Plant Sociology (Jun 2021)
Shedding light on typical species: implications for habitat monitoring
- Gianmaria Bonari,
- Edy Fantinato,
- Lorenzo Lazzaro,
- Marta Gaia Sperandii,
- Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta,
- Marina Allegrezza,
- Silvia Assini,
- Marco Caccianiga,
- Valter Di Cecco,
- Annarita Frattaroli,
- Daniela Gigante,
- Giovanni Rivieccio,
- Giulio Tesei,
- Barbara Valle,
- Daniele Viciani,
- Giulia Albani Rocchetti,
- Claudia Angiolini,
- Emilio Badalamenti,
- Davide Barberis,
- Matteo Barcella,
- Giuseppe Bazan,
- Andrea Bertacchi,
- Rossano Bolpagni,
- Federica Bonini,
- Alessandro Bricca,
- Gabriella Buffa,
- Mariasole Calbi,
- Silvia Cannucci,
- Luigi Cao Pinna,
- Maria Carmela Caria,
- Emanuela Carli,
- Silvia Cascone,
- Mauro Casti,
- Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini,
- Riccardo Copiz,
- Maurizio Cutini,
- Leopoldo De Simone,
- Andrea De Toma,
- Michele Dalle Fratte,
- Luciano Di Martino,
- Romeo Di Pietro,
- Leonardo Filesi,
- Bruno Foggi,
- Paola Fortini,
- Roberto Gennaio,
- Gabriele Gheza,
- Michele Lonati,
- Andrea Mainetti,
- Marco Malavasi,
- Corrado Marcenò,
- Carla Micheli,
- Chiara Minuzzo,
- Michele Mugnai,
- Carmelo Maria Musarella,
- Francesca Napoleone,
- Ginevra Nota,
- Giovanna Piga,
- Marco Pittarello,
- Ilaria Pozzi,
- Safiya Praleskouskaya,
- Francesco Rota,
- Giacomo Santini,
- Simona Sarmati,
- Alberto Selvaggi,
- Giovanni Spampinato,
- Adriano Stinca,
- Francesco Pio Tozzi,
- Roberto Venanzoni,
- Mariacristina Villani,
- Katia Zanatta,
- Magda Zanzottera,
- Simonetta Bagella
Affiliations
- Gianmaria Bonari
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
- Edy Fantinato
- Ca’ Foscari University, Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics
- Lorenzo Lazzaro
- University of Florence, Department of Biology
- Marta Gaia Sperandii
- Roma Tre University
- Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta
- University of Rome 3, Department of Sciences
- Marina Allegrezza
- Marche Polytechnic University
- Silvia Assini
- University of Pavia, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Marco Caccianiga
- University of Milan, Department of Biosciences
- Valter Di Cecco
- University of L'Aquila, Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences
- Annarita Frattaroli
- University of L'Aquila, Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences
- Daniela Gigante
- University of Perugia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
- Giovanni Rivieccio
- University of Sassari, Desertification Research Centre
- Giulio Tesei
- Marche Polytechnic University, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
- Barbara Valle
- University of Milan, Department of Biosciences
- Daniele Viciani
- University of Florence, Department of Biology
- Giulia Albani Rocchetti
- Roma Tre University, Department of Sciences
- Claudia Angiolini
- University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences
- Emilio Badalamenti
- University of Palermo, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences
- Davide Barberis
- University of Turin, DISAFA Department
- Matteo Barcella
- University of Pavia, Department of Earth and Environment Sciences
- Giuseppe Bazan
- University of Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF)
- Andrea Bertacchi
- University of Pisa, Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences
- Rossano Bolpagni
- University of Parma, SCVSA Department
- Federica Bonini
- University of Perugia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
- Alessandro Bricca
- University of Camerino, School of Biosciences and Medicine Veterinary
- Gabriella Buffa
- University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics
- Mariasole Calbi
- University of Florence, Department of Biology
- Silvia Cannucci
- Strada Altichiari Cannuccio 14
- Luigi Cao Pinna
- Roma Tre University, Department of Sciences
- Maria Carmela Caria
- University of Sassari, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Emanuela Carli
- ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale)
- Silvia Cascone
- Roma Tre University, Department of Sciences
- Mauro Casti
- none
- Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini
- University of Insubria, Department of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences
- Riccardo Copiz
- none
- Maurizio Cutini
- Roma Tre University, Department of Sciences
- Leopoldo De Simone
- University of Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF)
- Andrea De Toma
- Roma Tre University, Department of Sciences
- Michele Dalle Fratte
- University of Insubria, Department of Biotechnologies and Life Sciences
- Luciano Di Martino
- Ente Parco Nazionale della Maiella, Ufficio Monitoraggio e Conservazione delle Biodiversità vegetale
- Romeo Di Pietro
- Sapienza University of Rome, Department PDTA
- Leonardo Filesi
- Iuav University of Venice, Dipartimento di Culture del progetto
- Bruno Foggi
- Department of Biology, University of Florence
- Paola Fortini
- University of Molise, Department Bioscience and Territory
- Roberto Gennaio
- ARPA Puglia
- Gabriele Gheza
- University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
- Michele Lonati
- University of Turin, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Andrea Mainetti
- University of Turin, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Marco Malavasi
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Spatial Sciences
- Corrado Marcenò
- Masaryk University, Department of Botany and Zoology
- Carla Micheli
- ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources
- Chiara Minuzzo
- none
- Michele Mugnai
- University of Florence, Department of Biology
- Carmelo Maria Musarella
- Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria
- Francesca Napoleone
- Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Environmental Biology
- Ginevra Nota
- University of Turin, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Giovanna Piga
- University of Sassari, Department of Agriculture
- Marco Pittarello
- University of Turin, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
- Ilaria Pozzi
- Indipendent Researcher and ecologist for CEN
- Safiya Praleskouskaya
- University of Perugia, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology
- Francesco Rota
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Department of Science and Technology
- Giacomo Santini
- University of Siena, Department of Environment, Earth and Physical Sciences
- Simona Sarmati
- University of Siena, Department of Life Science
- Alberto Selvaggi
- IInstitute for Timber Plants and the Environment
- Giovanni Spampinato
- Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Agriculture
- Adriano Stinca
- University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies
- Francesco Pio Tozzi
- University of Molise, Department of Biosciences and Territory
- Roberto Venanzoni
- University of Perugia, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology
- Mariacristina Villani
- University of Padua, Botanical Garden of Padua
- Katia Zanatta
- none
- Magda Zanzottera
- University of Milan, Department of Biosciences
- Simonetta Bagella
- University of Sassari, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2020581/08
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 58,
no. 1
pp. 157 – 166
Abstract
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Habitat monitoring in Europe is regulated by Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, which suggests the use of typical species to assess habitat conservation status. Yet, the Directive uses the term “typical” species but does not provide a definition, either for its use in reporting or for its use in impact assessments. To address the issue, an online workshop was organized by the Italian Society for Vegetation Science (SISV) to shed light on the diversity of perspectives regarding the different concepts of typical species, and to discuss the possible implications for habitat monitoring. To this aim, we inquired 73 people with a very different degree of expertise in the field of vegetation science by means of a tailored survey composed of six questions. We analysed the data using Pearson's Chi-squared test to verify that the answers diverged from a random distribution and checked the effect of the degree of experience of the surveyees on the results. We found that most of the surveyees agreed on the use of the phytosociological method for habitat monitoring and of the diagnostic and characteristic species to evaluate the structural and functional conservation status of habitats. With this contribution, we shed light on the meaning of “typical” species in the context of habitat monitoring.
