Overview
- Investigates relationships between the biodiversity of plants and avian fauna and the different climatic sectors
- Provides expert insights based on several diverse approaches, including for instance the study of invasive alien species and the chorology of Magnocaricetalia
- Extensively covers the Alps, the Apennines and the Marches Region
Part of the book series: Geobotany Studies (GEOBOT)
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About this book
This volume gathers case studies on plant diversity from selected, representative mountain systems of Italy (Mediterranean and temperate zones), while also addressing the biodiversity of avian fauna. For the Alps, Wilhalm and Prosser examine the species biodiversity (also with the help of highly detailed location maps) of the sector of the central Alps that corresponds to the basin of the Adige, including some nearby valleys, between the watershed to the north and the Prealps to the south (Alto Adige and Trentino). In turn, Pedrotti investigates the vegetation series of the same territory in relation to the three climatic sectors identified: prealpine, alpine and endoalpine. Aleffi then explores the relationships between the distribution of a number of species of bryophytes and the main mesoclimatic gradients along a transect through the Valle dell’ Adige between 46°40'N and 45°42'N. Lastly, Siniscalco studies the ways in which alien species are now invading the western Alps, whichto date have remained largely unaffected by this phenomenon, unlike the plains and hills.
For the Apennines, Ferrari studies the tree line and the biodiversity of the vegetation of the northern Apennines; for the mountains of Sicily, Bazan conducts a diachronic analysis of the beech forests of the Monti Nebrodi.
The contribution by Venanzoni interprets the chorology of associations of the Magnocaricetalia order throughout Italy, relating it to the climatic and geographic gradients. He describes a total of 55 associations, reporting on the distribution in the temperate zone (differentiating between the alpine and continental) and the Mediterranean zone for each of them.
Cianfaglione presents the Signal Project Italian site. This project investigates the effects of extreme weather events on secondary grassland and the role of selected alien species, mowing, biodiversity, productivity and functional traits, in Italy and along a European gradient.
Forthe Marches Region, Forconi describes the biodiversity of the avian fauna in relation to the altitudinal gradient and the potential vegetation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Gradients and Biodiversity in Mountains of Italy
Editors: Franco Pedrotti
Series Title: Geobotany Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67967-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67966-2Published: 13 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88521-6Published: 01 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67967-9Published: 27 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2198-2562
Series E-ISSN: 2198-2570
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 198
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biodiversity, Nature Conservation, Plant Ecology, Landscape Ecology