| Title | Ecosystem fragility to alien and invasive species |
| Abstract | Alien species, particularly when invasive, are likely to represent a major issue when dealing with biodiversity even though their impact at the ecosystem level needs to be better understood and quantified. Anyway, their spread affects almost all the ecosystems, and the trend of this phenomenon seems to increase at global scale. Here, we present a first attempt to a quantitative description of the invasiveness of habitat and ecosystem types in Italy through the facilities of the European Research Infrastructure on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research LifeWatch. The study is adopting an ecosystem level approach in order to assess the fragility of key EUNIS ecosystem/habitat types to alien species. Ecological modeling and geospatial statistics are used to evaluate abiotic conditional factors of the fragility of the most widespread EUNIS ecosystem types along latitudinal and longitudinal gradients in Europe and to map ecosystems fragility at the national and European scale. Ninety-six sites from Italy have been processed and encompassed in 41 habitats (level 2, EUNIS code). Available taxonomical data are referred to about 19,650 records; 10,600 taxa; 10,050 species. The trait "alien species" is going to be harmonized among different taxonomic groups at both geographical and temporal scale. At present, however, the alien trait has been attributed to about 4% of the species data sets, whereas the mean value for Italy is around 3%. The incidence of alien species greatly varies in different environments/habitats, with highest values in terrestrial and freshwater habitats and lowest in marine habitats. Marked differences also occur among different taxonomical groups, with highest incidence of alien species among terrestrial vegetables and vertebrates, lowest for less known groups such as invertebrates. |
| Source | XXII Congresso della Società Italiana di Ecologia: Ecologia e gestione ambientale (S.It.E.), Alessandria, 10-13 settembre 2012 |
| Keywords | LifeWatchBiodiversityEcosystem fragilityAlien species |
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Abstract in atti di convegno |
| Authors | Corniero, Giuseppe; Acosta, Alicia; Allegrini, Maria Cristina; Austoni, Martina;Barbone, Nicola; Bartolozzi, Luca; Basset, Alberto;Bastianini, Mauro; Bavestrello, Giorgio; Bernardi Aubry, Fabrizio; Boero, Ferdinando; Boggero, Buia, Maria CristinaAngela ; Cabrini, Marina; Campanaro, Alessandro; Campetella, Giandiego; Canullo, Roberto; Frine, Cardone; Carranza, Maria Laura; Cataletto, Bruno; Cattaneo, Antonella; Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo; Cavraro, Francesco; Cecere, Ester; Cervellini, Marco; Chelli, Stefano; Chiapparelli, Stefano; Cianferoni, Fabio; Cibic, Tamara; Cocciufa, Cristiana; Elia, Antonia Concetta; De Felici, Stefano; D'Onghia, Gianfranco; Finotto, Stefania; Fiore, Nicola; Fontaneto, Diego; Fornasaro, Daniela; Franzoi, Piero; Fraschetti, Simona; Frate, Ludovico; Fuentes, Daniel; Gaino, Elda; Gaudiano, Lorenzo; Giangrande, Adriana; Goretti, Enzo; Ingrosso, William; Keppel, Erika; Labadessa, Rocco; La Porta, Gianandrea; Longo, Caterina; Lorenti, Maurizio; Lorenzoni, Massimo; Lucarini, Domenico; Ludovisi, Alessandro; Malavasi, Stefano; Manca, Marina; Maiorano, Porzia; Marchetto, Aldo; Marra, Manuel; Martin Dorr, Ambrosius; Mastrototaro, Francesco; Mazzocchi, Maria Grazia; Minari, Emma; Mistri, Michele; Monti, Marina; Morabito, Giuseppe; Munari, Cristina; Nonnis, Marzano Carlotta; Oggioni, Alessandro; Patti, Francesco Paolo; Pelino, Giovanni; Petrocelli, Antonella; Pierri, Cataldo; Pugnetti, Alessandra; Riccarducci, Giorgio; Rosati, Ilaria; Riccardi, Nicoletta; Santoro, Riccardo; Sarno, Diana; Sbordoni, Valerio; Sorino, Rocco; Scipione, Beatrice; Sigovini, Marco; Sion, Letizia; Stanisci, Angela; Tagliapietra, Davide; Tirelli, Valentina; Tursi, Angelo; Ungaro, Nicola; Volta, Pietro; Zingone, Adriana; Zucchetta, Matteo; Zupo, Valerio |
