As a result of human activities, a considerable part of European vascular plants and their
populations are non-native. Since the publication of previous studies summarizing the …

Ecosystem services refer to the direct and indirect benefits to humanity from an ecosystem.
The ability to spatially incorporate multiple biophysical environments is crucial to ecosystem …

The tradition of floristic studies in Italy has made it possible to obtain a good knowledge of
plant diversity both on a national and regional scale. However, the lack of knowledge for …

Evaluations ecosystem health-based field studies can assist decision-makers in formulating
more targeted conservation policies to better manage ecosystems and landscape. To …

Given the high number of non-native plants that are being introduced worldwide and the
time required to process formal pest risk analyses, a framework for the prioritization of …

An updated checklist of the Calabrian alien vascular flora is presented. By way of field,
bibliographic, and herbarium research, we recorded 382 alien taxa (representing almost …

Knowledge on alien species is needed nowadays to protect natural habitats and prevent
ecological damage. The presence of new alien plant species in Italy is increasing every day …

Remote Sensing (RS) is a useful tool for detecting and map** Invasive Alien Plants (IAPs).
IAPs map** on dynamic and heterogeneous landscapes, using satellite RS data, is not …

The global and seemingly unstoppable spread of invasive alien plants emerges as one of
the main topics of current science. This is due to the multiple repercussions of invasive …

Several regulatory and management tools are commonly used to prevent negative effects of
human trampling on sand dune habitats, but few studies have attempted to evaluate the …