Every area has some form of biodiversity and its biopermeability may be de-fined as the ability to host and allow the transit of animal and plant species. Land-scape biopermeability will be discussed below according to the different classes of land as agricultural areas, uncultivated and degraded areas, forest areas and pastoral lands. In areas defined as biopermeable (about 62% of italian territory), it is important to assess fragmentation which is an indicator of afforded ecological and functional quality. In this study we developed a new indicator to assess both current fragmentation conditions of the area studied, but also and above all the decision-making level we need to operate at in order to reduce the current fragmentation rate of landscape continuity.
Landscape fragmentation in Italy: implementation to support territorial policy
ROMANO, BERNARDINO;ZULLO, FRANCESCO
2012-01-01
Abstract
Every area has some form of biodiversity and its biopermeability may be de-fined as the ability to host and allow the transit of animal and plant species. Land-scape biopermeability will be discussed below according to the different classes of land as agricultural areas, uncultivated and degraded areas, forest areas and pastoral lands. In areas defined as biopermeable (about 62% of italian territory), it is important to assess fragmentation which is an indicator of afforded ecological and functional quality. In this study we developed a new indicator to assess both current fragmentation conditions of the area studied, but also and above all the decision-making level we need to operate at in order to reduce the current fragmentation rate of landscape continuity.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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