear methods such as recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) to landscape ecology. The examples concern the time series of burnt and unburnt Mediterranean rangelands, to highlight potential and limits of RQA. We used RQA together with joint recurrence analysis (JRA) to compare the evolutionary behavior of different land uses. Time series of forests and grasslands in rangelands present both periodic and chaotic components with a rather similar behavior after the fire and clear transitions from less to more regular/predictable dynamics/succession. Results highlight the impacts of fire, the recovery capacity of land covers to pre-burnt levels, and the decay of synchronization towards the previous regime associated with vegetation secondary succession consistent with early successional species. RQA and JRA with their set of indices (recurrence rate: RR, laminarity: LAM, determinism: DET, and divergence: DIV) can represent new sensitive measures that may monitor the adaptive capacity and the resilience of landscapes. However, future applications are needed to standardize the analysis by strengthening the accuracy of this approach in describing the ongoing transformations of natural and man-managed landscapes.
Giovanni Zurlini; Norbert Marwan; Teodoro Semeraro; K. Bruce Jones; Roberta Aretano; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Donatella Valente; Christian Mulder; Irene Petrosillo. Investigating landscape phase transitions in Mediterranean rangelands by recurrence analysis. Landscape Ecology 2018, 33, 1617 -1631.
AMA StyleGiovanni Zurlini, Norbert Marwan, Teodoro Semeraro, K. Bruce Jones, Roberta Aretano, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Donatella Valente, Christian Mulder, Irene Petrosillo. Investigating landscape phase transitions in Mediterranean rangelands by recurrence analysis. Landscape Ecology. 2018; 33 (9):1617-1631.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Zurlini; Norbert Marwan; Teodoro Semeraro; K. Bruce Jones; Roberta Aretano; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Donatella Valente; Christian Mulder; Irene Petrosillo. 2018. "Investigating landscape phase transitions in Mediterranean rangelands by recurrence analysis." Landscape Ecology 33, no. 9: 1617-1631.
Rajiv Pandey; Praveen Kumar; Kelli M. Archie; Ajay K. Gupta; P.K. Joshi; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo. Climate change adaptation in the western-Himalayas: Household level perspectives on impacts and barriers. Ecological Indicators 2018, 84, 27 -37.
AMA StyleRajiv Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Kelli M. Archie, Ajay K. Gupta, P.K. Joshi, Donatella Valente, Irene Petrosillo. Climate change adaptation in the western-Himalayas: Household level perspectives on impacts and barriers. Ecological Indicators. 2018; 84 ():27-37.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRajiv Pandey; Praveen Kumar; Kelli M. Archie; Ajay K. Gupta; P.K. Joshi; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo. 2018. "Climate change adaptation in the western-Himalayas: Household level perspectives on impacts and barriers." Ecological Indicators 84, no. : 27-37.
Pierluigi Toma; Pier Paolo Miglietta; Giovanni Zurlini; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo. A non-parametric bootstrap-data envelopment analysis approach for environmental policy planning and management of agricultural efficiency in EU countries. Ecological Indicators 2017, 83, 132 -143.
AMA StylePierluigi Toma, Pier Paolo Miglietta, Giovanni Zurlini, Donatella Valente, Irene Petrosillo. A non-parametric bootstrap-data envelopment analysis approach for environmental policy planning and management of agricultural efficiency in EU countries. Ecological Indicators. 2017; 83 ():132-143.
Chicago/Turabian StylePierluigi Toma; Pier Paolo Miglietta; Giovanni Zurlini; Donatella Valente; Irene Petrosillo. 2017. "A non-parametric bootstrap-data envelopment analysis approach for environmental policy planning and management of agricultural efficiency in EU countries." Ecological Indicators 83, no. : 132-143.
