II International Symposium
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions under Global Change
About the Symposium
The CMCC Foundation and the University of Sassari, in the frame of the Italian National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), are organizing the 2nd International Symposium aimed at fostering scientific exchange and collaboration on the complex interconnections between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions (BEF) in the context of global environmental change. Spanning over three days, the event will gather leading international experts, researchers, and stakeholders to explore key scientific, technological, and policy issues related to the BEF nexus.
A central focus of the symposium will be on the development and integration of biodiversity monitoring networks operating across scales—from satellite-based Earth observation to field-based ecological surveys—essential for generating consistent and actionable data. The symposium will also explore the role of emerging digital infrastructures, including artificial intelligence, ecological modelling, and digital platforms, in enhancing our capacity to interpret and predict complex biodiversity patterns and support decision-making processes. Particular attention will be given to the interactions between biodiversity and global environmental boundaries, highlighting the critical trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem integrity, carbon cycling, water resources, food systems, and human health. Furthermore, the symposium will emphasize the transformative potential of agroecology, ecological restoration, and nature-based solutions (NbS) in promoting resilient socio-ecological systems. These themes will be contextualized within the broader international policy landscape, with reference to ongoing science-policy processes such as the UNFCCC COPs, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). By integrating scientific, technological, and policy perspectives, the symposium aims to contribute to the NBFC’s mission to monitor, conserve, restore, and valorize biodiversity and ecosystem functions amidst the disruptive challenges posed by climate, environmental and societal transformations.
The symposium will feature keynote speeches, thematic sessions, and interactive panels, providing a dynamic forum to exchange knowledge, identify research gaps, and foster synergies among national and international initiatives working toward biodiversity preservation and ecosystem resilience.
From space to field: This session will explore the development, integration, and application of multi-scale biodiversity monitoring networks as essential tools for understanding and managing biodiversity in the face of global environmental change. The session will address how remote sensing technologies, in-situ observations, and field-based ecological monitoring can be effectively combined to generate consistent, scalable, and policy-relevant biodiversity data. Contributions will highlight the role of biodiversity in carbon dynamics, the need to democratize access to digital monitoring tools, and the ecological significance of plant diversity. By showcasing innovative methodologies and cross-scale monitoring strategies—from remote sensing to field-based observations—the session aims to inform more effective and inclusive approaches to biodiversity assessment and protection.
Tools, Models, AI and Platform/Twins: This session highlights emerging digital innovations that are transforming the way biodiversity is monitored, modeled, and managed. Presentations will showcase cutting-edge tools, including digital twins for ecosystem simulation and global platforms designed for biodiversity data collection, sharing, and interoperability. A particular emphasis will be placed on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing biodiversity assessment—through automated species identification, pattern recognition, predictive modeling, and the integration of complex and heterogeneous datasets. By illustrating how these digital resources support scientific research, policy development, and cross-sectoral collaboration, the session will emphasize the pivotal role of digital infrastructures in fostering informed, adaptive, and integrated biodiversity conservation strategies.
Interlinkages among biodiversity, water, mitigation, Food and health: Biodiversity is essential to our very existence, supporting our water and food supplies, our health and the stability of the climate. Climate change and overexploitation of natural resources are strong drivers of biodiversity loss, causing significant disturbances to ecosystems. Biodiversity is declining in all regions of the world and at all spatial scales, impacting ecosystem functioning, water availability and quality, food security and nutrition, human, plant and animal health and resilience to the impacts of climate change. The session highlights critical dependencies between biodiversity and climate dynamics, and interlinkages among biodiversity, water and food security, climate mitigation, and health. The session will emphasize how biodiversity loss and climate change are interdependent and produce compounding impacts that threaten human health and societal well-being.
