D. Smiraglia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define the ecoregions of Italy, southern Europe, based on a robust methodological process for classification and mapping and constitute the first comprehensive ecological classification of the country that integrates accurate and updated cartographies and knowledges on climate, vegetation, land units and biogeography.

TL;DR: The diagnostic value of the suggested approach where LD processes are elicited from land change trajectories determining specific impacts on ES and providing operational support for the implementation of SLM options is highlighted.

TL;DR: In this article, a habitat suitability model borrowed from animal ecology was used to analyze the ecological niche of the following land use/land cover changes (LULCCs) trajectories occurred in Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy) during 1954-2008.

TL;DR: The results showed the ability of coarse-resolution satellite time-series to characterize the fire-proneness of Sardinia with an adequate level of accuracy and the remotely sensed phenological framework presented may represent a suitable basis for the development of fire distribution prediction models, coarse-scale fuel maps and for various biogeographic studies.

TL;DR: In this article, a land-use change detection analysis was performed to identify the most endangered traditional agricultural landscapes (TALs) based on environmental risk factors, on autochthonous agro-biodiversity at risk of varietal erosion and on traditional products.