This work carries out a landscape analysis for the last 60years to compare the degree of preservation of two areas on the same Italian coastline characterized by different environmental protection levels: a National designated protected areas and a highly tourist coastal destination. The conversion of natural land-covers into human land uses were detected for protected and unprotected coastal stretches highlighting that the only establishment of a protected area is not enough to stem undesirable land-use outcomes. A survey analysis was also conducted to assess attitudes of beach users and to evaluate their perception of natural habitats, beach and coastal water quality, and coastal dynamic over time. The results of 2071 questionnaires showed that there is similarity between subjective and objective data. However, several beach users perceived a bad quality of coastal water in the legally unprotected coastal area. The implications from a planning and management perspective are discussed.
Roberta Aretano; Luca Parlagreco; Teodoro Semeraro; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. Coastal dynamics vs beach users attitudes and perceptions to enhance environmental conservation and management effectiveness. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2017, 123, 142 -155.
AMA StyleRoberta Aretano, Luca Parlagreco, Teodoro Semeraro, Giovanni Zurlini, Irene Petrosillo. Coastal dynamics vs beach users attitudes and perceptions to enhance environmental conservation and management effectiveness. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2017; 123 (1-2):142-155.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberta Aretano; Luca Parlagreco; Teodoro Semeraro; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. 2017. "Coastal dynamics vs beach users attitudes and perceptions to enhance environmental conservation and management effectiveness." Marine Pollution Bulletin 123, no. 1-2: 142-155.
Mediterranean rangelands should be conceived as socio-ecological landscapes (SEL) because of the close interaction and coevolution between socio-economic and natural systems. A significant threat to these Mediterranean rangelands is related to uncontrolled fires that can cause potential damages due to the reduction or even the loss of ecosystems. Our results show that time series of forest and grassland for unburned and burned areas are characterized by both periodic and chaotic components. The fire event caused a clear simplification of vegetation structures as well as of SEL dynamics that is more regular and predictable after the burning and less chaotic. However grassland evolution could be more predictable than forest considering the effect of fire disturbance on successional cycles and stages of the two land-cover types. In particular, we applied recurrence analysis with sliding temporal windows three-year length on the original time series. This analysis indicates that grasslands and forests behaved similarly in correspondence with the burning, although their phase states slowly diverge after fire. Recurrence is useful to study the vegetation recovery as it enables mapping landscape transitions derived from remote sensing. The approach helps stakeholders to draw landscape interventions and improve management strategies to sustain the delivery of ecosystem services.
Teodoro Semeraro; Norbert Marwan; Bruce K. Jones; Roberta Aretano; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Irene Petrosillo; Christian Mulder; Giovanni Zurlini. Recurrence Analysis of Vegetation Time Series and Phase Transitions in Mediterranean Rangelands. 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleTeodoro Semeraro, Norbert Marwan, Bruce K. Jones, Roberta Aretano, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Irene Petrosillo, Christian Mulder, Giovanni Zurlini. Recurrence Analysis of Vegetation Time Series and Phase Transitions in Mediterranean Rangelands. . 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeodoro Semeraro; Norbert Marwan; Bruce K. Jones; Roberta Aretano; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Irene Petrosillo; Christian Mulder; Giovanni Zurlini. 2017. "Recurrence Analysis of Vegetation Time Series and Phase Transitions in Mediterranean Rangelands." , no. : 1.
I. Petrosillo; G. Zurlini. The important role of ecological engineers in providing ecosystem services at landscape level. Animal Conservation 2016, 19, 500 -501.
AMA StyleI. Petrosillo, G. Zurlini. The important role of ecological engineers in providing ecosystem services at landscape level. Animal Conservation. 2016; 19 (6):500-501.
Chicago/Turabian StyleI. Petrosillo; G. Zurlini. 2016. "The important role of ecological engineers in providing ecosystem services at landscape level." Animal Conservation 19, no. 6: 500-501.