This session explores the potential of agroecology, ecological restoration, and NbS as transformative approaches to build resilience in agricultural and managed landscapes, regenerate ecosystems, and enhance biodiversity. Presentations will examine how agroecological best practices can contribute to biodiversity conservation in managed landscapes while supporting sustainable food systems and ecosystem services. Case studies will illustrate the design and implementation of restoration strategies across degraded terrestrial ecosystems, with attention to ecological, social, and policy dimensions. The role of NbS in mitigating climate impacts, restoring multifunctional landscapes, and fostering synergies between conservation and production will also be addressed. Contributions will highlight methodological innovations, monitoring frameworks, and participatory approaches that link local traditional knowledge with scientific evidence.
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Symposium
POSTER AND ORAL PRESENTATION SUBMISSION
Wednesday
November 12, 2025
Thursday
November 13, 2025
Friday
November 14, 2025
9:00 – 9:30 REGISTRATION
9:30 – 10:00 INSTITUTIONAL WELCOME
10:00 – 10:15 NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY FUTURE CENTER: THE WAY FORWARD
Massimo Labra
Scientific Director of the National Biodiversity Future Center
10:15 – 11:15 SETTING THE SCENE
10:15 – 10:45 - Keynote Talk
Helena Freitas
From Protected Areas to Participatory Landscape: Climate-Adaptive Pathways for Biodiversity Conservation
Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, University of Coimbra, Portugal
10:45 – 11:15 - Keynote Talk
Xiaojuan Liu
Forest Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning and Restoration
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:30
MONITORING BEF: FROM SPACE TO FIELD - PART ONE
11:45 – 12:15 - Keynote Talk
Charles Miller
The 1,000,000 Meter View: Linking Space-Based Earth Observations to Airborne and Field-Based Ecological Surveys
Engineering & Science Directorate, Science Division, Earth Science Section, Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Group JPL NASA, USA
12:15 – 12:45- Keynote Talk
Marco Marchetti
Understanding Mega-Trends for the Protection of Biodiversity and Landscapes
Department of Architecture and Project (DIAP), Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy & Fondazione Alberitalia ETS, Italy
12:45 – 13:30 - Oral presentations (12 min + 3 Q&A)
Mara Baudena*, Leonardo Ancillotto, Alessio Collalti, Daniela Dalmonech, Fasma Diele, Giulia Furlanetto, Silvana Beatriz Goirán, Carmela Marangi, Antonello Provenzale, Cesare Ravazzi, Roberta Sciascia, Gabriele Vissio, Paolo Fiorucci, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Marta Magnani
Reconciling Short- and Long-Term Predictions for Ecosystem Management
*Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Turin, Italy
Giacomo Trotta*, Giorgio Alberti, Luca Cadez Luca, Marco Vuerich, Sara Pischedda, Valentina Lupis, Asquini, Edoardo Giacomo Boscarol, Paolo Cingano, Antonio Tomao, Francesco Boscutti
Monitoring Early- and Long-Term Post-Fire Plant Community Succession in Temperate Karst Forests Using Remote Sensing
*University of Udine, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), Udine, Italy
Alberto Basset*, Lorenzo Liberatore, Mariantonietta La Marra, Teodoro Semeraro , Shokri Milad, Jessica Titocci
Guild Organization in Marine Phytoplankton: Niche Partitioning Between and Within Phytoplankton Size Classes.
