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Article ; Online: Dunal plants as sink for anthropogenic marine litter: The entrapping role of Salsola kali L. (1753) in a Mediterranean remote beach (Sardinia, Italy)

Battisti, Corrado / Fanelli, Giuliano / Gallitelli, Luca / Scalici, Massimiliano

Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2023 July, v. 192 p.115033-

2023

Abstract: The ability to retain anthropogenic marine litter by a halo-psammophilous plant formation dominated by a single prostrate species (Salsola kali) on a Sardinian beach was measured. We hypothesized that the anthropogenic litter (i) is trapped by plants to ... ...

Abstract	The ability to retain anthropogenic marine litter by a halo-psammophilous plant formation dominated by a single prostrate species (Salsola kali) on a Sardinian beach was measured. We hypothesized that the anthropogenic litter (i) is trapped by plants to a greater extent than in control areas, and (ii) has more elongated size, mimicking the organic Posidonia wrack, largely occurring locally as ‘banquettes’. Salsola kali patches show an apparently higher anthropogenic litter density than control sites without vegetation. Salsola kali plants trap litter items significantly longer and a larger number of size length categories than control plots. These effects may be due to the prostrate structure of the plant with small thorns at the apex. Also, litter entrapped by plants can interfere with the mechanisms of dune deposition and structuration, in turn affecting food chains by decreasing the availability of organic material for pedofauna.
Keywords	Posidonia ; Salsola tragus ; marine debris ; marine pollution ; vegetation ; Italy ; Sardinia ; Posidonia wrack ; Halo-psammophilous plants ; Ecosystem service ; Plastic trapper ; Beach clean-up
Language	English
Dates of publication	2023-07
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article ; Online
ZDB-ID	2001296-2
ISSN	1879-3363 ; 0025-326X
ISSN (online)	1879-3363
ISSN	0025-326X
DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115033
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Article ; Online: Dunal plants as sink for anthropogenic marine litter: The entrapping role of Salsola kali L. (1753) in a Mediterranean remote beach (Sardinia, Italy).

Battisti, Corrado / Fanelli, Giuliano / Gallitelli, Luca / Scalici, Massimiliano

Marine pollution bulletin

2023 Volume 192, Page(s) 115033

Abstract	The ability to retain anthropogenic marine litter by a halo-psammophilous plant formation dominated by a single prostrate species (Salsola kali) on a Sardinian beach was measured. We hypothesized that the anthropogenic litter (i) is trapped by plants to a greater extent than in control areas, and (ii) has more elongated size, mimicking the organic Posidonia wrack, largely occurring locally as 'banquettes'. Salsola kali patches show an apparently higher anthropogenic litter density than control sites without vegetation. Salsola kali plants trap litter items significantly longer and a larger number of size length categories than control plots. These effects may be due to the prostrate structure of the plant with small thorns at the apex. Also, litter entrapped by plants can interfere with the mechanisms of dune deposition and structuration, in turn affecting food chains by decreasing the availability of organic material for pedofauna.
MeSH term(s)	Salsola ; Plants ; Chenopodiaceae ; Italy ; Alismatales ; Plastics ; Waste Products/analysis ; Environmental Monitoring ; Bathing Beaches
Chemical Substances	Plastics ; Waste Products
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-05-13
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2001296-2
ISSN	1879-3363 ; 0025-326X
ISSN (online)	1879-3363
ISSN	0025-326X
DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115033
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Article: Alien-dominated plant communities’ syntopic with seabird’s nests: evidence and possible implication from a Mediterranean insular ecosystem

Battisti, Corrado / Fanelli, Giuliano

Ethology, ecology & evolution. 2021 Sept. 03, v. 33, no. 5

2021

Abstract: In a small Mediterranean island (South Sardinia), we compared two non-native plant communities (respectively dominated by Malephora crocea and Mesembrianthemum cristallinum), located on an insular rocky cliff syntopic with a nesting gull’s colony, with a ...