A significant threat to the natural and cultural heritage of Mediterranean natural protected areas (NPAs) is related to uncontrolled fires that can cause potential damages related to the loss or a reduction of ecosystems. The assessment and mapping of the vulnerability to fire can be useful to reduce landscape damages and to establish priority areas where it is necessary to plan measures to reduce the fire vulnerability. To this aim, a methodology based on an interactive computer-based system has been proposed in order to support NPA's management authority for the identification of vulnerable hotspots to fire through the selection of suitable indicators that allow discriminating different levels of sensitivity (e.g. Habitat relevance, Fragmentation, Fire behavior, Ecosystem Services, Vegetation recovery after fire) and stresses (agriculture, tourism, urbanization). In particular, a multi-criteria analysis based on Fuzzy Expert System (FES) integrated in a GIS environment has been developed in order to identify and map potential "hotspots" of fire vulnerability, where fire protection measures can be undertaken in advance. In order to test the effectiveness of this approach, this approach has been applied to the NPA of Torre Guaceto (Apulia Region, southern Italy). The most fire vulnerable areas are the patch of century-old forest characterized by high sensitivity and stress, and the wetlands and century-old olive groves due to their high sensitivity. The GIS fuzzy expert system provides evidence of its potential usefulness for the effective management of natural protected areas and can help conservation managers to plan and intervene in order to mitigate the fire vulnerability in accordance with conservation goals.
Teodoro Semeraro; Giovanni Mastroleo; Roberta Aretano; Gisella Facchinetti; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. GIS Fuzzy Expert System for the assessment of ecosystems vulnerability to fire in managing Mediterranean natural protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management 2016, 168, 94 -103.
AMA StyleTeodoro Semeraro, Giovanni Mastroleo, Roberta Aretano, Gisella Facchinetti, Giovanni Zurlini, Irene Petrosillo. GIS Fuzzy Expert System for the assessment of ecosystems vulnerability to fire in managing Mediterranean natural protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management. 2016; 168 ():94-103.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeodoro Semeraro; Giovanni Mastroleo; Roberta Aretano; Gisella Facchinetti; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. 2016. "GIS Fuzzy Expert System for the assessment of ecosystems vulnerability to fire in managing Mediterranean natural protected areas." Journal of Environmental Management 168, no. : 94-103.
Teodoro Semeraro; Cosimo Giannuzzi; Leonardo Beccarisi; Roberta Aretano; Antonella De Marco; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. A constructed treatment wetland as an opportunity to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological Engineering 2015, 82, 517 -526.
AMA StyleTeodoro Semeraro, Cosimo Giannuzzi, Leonardo Beccarisi, Roberta Aretano, Antonella De Marco, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Giovanni Zurlini, Irene Petrosillo. A constructed treatment wetland as an opportunity to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological Engineering. 2015; 82 ():517-526.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeodoro Semeraro; Cosimo Giannuzzi; Leonardo Beccarisi; Roberta Aretano; Antonella De Marco; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo. 2015. "A constructed treatment wetland as an opportunity to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services." Ecological Engineering 82, no. : 517-526.
New broader, adaptable and accommodating sets of themes have been proposed to help to identify, understand and solve sustainability problems. However, how this knowledge will foster decisions that lead to more desirable outcomes and analyses necessary to transition to sustainability remains a critical theoretical and empirical question for basic and applied research. We argue that we are still underestimating the tendency to lock into certain patterns that come at the cost of the ability to adjust to new situations. This rigidity limits the ability of persons, groups, and companies to respond to new problems, and can make it hard to learn new facts because we pre-select facts as important, or not, in line with our established values. Changing circumstances demand to reappraise values like in the case of Pirsig's monkey and its rice. There is an urgent need to go beyond such local, static and short-term conceptions, where landscape sustainability has been incorrectly envisioned as a durable, stable condition that, once achieved, could persist for generations. We argue that to manage a global transition toward more environmentally efficient and, therefore, more sustainable land-use we have to reappraise societal values at the root of overregulation and rigidity.
Giovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo; András Bozsik; Jon Cloud; Roberta Aretano; Noa Kekuewa Lincoln. Sustainable landscape development and value rigidity: the Pirsig‘s monkey trap. Landscape Online 2015, 40, 1 -19.