*University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Centro Ecotekne, Lecce, Italy
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30
BIODIVERSITY GOES DIGITAL - PART ONE
14:30 – 15:00 - Keynote Talk
Kyle Copas
Activating GBIF Italy as a Hub for Open Data on Biodiversity
Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Denmark
15:00 – 15:30 - Keynote Talk
Quentin Groom
Harnessing Biodiversity Data for Policy: Lessons from Belgium and Beyond
Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium
15:30 – 16:30 - Oral presentations on the NBFC Digital Platform
Gabriella Scipione*, Donatella Spano*, Giuseppe Brundu, Antonio Costantini, Marco Puccini, Giuseppe Melfi, Xhulio Dhori, Simone Mereu
NBFC Platform: Towards a Digital Governance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
*HPC Department, CINECA, Via Magnanelli 6/3, 40033, Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
*University of Sassari, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viale Italia 39/a, Sassari, Italy CMCC-Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Sassari, Italy
Donatella Spano*, Giuseppe Brundu, Gabriella Scipione, Antonio Costantini, Daniele Peano, Antonio Trabucco, He-Ming Xiao, Alessandro D’Anca, Gabriel Cerveira, Lisa Napolitano, Guido Rianna, Cagri Alperen Inan, Alessio Collalti, Daniela Dalmonech, Sergio Noce, Cristina Cipriano, Simone Mereu
NBFC Digital Platform: Advanced Modeling for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Management
*University of Sassari, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viale Italia 39/a, Sassari, Italy. CMCC-Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Via E. De Nicola 9, Sassari, Italy
Jessica Frigerio*, Massimo Labra, Antonio Costantini, Gabriella Scipione, Andrea Galimberti
NBFC Platform: Enabling Global Access to Italian Biodiversity Genomics
*University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience, Piazza della Scienza, Milano, Italy
Elena Canadelli*, Tiziana Beltrame, Luigi Bubacco, Lorenzo Cecchi, Stefano Martellos, Alessio Papini, Luca Tonetti
Digitizing and Mapping Italian Natural History Collections: The Actions of NBFC
*University of Padua, Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World (DiSSGeA), Via del Vescovado 30, Padova, Italy
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00
Poster Session
20:00 Social Dinner
9:00 – 11:00
BIODIVERSITY GOES DIGITAL - PART TWO
9:00 – 9:30 - Keynote Talk
Thomas Geenen
Destination Earth, Interoperability with Biodiversity Digital Twin
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UK
9:30 – 10:30 - Oral presentations (12 min + 3 Q&A)
Alessandro Chiarucci*
Understanding Macroecological Patterns of Plant Diversity for Conservation Purposes
*BIOME Lab, Department of Biological, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, Bologna, Italy
Paolo Fiorucci*, Mirko D’Andrea, Guido Biondi, Nicolò Perello, Silvia Degli Esposti, Andrea Trucchia, Pegah Aflakian, Farzad Ghasemiazma, Giorgio Meschi, Federico Colle, Mara Baudena, Gabriele Vissio, Emiliano Agrillo, Nazario Tartaglione, Alessandro Mercatin, Alice Pezzarossa, Federico Filipponi
Long-term Simulations of Wildfire and Vegetation in Mediterranean Ecosystems Under Climate Change
*CIMA Research Foundation, via A. Magliotto 2, Savona, Italy
Fabio Menna, Alessio Calantropio, Erica Nocerino*
Digitizing the Seascape: Underwater Photogrammetry for Quantitative Monitoring of Marine Habitats
*University of Sassari, Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Via Vienna 2, Sassari, Italy
Marco Musiani*, Alessandro Chiarucci, Paolo Ciucci, Iaria Greco, Luca Petroni, Daniele Roccazzello, Carlo Rondinini, Francesco Rovero, Umberto Valdrè, Pietro Milanesi
Automated Wildlife Monitoring Systems in Italian Protected and Unprotected Areas
*University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna, Italy
10:30 – 11:00 - SHORT TALKS (5 min)
Majid Niazkar*, Jeremy Pal, Mysiak Jaroslav
Machine Learning for Hydroclimatic-Biodiversity Linkage: Rule-Based Habitat Suitability Index for Secchia River Basin
*Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Porta dell’Innovazione Building, 2nd Floor Via della Libertà, 12, Venice, Marghera,Italy
Léonard El-Hokayem*, Gabriella Damasceno, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Helge Bruelheide, Christopher Conrad
Mapping Azonal Patterns: From Phreatophyte Niches to Groundwater-Dependent Vegetation in the Mediterranean Biome
*Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
Yves Philippe Klinger*, Vanessa Lozano, Ramiro Ripa, Rolf Lutz Eckstein, Erik Welk, Till Kleinebecker
invaPICS – Assessing the Phenological Niche of Invasive Species Using Citizen Science Photo Observations
*Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany
Fabio Menna, Erica Nocerino, Mariangela Moro Merella, Giulia Ceccherelli, Gabriella La Manna*
Smart Monitoring for Small-Scale Fisheries with AI-Boosted Photogrammetry Approach
*University of Sassari, Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Via Vienna 2, Sassari, Italy
Pietro Milanesi*, Francesca Della Rocca, Marco Musiani
Current and Future Scenarios for Protected Insects in the Habitat Directive in Italy
*Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, Italy.