| Text | 220640 2012 LifeWatch Biodiversity Ecosystem fragility Alien species Ecosystem fragility to alien and invasive species Corniero, Giuseppe; Acosta, Alicia; Allegrini, Maria Cristina; Austoni, Martina;Barbone, Nicola; Bartolozzi, Luca; Basset, Alberto;Bastianini, Mauro; Bavestrello, Giorgio; Bernardi Aubry, Fabrizio; Boero, Ferdinando; Boggero, Buia, Maria CristinaAngela ; Cabrini, Marina; Campanaro, Alessandro; Campetella, Giandiego; Canullo, Roberto; Frine, Cardone; Carranza, Maria Laura; Cataletto, Bruno; Cattaneo, Antonella; Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo; Cavraro, Francesco; Cecere, Ester; Cervellini, Marco; Chelli, Stefano; Chiapparelli, Stefano; Cianferoni, Fabio; Cibic, Tamara; Cocciufa, Cristiana; Elia, Antonia Concetta; De Felici, Stefano; D Onghia, Gianfranco; Finotto, Stefania; Fiore, Nicola; Fontaneto, Diego; Fornasaro, Daniela; Franzoi, Piero; Fraschetti, Simona; Frate, Ludovico; Fuentes, Daniel; Gaino, Elda; Gaudiano, Lorenzo; Giangrande, Adriana; Goretti, Enzo; Ingrosso, William; Keppel, Erika; Labadessa, Rocco; La Porta, Gianandrea; Longo, Caterina; Lorenti, Maurizio; Lorenzoni, Massimo; Lucarini, Domenico; Ludovisi, Alessandro; Malavasi, Stefano; Manca, Marina; Maiorano, Porzia; Marchetto, Aldo; Marra, Manuel; Martin Dorr, Ambrosius; Mastrototaro, Francesco; Mazzocchi, Maria Grazia; Minari, Emma; Mistri, Michele; Monti, Marina; Morabito, Giuseppe; Munari, Cristina; Nonnis, Marzano Carlotta; Oggioni, Alessandro; Patti, Francesco Paolo; Pelino, Giovanni; Petrocelli, Antonella; Pierri, Cataldo; Pugnetti, Alessandra; Riccarducci, Giorgio; Rosati, Ilaria; Riccardi, Nicoletta; Santoro, Riccardo; Sarno, Diana; Sbordoni, Valerio; Sorino, Rocco; Scipione, Beatrice; Sigovini, Marco; Sion, Letizia; Stanisci, Angela; Tagliapietra, Davide; Tirelli, Valentina; Tursi, Angelo; Ungaro, Nicola; Volta, Pietro; Zingone, Adriana; Zucchetta, Matteo; Zupo, Valerio University of Bari LifeWatch ; University of Roma 3 LTER ; University of Camerino; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; ARPA Puglia LifeWatch ; University of Firenze LifeWatch ; University of Salento LifeWatch ; CNR ISMAR Venezia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Genova LTER ; CNR ISMAR Venezia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Ferrara LTER ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ; OGS Trieste LTER ; University of Roma La Sapienza LTER ; University of Camerino; University of Camerino; University of Bari LifeWatch ; University of Molise LTER ; OGS Trieste LTER ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; University of Genova LTER ; University of Venezia Ca Foscari LTER ; CNR IAMC Taranto LTER ; University of Camerino; University of Roma Torvergata LifeWatch ; University of Camerino; University of Genova LTER ; University of Firenze LifeWatch ; OGS Trieste LTER ; CFS LTER ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Roma Torvergata LifeWatch ; OGS Trieste LTER ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; CNR ISMAR Venezia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Salento LifeWatch ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; OGS Trieste LTER ; University of Venezia Ca Foscari LTER ; University of Salento LifeWatch ; University of Molise LTER ; University of Salento LifeWatch ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Salento LifeWatch ; University of Salento LifeWatch ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; CNR ISMAR, Venezia; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Camerino; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Venezia Ca Foscari LTER ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; University of Bari LifeWatch ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; University of Salento