Abstract	In a small Mediterranean island (South Sardinia), we compared two non-native plant communities (respectively dominated by Malephora crocea and Mesembrianthemum cristallinum), located on an insular rocky cliff syntopic with a nesting gull’s colony, with a native one (with Limonium sardoum dominant) used as a “control” (without nesting colony). Uni-variate metrics of diversity, Whittaker plot and non-metric multi-dimensional scaling (NMMS) with Morisita distance, evidenced a clear pattern with non-native communities less rich, less even and less diverse, when compared to native assemblage. Limonium native community is probably competitive toward the Malephora community in the absence of gulls but tends to be outcompeted by Malephora in the presence of these seabirds. In this regard, our data suggest a hypothesis that should be tested in future: i.e. those non-native Malephora- and Mesembrynathemum-dominated plant assemblages are favored in those sites where the dropping of gulls creates a nitrophytic environment. Differences in exposition could appear also important to explain the occurrence of the two non-native communities (with Mesembryanthemum crystallinum located along the sea-exposed cliff and Malephora in the internal side, toward the inland).
Keywords	Limonium ; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum ; ecosystems ; evolution ; introduced plants ; seabirds ; Sardinia
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-0903
Size	p. 543-552.
Publishing place	Taylor & Francis
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2111736-6
ISSN	1828-7131 ; 0394-9370
ISSN (online)	1828-7131
ISSN	0394-9370
DOI	10.1080/03949370.2020.1870568
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Article: The road to invasion: fine-grained distribution and suitability model for Carpobrotus sp. pl., a plant invader on a small Mediterranean island

Battisti, Corrado / Zullo, Francesco / Fanelli, Giuliano

Folia geobotanica. 2021 Mar., v. 56, no. 1

2021

Abstract: Carpobrotus is a genus of succulent Aizoaceae originating from South Africa that has become invasive in the Mediterranean and represents a serious threat in coastal ecosystems. On the small island of San Pietro (Sardinia), Carpobrotus sp. pl. is invading ...

Abstract	Carpobrotus is a genus of succulent Aizoaceae originating from South Africa that has become invasive in the Mediterranean and represents a serious threat in coastal ecosystems. On the small island of San Pietro (Sardinia), Carpobrotus sp. pl. is invading also habitats far from the sea. We surveyed the distribution of Carpobrotus on the island using the transect method and defined two models of potential suitability for this taxon based on a set of variables predicting its occurrence at local scale. Our data corroborate previous evidence about the ecological synanthropy of Carpobrotus sp. pl. Using a representative sample of transects (70,720 m in total length), we obtained evidence of 39 sites of occurrence with a higher linear density along paved roads (with high traffic levels) when compared to unpaved dirt roads (with low traffic levels). When compared to other sites, in sites of occurrence we observed a higher density of urbanization and road infrastructure, both at 100-m and 500-m scales. However, after performing a logistic regression analysis using a set of selected non-autocorrelated variables as covariates, and the occurrence of Carpobrotus sp. pl. as the dependent variable, we observed that distance from the coastline was the main predictor. Suitability models suggest that the actual rate of invasion is likely to increase if disturbance (along particular roads) is not effectively managed and that this island can be at risk from a future wider invasion of this taxon, caused by progressive urbanization.
Keywords	Carpobrotus ; coasts ; models ; regression analysis ; risk ; traffic ; urbanization ; Sardinia ; South Africa
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-03
Size	p. 1-11.
Publishing place	Springer Netherlands
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2047713-2
ISSN	1874-9348 ; 1211-9520 ; 0015-5551
ISSN (online)	1874-9348
ISSN	1211-9520 ; 0015-5551
DOI	10.1007/s12224-021-09388-6
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Article ; Online: Phytosociology and taxonomic notes on some endemic-rich associations of the Naples Gulf

Fanelli Giuliano / La Montagna Dario / Attorre Fabio / De Sanctis Michele / Masucci Paola

Hacquetia, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-

2022 Volume 14

Abstract: The Gulf of Naples is an important centre of endemism, well known from the floristic point of view, but much less from the phytosociological one. In this paper we investigated the non-forest vegetation focusing on communities rich in endemics. We ... ...