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
MONITORING BEF: FROM SPACE TO FIELD - PART TWO
11:30 – 12:00 - Keynote Talk
Joana Santana
Towards a Transnational Biodiversity Monitoring Framework in Europe: Large Field-Data Monitoring Gaps Remain
BIOPOLIS-CIBIO/InBIO, University of Porto, Portugal
12:00 – 13:00 - Oral presentations (12 min + 3 Q&A)
Carlo Rondinini*
The Conservation of Terrestrial Mammals through the Global Protected Area Network
*Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell’Università 32, Rome, Italy
Rudy Brogi*, Francesca Brivio, Marco Apollonio
Caught in the Crossfire: Sex-Specific Responses of Alpine Chamois to Heat Stress and Predator Return
*University of Sassari, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Via Vienna 2, Sassari, Italy
Simone Mereu*, Sergio Noce, Lorenzo Arcidiaco, Simona Castaldi, Giuseppe Brundu, Carlo Calfapietra, Antonello Prigioniero, Daniela Zuzolo, Carmine Guarino, Francesco Boscutti, Chiara Baldacchini, Giacomo Baldesi, Mara Baudena, Alessandra Maria Bissattini, Rudy Brogi, Rafael Bueno, Vincenzo Buono, Matteo Busconi, Fabiana Canini, Tony Chahine, Marcello Cherubini, Maria Chiaravalli, Tommaso Chiti, Federico Colle, Anna Corli, Marta Cotti Piccinelli, Rosaria D’Ascoli, Alessandro Deidda, Sara Di Lonardo, Serena Doni, Maria Leonarda Fadda, Silvano Fares, Paolo Fiorucci, Emanuele Fosso, Linda Franceschi, Lina Fusaro, Marta Galvagno, Olga Gavrichkova, Giulio Giorgetti, Riccardo Giusti, Siovana Goiràn, Eleonora Grilli, Ilaria Guagliardi, Khuzama Ishaq, Tommaso La Mantia, Marina Labella-Ortega, Christian Landi, Leonardo Latilla, Valerio Lazzeri, Vanessa Lozano, Marta Magnani, Maria Maisto, Grazia Masciandaro, Giorgio Matteucci, Claudia Mattioni, Francesco Mazzenga, Matia Menichini, Alessandro Messeri, Marco Micali, Andrea Modoni, Simone Orsenigo, Mattia Pallanza, Gaetano Pedana, David Pellegrini, Eleonora Peruzzi, Daniele Piastrelloni, Martina Pirozzi, Antonello Provenzale, Maria Antonietta Ranauda, Nicola Ricca, Manuele Scatena, Monica Scogliamiglio, Luca Sessa, Maria Tartaglia, Maria Teresa Tiloca, Silvia Traversari, Giovanni Trentanovi, Francesca Vannucchi, Carlotta Volterrani, Marco Vuerich, Livia Zapponi, Laura Zucconi Galli Fonseca, Donatella Spano
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Network (BioFUNet): Linking Stand Structure and Composition with Biodiversity and Soil Processes
*National Research Council-Institute of Bioeconomy (CNR-IBE), Sassari, Italy, CMCC-Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Via E. De Nicola 9, Sassari, Italy, National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Piazza Marina 61, 90133 Palermo, Italy, Alberi Italia
12:30 – 13:00 - SHORT TALKS (5 min)
Raffaella Margherita Zampieri*, Alessandro Bizzarri, Margherita Paladini, Maria Laura Traversi, Eleftherios Touloupakis, Enrico Marchi, Valerio Giorgio Muzzini, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Claudia Cocozza, Alessio Giovannelli
Biosensor Development for Rapid Assessment of Tree Vitality Post-Wildfire: the Project ‘DIVAS’ Approach.
