The Abruzzo region (Italy) has around 30% of its area protected, 1% of which is occupied by natural reserves. Protected areas networks allow species to be preserved in situ. Planning and management of an area needs a preliminary estimation of the environmental quality, on the basis of which an appropriate plan can be drawn up to preserve the natural ecosystems and to reduce the human impact on the wildlife. Plant communities (e.g. using geobotanical indices) are good environmental indicators. In this study, the environmental quality has been estimated for seven Abruzzo Natural Reserves according to geobotanical indices, including rarity, endemicity, naturalness, extrazonality and azonality. These indices demonstrate that each of these reserve has a high vegetation diversity and good environmental quality. These data confirm that a network of ‘smaller’ natural reserves assures a stockpile of ‘larger’ biodiversity.
Indici geobotanici e qualità ambientale.
FRATTAROLI, Anna Rita;
2012-01-01
Abstract
The Abruzzo region (Italy) has around 30% of its area protected, 1% of which is occupied by natural reserves. Protected areas networks allow species to be preserved in situ. Planning and management of an area needs a preliminary estimation of the environmental quality, on the basis of which an appropriate plan can be drawn up to preserve the natural ecosystems and to reduce the human impact on the wildlife. Plant communities (e.g. using geobotanical indices) are good environmental indicators. In this study, the environmental quality has been estimated for seven Abruzzo Natural Reserves according to geobotanical indices, including rarity, endemicity, naturalness, extrazonality and azonality. These indices demonstrate that each of these reserve has a high vegetation diversity and good environmental quality. These data confirm that a network of ‘smaller’ natural reserves assures a stockpile of ‘larger’ biodiversity.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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