Abstract	The Gulf of Naples is an important centre of endemism, well known from the floristic point of view, but much less from the phytosociological one. In this paper we investigated the non-forest vegetation focusing on communities rich in endemics. We described two communities as new: Eryngio amethystini-Santolinetum neapolitanae for the garrigues on limestone, Globulario neapolitanae-Loniceretum stabianae for the vegetation on dolomitic rocks, both from the Lattari mountains, and we extend the area of Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum cumani for the vegetation on volcanic rocks and rarely on limestones along the coast, which was known for a few localities. The syntaxonomical position and the phytogeographical context of these communities are discussed. A few taxonomic notes are added on rare or interesting species retrieved in the course of the enquiry.
Keywords	chasmophyte ; endemic dolomite ; phytogeography ; phytosociology ; scrub ; southern italy ; Zoology ; QL1-991 ; Botany ; QK1-989
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Sciendo
Document type	Article ; Online
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Article: Phytosociology and taxonomic notes on some endemic-rich associations of the Naples Gulf

Fanelli, Giuliano / La Montagna, Dario / Attorre, Fabio / De Sanctis, Michele / Masucci, Paola

Hacquetia. 2022 June 01, v. 21, no. 1

2022

Abstract	The Gulf of Naples is an important centre of endemism, well known from the floristic point of view, but much less from the phytosociological one. In this paper we investigated the non-forest vegetation focusing on communities rich in endemics. We described two communities as new: Eryngio amethystini-Santolinetum neapolitanae for the garrigues on limestone, Globulario neapolitanae-Loniceretum stabianae for the vegetation on dolomitic rocks, both from the Lattari mountains, and we extend the area of Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum cumani for the vegetation on volcanic rocks and rarely on limestones along the coast, which was known for a few localities. The syntaxonomical position and the phytogeographical context of these communities are discussed. A few taxonomic notes are added on rare or interesting species retrieved in the course of the enquiry.
Keywords	Hacquetia ; coasts ; indigenous species ; limestone ; phytosociology ; vegetation
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-0601
Size	p. 1-14.
Publishing place	Sciendo
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2406488-9
ISSN	1854-9829 ; 1581-4661
ISSN (online)	1854-9829
ISSN	1581-4661
DOI	10.2478/hacq-2021-0029
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Article: Anthills: stressor or opportunity for plant assemblage diversity? Evidence from Mediterranean Dasypyretum grasslands

Battisti, Corrado / Di Giulio, Andrea / Fanelli, Giuliano / Cerfolli, Fulvio

Ethology, ecology & evolution. 2022 July 04, v. 34, no. 4

2022

Abstract: We explored the structure of plant assemblages that settles around the anthills of a guild of Hymenoptera Formicidae (Messor wasmanni Krausse 1910, Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander 1856 and Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery 1878), observable in urban grasslands ... ...