AMA StyleGiovanni Zurlini, Irene Petrosillo, András Bozsik, Jon Cloud, Roberta Aretano, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln. Sustainable landscape development and value rigidity: the Pirsig‘s monkey trap. Landscape Online. 2015; 40 ():1-19.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Zurlini; Irene Petrosillo; András Bozsik; Jon Cloud; Roberta Aretano; Noa Kekuewa Lincoln. 2015. "Sustainable landscape development and value rigidity: the Pirsig‘s monkey trap." Landscape Online 40, no. : 1-19.
Roberta Aretano; Teodoro Semeraro; Irene Petrosillo; Antonella De Marco; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Giovanni Zurlini. Mapping ecological vulnerability to fire for effective conservation management of natural protected areas. Ecological Modelling 2015, 295, 163 -175.
AMA StyleRoberta Aretano, Teodoro Semeraro, Irene Petrosillo, Antonella De Marco, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Giovanni Zurlini. Mapping ecological vulnerability to fire for effective conservation management of natural protected areas. Ecological Modelling. 2015; 295 ():163-175.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberta Aretano; Teodoro Semeraro; Irene Petrosillo; Antonella De Marco; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Giovanni Zurlini. 2015. "Mapping ecological vulnerability to fire for effective conservation management of natural protected areas." Ecological Modelling 295, no. : 163-175.
One solution to mitigate climate change can be the production of renewable energy. In this context, the aims of this paper are: (1) the identification of local unsuitable areas for the installation of Utility-Scale Solar Energy (USSE) in a municipality in southern Italy; (2) the assessment of the effects of their installation on local natural CO2 sequestration and on avoided CO2; and (3) the evaluation of their contribution to the global climate regulation through scenario analysis. Since 2007, 82 authorizations have been obtained for the installation of USSE in the municipality and 42 over 64 already completed have been installed in unsuitable areas. For what concerns the remaining USSE, two short-term scenarios are analysed in order to take into account their contribution in terms of climate regulation service. The first scenario is called Business As Usual with new planned USSE installed by 2014 also in unsuitable areas, and the second one with the new USSE installed only in suitable areas identified in this study. Surprisingly, Scenario 2 is characterized by a reduced natural capacity to sequester CO2 emissions and by a lower contribution of vegetation in providing the ecosystem service climate regulation in comparison with Scenario 1
Antonella De Marco; Irene Petrosillo; Teodoro Semeraro; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Roberta Aretano; Giovanni Zurlini. The contribution of Utility-Scale Solar Energy to the global climate regulation and its effects on local ecosystem services. Global Ecology and Conservation 2014, 2, 324 -337.
AMA StyleAntonella De Marco, Irene Petrosillo, Teodoro Semeraro, Maria Rita Pasimeni, Roberta Aretano, Giovanni Zurlini. The contribution of Utility-Scale Solar Energy to the global climate regulation and its effects on local ecosystem services. Global Ecology and Conservation. 2014; 2 ():324-337.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonella De Marco; Irene Petrosillo; Teodoro Semeraro; Maria Rita Pasimeni; Roberta Aretano; Giovanni Zurlini. 2014. "The contribution of Utility-Scale Solar Energy to the global climate regulation and its effects on local ecosystem services." Global Ecology and Conservation 2, no. : 324-337.
Giovanni Zurlini; Kenneth Bruce Jones; Kurt Hans Riitters; Bai-Lian Li; Irene Petrosillo. Early warning signals of regime shifts from cross-scale connectivity of land-cover patterns. Ecological Indicators 2014, 45, 549 -560.
AMA StyleGiovanni Zurlini, Kenneth Bruce Jones, Kurt Hans Riitters, Bai-Lian Li, Irene Petrosillo. Early warning signals of regime shifts from cross-scale connectivity of land-cover patterns. Ecological Indicators. 2014; 45 ():549-560.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanni Zurlini; Kenneth Bruce Jones; Kurt Hans Riitters; Bai-Lian Li; Irene Petrosillo. 2014. "Early warning signals of regime shifts from cross-scale connectivity of land-cover patterns." Ecological Indicators 45, no. : 549-560.