LifeWatch ; University of Perugia LifeWatch LTER ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ; CFS LTER ; University of Ferrara LTER ; OGS Trieste LTER ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; University of Ferrara LTER ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ; University of Molise LTER ; CNR IAMC, Taranto; University of Bari LifeWatch ; CNR ISMAR, Venezia; University of Roma Torvergata LifeWatch ; University of Ferrara LTER ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; University of Roma 3 LTER ; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LifeWatch LTER ; University of Roma Torvergata LifeWatch ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ; CNR IAMC Taranto LTER ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; University of Molise LTER ; CNR ISMAR Venezia LifeWatch LTER ; OGS Trieste LTER ; University of Bari LifeWatch ; ARPA Puglia LifeWatch ; CNR ISE, Pallanza Verbania; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ; University of Venezia Ca Foscari LTER ; Zoological Station Anton Dohrn Napoli LfeWatch LTER ID_PUMA cnr.ise/2012 B6 006 XXII Congresso della Societa Italiana di Ecologia Ecologia e gestione ambientale S.It.E. Alessandria 10 13 settembre 2012 Nazionale Alien species, particularly when invasive, are likely to represent a major issue when dealing with biodiversity even though their impact at the ecosystem level needs to be better understood and quantified. Anyway, their spread affects almost all the ecosystems, and the trend of this phenomenon seems to increase at global scale. Here, we present a first attempt to a quantitative description of the invasiveness of habitat and ecosystem types in Italy through the facilities of the European Research Infrastructure on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research LifeWatch. The study is adopting an ecosystem level approach in order to assess the fragility of key EUNIS ecosystem/habitat types to alien species. Ecological modeling and geospatial statistics are used to evaluate abiotic conditional factors of the fragility of the most widespread EUNIS ecosystem types along latitudinal and longitudinal gradients in Europe and to map ecosystems fragility at the national and European scale. Ninety six sites from Italy have been processed and encompassed in 41 habitats level 2, EUNIS code . Available taxonomical data are referred to about 19,650 records; 10,600 taxa; 10,050 species. The trait alien species is going to be harmonized among different taxonomic groups at both geographical and temporal scale. At present, however, the alien trait has been attributed to about 4% of the species data sets, whereas the mean value for Italy is around 3%. The incidence of alien species greatly varies in different environments/habitats, with highest values in terrestrial and freshwater habitats and lowest in marine habitats. Marked differences also occur among different taxonomical groups, with highest incidence of alien species among terrestrial vegetables and vertebrates, lowest for less known groups such as invertebrates. Ecosystem fragility to alien and invasive species Ecosystem_fragility_to_alien_and_invasive_species.pdf Abstract in atti di convegno alessandro.oggioni OGGIONI ALESSANDRO nicolettarita.riccardi RICCARDI NICOLETTA marco.sigovini SIGOVINI MARCO martina.austoni AUSTONI MARTINA FINOTTO STEFANIA antonella.petrocelli PETROCELLI ANTONELLA mauro.bastianini BASTIANINI MAURO angela.boggero BOGGERO ANGELA aldo.marchetto MARCHETTO ALDO giuseppe.morabito MORABITO GIUSEPPE fabrizio.bernardiaubry BERNARDI AUBRY FABRIZIO davide.tagliapietra TAGLIAPIETRA DAVIDE pietro.volta VOLTA PIETRO diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO ester.cecere CECERE ESTER marinamarcella.manca MANCA MARINA MARCELLA alessandra.pugnetti PUGNETTI ALESSANDRA TA.P04.016.004 Ecologia teorica e applicata degli ecosistemi acquatici |