Abstract	We explored the structure of plant assemblages that settles around the anthills of a guild of Hymenoptera Formicidae (Messor wasmanni Krausse 1910, Tapinoma nigerrimum Nylander 1856 and Aphaenogaster spinosa Emery 1878), observable in urban grasslands dominated by Dasypyrum villosum (Rome, Central Italy). Since it is known that ants act as a disturbing factor on plant assemblages of grasslands, our hypothesis was that vegetation structures suffer from some stressors that affect, in this plant association, the dominant plant structure. We compared the plant assemblages observed in the plots of the anthills with the control grassland assemblages using a diversity/dominance diagram. We recorded 63 plant taxa. The average number of plant species was found to be significantly lower in anthill plots than in control grassland plots. In anthill plots, dominant plant species (Polygonum romanum, Poa trivialis Vulpia myuros, Aira elegantissima and Vulpia ligustica) have been found to be different from control grassland plots (Convolvolus arvensis, Dasypyrum villosum, Poa trivialis and Sheradia arvensis). Anthill plant assemblages were found to be significantly different (One-way PERMANOVA) and poorer in terms of species richness, less diversified, and with a reduced species turnover than control grassland plots. Whittaker plot analysis seems to show that the plant assemblages of the control, with greater evenness, emphasize a stressed condition in anthill plant assemblages. Non-metric multidimensional scaling shows a set of species strictly linked to anthills. Our data seem to confirm the role of ants as a stressor in the plant assemblage structures of Mediterranean urban grasslands. However, our results also show that the peculiar ant nest conditions may favor plant species less represented in the Dasypyretum grasslands (i.e. Polygonum romanum) or even absent in this plant assemblage (i.e. Aira elegantissima, Cynodon dactylon and Poa annua), thus increasing the overall local plant diversity.
Keywords	Aira ; Aphaenogaster ; Cynodon dactylon ; Dasypyrum villosum ; Messor ; Poa annua ; Poa trivialis ; Polygonum ; Tapinoma ; Vulpia myuros ; animal behavior ; ant nests ; evolution ; grasslands ; species richness ; Italy
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-0704
Size	p. 406-417.
Publishing place	Taylor & Francis
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2111736-6
ISSN	1828-7131 ; 0394-9370
ISSN (online)	1828-7131
ISSN	0394-9370
DOI	10.1080/03949370.2021.1941269
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Article ; Online: Floristic changes of vascular flora in the city of Rome through grid-cell census over 23 years

Fratarcangeli, Carlo / Fanelli, Giuliano / Testolin, Riccardo / Buffi, Francesca / Travaglini, Alessandro

Urban Ecosyst. 2022 Dec., v. 25, no. 6 p.1851-1864

2022

Abstract: Cities are considered important areas for biodiversity and host a high plant species richness. However, many factors, such as urbanisation or changes in land use, can affect the presence of spontaneous flora and, consequently, represent a threat for ... ...

Abstract	Cities are considered important areas for biodiversity and host a high plant species richness. However, many factors, such as urbanisation or changes in land use, can affect the presence of spontaneous flora and, consequently, represent a threat for biodiversity. How species respond to these factors of change in cities over time is a relevant and current issue and spatiotemporal analyses represent an essential step forward to better understand these dynamic systems and to fill gaps of knowledge. In this paper we present a comparison between a floristic survey carried out in 1995 on a grid-cell for the city of Rome and a new survey, performed between 2015 and 2018, in order to verify if the species composition significantly changed over time and to which drivers this change was related to. For 76 grid-cells of the raster, each of which of 1.6 km², we recorded all spontaneous vascular species. We analysed the differences between the two surveys by means of statistical tests on species richness, by species turnover, by generalised linear models (GLMs) and by Ellenberg indicator values. The patterns of species richness are similar between the two surveys, although an increase in the number of species per grid-cell, on average, was observed. This increase regarded both native and alien richness, with significant differences only for aliens. Many species significantly reduced or increased their frequencies, comparing the two surveys. A set of environmental variables, among which the presence of protected areas, are relevant for explaining the pattern of species’ frequencies and its change over time.Our results suggest that the flora of the city, notwithstanding the steady human pressure and the increase in alien species, maintained a high level of heterogeneity.
Keywords	flora ; humans ; introduced species ; land use ; species richness ; surveys ; urbanization ; vascular plants
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-12
Size	p. 1851-1864.
Publishing place	Springer US
Document type	Article ; Online
ZDB-ID	2019257-5
ISSN	1573-1642 ; 1083-8155
ISSN (online)	1573-1642
ISSN	1083-8155
DOI	10.1007/s11252-022-01293-w
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Article: Polystyrene seedling trays used as substrate by native plants

Battisti, Corrado / Dodaro, Giuseppe / Fanelli, Giuliano

Environmental science and pollution research international. 2020 Feb., v. 27, no. 6

2020

Abstract: Among polymers, expanded polystyrene (EPS) is increasingly abundant as a form of anthropogenic litter in natural environments, particularly along waterways. Nevertheless, there is still no research focusing on the interaction between this type of litter ... ...

