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Polytraps in European rural mountainous regions: an expert view
Sarkki, Simo; Lynn, Theo; Hiedanpää, Juha; Vizzarri, Matteo; Christoforidi, Irene; Brnkalakova, Stanislava; Crisan, Vlad; Egli, Antonia; Gültekin, PınarMany territorial and development policies in the European Union recognize that rural mountainous regions suffer from enduring natural and demographic disadvantages. These regions frequently face undesirable, persistent and self-reinforcing challenges, often conceptualized as traps. Through engagement with a panel of experts on mountainous regions, we examined whether the trap concept effectively explains the de...
Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content ...
Yebra, Marta; Scortechini, Gianluca; Adeline, Karine; Aktepe, Nursema; Almoustafa, Turkia; Bar-Massada, Avi; Beget, María Eugenia; Boer, MatthiasGlobe-LFMC 2.0, an updated version of Globe-LFMC, is a comprehensive dataset of over 280,000 Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC) measurements. These measurements were gathered through feld campaigns conducted in 15 countries spanning 47 years. In contrast to its prior version, Globe-LFMC 2.0 incorporates over 120,000 additional data entries, introduces more than 800 new sampling sites, and comprises LFMC values o...
Remote sensing of vegetation and soil moisture content in Atlantic humid mounta...
Monteiro, Antonio; Arenas-Castro, Salvador; Punalekar, Suvarna M.; Cunha, Mário; Mendes, Inês; Giamberini, Mariasilvia; Marques da Costa, EduardaThe satellite monitoring of vegetation moisture content (VMC) and soil moisture content (SMC) in Southern European Atlantic mountains remains poorly understood but is a fundamental tool to better manage landscape moisture dynamics under climate change. In the Atlantic humid mountains of Portugal, we investigated an empirical model incorporating satellite (Sentinel-1 radar, S1; Sentinel-2 optical, S2) and ancill...
Supporting early detection of biological invasions through short-term spatial f...
Capinha, César; Monteiro, Antonio; Ceia-Hasse, AnaEarly detection of invasive species is crucial to prevent biological invasions. To increase the success of detection efforts, it is often essential to know when key phenological stages of invasive species are reached. This includes knowing, for example, when invasive insect species are in their adult phase, invasive plants are flowering or invasive mammals have finished their hibernation. Unfortunately, this ki...
Anthropogenic landscape change and amphibian diversity in tropical montane biod...
Monteiro, Antonio; Rosa, Sophia; Andreone, Franco; Ndriantsoa, Serge; Rakotonanahary, Tsanta; Dawson, Jeff; Rabemananjara, Falitiana C. E.The magnitude of anthropogenic landscape change in tropical montane biodiversity hotspots and its relationship with biodiversity is a global issue that remains ‘locked-in’ in the broad narrative of tropical change in Africa. Over a montane biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar highlands (Ankaratra Massif), we conducted analysis on land cover change with Landsat satellite sensor data to identify the magnitude of ch...
Spatial ecology of the invasive Asian common toad in Madagascar and its implica...
Licata, Fulvio; Ficetola, Gentile Francesco; Falaschi, Mattia; Muller, Benjamin J.; Andreone, Franco; Harison, Rodino Fetrarijahona; Freeman, KarenInvasion dynamics are determined, among other aspects, by the spatial behaviour of invasive populations. The invasive toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus is spreading inland from the eastern coast of Madagascar, causing considerable ecological impacts. Understanding the basic factors determining the spread dynamics can inform management strategies and provide insights into spatial evolutionary processes. We radio-t...
Risks, benefits, and knowledge gaps of non-native tree species in Europe
Dimitrova, Anastazija; Csilléry, Katalin; Klisz, Marcin; Lévesque, Mathieu; Heinrichs, Steffi; Cailleret, Maxime; Andivia, Enrique; Madsen, PalleChanging ecosystem conditions and diverse socio-economical events have contributed to an ingrained presence of non-native tree species (NNTs) in the natural and cultural European landscapes. Recent research endeavors have focused on different aspects of NNTs such as legislation, benefits, and risks for forestry, emphasizing that large knowledge gaps remain. As an attempt to fulfill part of these gaps, within th...
Risks, benefits, and knowledge gaps of non-native tree species in Europe
Dimitrova, Anastazija; Csilléry, Katalin; Klisz, Marcin; Lévesque, Mathieu; Heinrichs, Steffi; Cailleret, Maxime; Andivia, Enrique; Madsen, PalleChanging ecosystem conditions and diverse socio-economical events have contributed to an ingrained presence of non-native tree species (NNTs) in the natural and cultural European landscapes. Recent research endeavors have focused on different aspects of NNTs such as legislation, benefits, and risks for forestry, emphasizing that large knowledge gaps remain. As an attempt to fulfill part of these gaps, within th...
Progress in grassland cover conservation in Southern European Mountains by 2020...
Monteiro, Antonio; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Lucas, Richard; Rocha, Jorge; Marques Da Costa, Nuno; Giamberini, Mariasilvia; Marques da Costa, EduardaConservation and policy agendas, such as the European Biodiversity strategy, Aichi biodiversity (target 5) and Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), are overlooking the progress made in mountain grassland cover conservation by 2020, which has significant socio-ecological implications to Europe. However, because the existing data near 2020 is scarce, the shifting character of mountain grasslands remains poorly charac...
Monitoring plant diversity to support agri-environmental schemes: evaluating st...
Monteiro, Antonio; Alves, Paulo; Carvalho-Santos, Claudia; Lucas, Richard; Cunha, Mario; Marques da Costa, Eduarda; Fava, FrancescoThe spatial monitoring of plant diversity in the endangered species-rich grasslands of European mountain pastoral systems is an important step for fairer and more efficient Agri-Environmental policy schemes supporting conservation. This study assessed the underlying support for a spatially explicit monitoring of plant species richness at parcel level (policy making scale) in Southern European mountain grassland...