Riccardo Santoro

TL;DR: In this article, the spatial pattern of natural dune cover types, (Beaches with Pioneer annual vegetation, Herbaceous Dune Vegetation and Woody Dune vegetation) was described by patch-based (Patch Size and Shape Index) and edge-based metrics, (patch shared boundaries with manmade cover types) and compared using the nonparametric, Kruskal-Wallis median test.

TL;DR: Limiting trampling appears to have produced positive changes in the dune vegetation assemblage after a period of only two years, encouraging for the management of coastal dune systems and highlighting how a simple and cost-effective management strategy, based on passive recovery conservation measures (i.e., fence building), can be a quick and effective method for improving and safeguard the diversity of dune plant communities.

TL;DR: In sites with high human pressure, a general simplification in the natural dune spatial pattern and a decline of plant richness but with a specific response for each cover type, which effectively describes fragmentation and biodiversity in dune ecosystems.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that extending the information of environmental features measured in a subsample of vegetation plots through predictive modelling allows complex questions in invasion biology to be addressed without requiring disproportionate funding and sampling effort.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the distribution of alien plants along the coastal zonation of sandy shores on the Tyrrhenian coast, addressing specifically differences among plant communities in abundance of aliens.