Abstract	Among polymers, expanded polystyrene (EPS) is increasingly abundant as a form of anthropogenic litter in natural environments, particularly along waterways. Nevertheless, there is still no research focusing on the interaction between this type of litter and biodiversity components. In this note, we reported the first evidence of an interaction between EPS and living native plants along an artificial drainage channel in a land reclaimed area of Tyrrhenian central Italy. We sampled a number of EPS seedling trays, deriving from agricultural activities, obtaining evidence for an interaction between this polymer and plants: on a total of 231 available seedling holes, 16.88% have been occupied from six species (Lycopus europaeus, Poa cfr. trivialis, Stachys palustris, Silene sp., Phragmites australis, Parietariajudaica). The set of species occurring on floating polystyrene trays appears comparable to that occurring on the sides of the land reclaimed channels (locally, L. europaeus and S. palustris are among the most common species of the riverine vegetation). Therefore, it is very probable that floating trays are a random sample of the seed rain of the vegetation of the sides of the channels. However, more research is needed to assess if the plant assemblage growing on EPS is random process or if peculiar substrate exerts some sort of selection on the plant community.
Keywords	biodiversity ; drainage channels ; indigenous species ; Lycopus europaeus ; Phragmites australis ; plant communities ; Poa ; polystyrenes ; seed dispersal ; seedlings ; Silene ; Stachys ; trays ; vegetation ; waterways ; Italy
Language	English
Dates of publication	2020-02
Size	p. 6690-6694.
Publishing place	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	1178791-0
ISSN	1614-7499 ; 0944-1344
ISSN (online)	1614-7499
ISSN	0944-1344
DOI	10.1007/s11356-019-07086-7
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Article: Giant Reed (Arundo donax) wrack as sink for plastic beach litter: First evidence and implication

Battisti, Corrado / Fanelli, Giuliano / Filpa, Andrea / Cerfolli, Fulvio

Marine pollution bulletin. 2020 June, v. 155

2020

Abstract: In order to maintain the hydraulic outflow in land reclaimed canalizations, the competent agencies provide to mechanically mow the Giant Reed (Arundo donax, L. 1753) along the aquatic ecosystem banks. Nevertheless, the reeds mowed can be transported away ...

Abstract	In order to maintain the hydraulic outflow in land reclaimed canalizations, the competent agencies provide to mechanically mow the Giant Reed (Arundo donax, L. 1753) along the aquatic ecosystem banks. Nevertheless, the reeds mowed can be transported away from the waters following storm surges and can be deposited in large quantities along the sandy beaches. We carried out a stratified study in a Mediterranean sandy beach to test the hypothesis that Giant Reed wrack may act as a sink and barrier for plastic beach litter. We observed a large amount of plastic litter entrapped in the Arundo donax wrack (density of 0.868 items/m²), with a higher density when compared to both the inner and the shoreline belts. Density of litter is significantly higher considering the categories of meso- and micro-plastics. Organic macrophyte wrack is useful for dunal macrodetritivorous invertebrates and generally for fauna communities, which use this litter as refuge and trophic pabulum. Significant accumulations of organic wrack can mitigate coastal erosion; nevertheless, for its structural characteristics, Arundo wrack can also act as a barrier for litter towards the inner vegetated dunes, so entrapping a large amount of anthropogenic litter. In this regard, Arundo wrack can represent a sink habitat, first attracting (due to large availability of detritus with a relative high rate of decomposition) and then, entrapping many organisms in anthropogenic litter. We suggest that, once mechanically mowed, the land reclaimed agencies should periodically remove from the channel banks the Arundo donax reeds, impeding the accumulation of incoherent vegetated matter along the aquatic ecosystem banks.
Keywords	Arundo donax ; aquatic ecosystems ; detritus ; fauna ; habitats ; macrophytes ; marine pollution ; microplastics ; shorelines ; storms
Language	English
Dates of publication	2020-06
Publishing place	Elsevier Ltd
Document type	Article
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ZDB-ID	2001296-2
ISSN	1879-3363 ; 0025-326X
ISSN (online)	1879-3363
ISSN	0025-326X
DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111179
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