*Department of Agricultural Food Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 18, Florence, Italy
Adriana Bellati*, Chiara Giusto, Francesco Cerini, Luca Marcellini, Daniele Canestrelli
Effects of Zonation on River Biodiversity within Protected Areas
*University of Tuscia, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Largo dell’Università snc, Viterbo, Italy
Raffaele Zappalà*, Almenar Javier Babí, Renato Casagrandi
Emerging Approaches in Ecosystem Monitoring: Leveraging Plant Electrophysiology and Ecological Modelling
*Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Ludovico Lezzi*, Milad Shokri, Alberto Basset
Density-Dependent Pace of Life: Phenotypic Plasticity in Cohorts of Gammarus Insensibilis
*Università del Salento, S.P. Lecce-Monteroni, Lecce, Italy
Annamaria Gentile*, Di Stasio Luca, Guarino Francesco, Cicatelli Angela, Vigliotta Giovanni, Castiglione Stefano
Plants Rhizosphere Shapes Microbial Biodiversity and Antibiotic Resistance in an Urban soil in Milan, Italy
*Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00
GLOBAL BOUNDARIES AND BIODIVERSITY
14:00 – 14:30 - Keynote Talk
Robert Zomer
Global Agricultural Landscapes: A 20-Year Synthesis of Tree Cover Gains and Demographic Trends
Center for Mountain Futures, Kunming Institute of Botany, China & Institute for Climate Resilience, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy
14:30 – 15:00 - Keynote Talk
Marcello De Vitis
The Global Biodiversity Standard: Assessing Ecosystem Restoration Sites for Impacts on Biodiversity
Botanic Gardens Conservation International, UK & The Global Biodiversity Standard, UK
15:00 – 16:00 - Oral presentations (SHORT TALKS 5 min)
Ermenegilda Vitale*, Rosa Donadio, Lucia Buono, Erika Fabbrizzi, Patrizia Stipcich, Simonetta Fraschetti, Carmen Arena
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Dictyota dichotoma: Threat or Advantage?
*University of Naples Federico II, Department of Biology, Via Cupa Cinthia, Naples, Italy
Patrizia Stipcich*, Carmen Arena, Giulia Ceccherelli, Rosa Donadio, Carlos Jimenez, Vasilis Resaikos, Ermenegilda Vitale, Simonetta Fraschetti
Posidonia oceanica Bleaching: Does it Affect the Seagrass Photoprotective Mechanisms?
*Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Gabriella La Manna*, Mariangela Moro Merella, Giuseppe Morello, Gianluca Sarà, Giulia Ceccherelli
Listening to a Warming Sea: Temperature Effects on Coralligenous Fish Investigated Through Passive Acoustic Monitoring
*University of Sassari, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Via Vienna 4, Sassari, Italy
Alberto Colletti*, Luca Licciardi, Antonia Chiarore, Sara De Benedictis, Erika Fabbrizzi, Giulio Franzitta, Simone Musumeci, Chiara Silvestrini, Simonetta Fraschetti
Cumulative Stress Undermines the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Shaping Taxonomic and Functional Diversity
*University of Sassari, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viale Italia 39/a, Sassari, Italy
Francesco Cerini*, Gianpasquale Chiatante, Andrea Chiocchio, Valeria Mazza, Gianluca Piovesan, Alessandro Chiarucci, Marco Musiani, Marco Milazzo, Luigi Maiorano, Carlo Rondinini, Daniele Canestrelli
Are We Zoning Out? Biases in the Assessment of Protected Area Zoning and a Blueprint for a Way Forward
*Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Largo dell'Università s.n.c., Viterbo (Italy)
Jacopo Iaria*, Claudia Angiolini, Nicola Alessi, Marina Allegrezza, Fabio Attorre, Simonetta Bagella, Simone Eusebio Bergò, Gianmaria Bonari, Francesco Boscutti, Lisa Brancaleoni, Vanessa Bruzzaniti, Francesca Buffi, Fabrizio Buldrini, Sabina Burrascano, Mariasole Calbi, Giandiego Campetella, Maria Carmela Caria, Andrea Catorci, Roberto Canullo, Marco Cervellini, Stefano Chelli, Michele De Sanctis, Silvia Del Vecchio, Emmanuele Farris, Arianna Ferrara, Tiberio Fiaschi, Maura Francioni, Carlo Fratarcangeli, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Carmen Gangale, Renato Gerdol, Rocco Labadessa, Marco Landi, Chiara Lelli, Alfredo Maccioni, Michele Mugnai, Simona Maccherini, Francesca Napoleone, Sara Nigro, Emilia Pafumi, Bruno Petriccione, Anna Pozzatti, Alessandra Pollo, Francesco Santi, Simona Sarmati, Saverio Sciandrello, Federico Maria Tardella, Giulio Tesei, Giacomo Trotta, Ernesto Venturi, Daniele Viciani, Consolata Siniscalco, Alicia T.R. Acosta, Ute Jandt, Helge Bruelheide, Alessandro Chiarucci
Historical Changes of Vegetation’s Alpha Diversity in Italian Protected Areas, a National Resurvey Study
*University of Bologna
He-Ming Xiao*, Antonio Trabucco, Simone Mereu, Peano Daniele
High Resolution Implementation of CLM to Explore Ecosystem Dynamics and Their Representation at Landscape Scale
*CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy
Marco Elia, Alberto Basset*
The Patch Concept in Ecology: From Theoretical Models to Operational Applications
*University of Salento, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies. Via Lecce-Monteroni, Monteroni di Lecce, Italy
Giovanna Battipaglia*, Sandro Strumia, Concetta Basilicata, Camilla Menestrina, Lucrezia Guarino, Francesco Niccoli, Ettore D’Andrea, Negar Rezaie, Simona Castaldi
Wildfire Effects on Forest Community Structure and Biodiversity: Responses of Understory and Tree Components
*Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, Caserta, Italy
Negar Rezaie*, Ettore D’Andrea, Andrea Piotti, Gabriele Cencetti, Camilla Avanzi, Carlo Calfapietra, Alessio Giovannelli
Norway Spruce Resistance to Bark Beetles: A Comparative Study of Marginal Populations and Alpine Origin Plantations
*Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR IRET), Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00 - Keynote Talk
Matteo Detto
Species Coexistence in Forest Dynamics Models: Toward a Theory of Functional Diversity
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University, USA
17:00 – 17:30 - Oral presentations (12 min + 3 Q&A)
Daniele Grech*, Giuseppe Brundu, Mattia Corrias, Maura Baroli, Gianni Brundu, Stefano Carboni, Danilo Concu, Cheoma Frongia, Guadalupe Gimenez, Philip Graham, Andrea Lentini, Vanessa Lozano, Massimiliano Molari, Cinzia Podda, Erika Maria Diletta Porporato, Michelina Pusceddu, Emanuele Sanna, Veronica Santinelli, Alberto Satta, Ignazio Floris, Arturo Cocco
Protecting the Biodiversity of Mediterranean Ecosystems from Invasive Alien Species: The Project ALIEM Vigil (Interreg Marittimo)
*IMC International Marine Centre, Oristano, Italy
André Große-Stoltenberg*
Invasive Plants from Space to Field: Advancing Impact Assessment through Remote Sensing
*Justus Liebig University Gießen, Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management (ILR), Research Centre for BioSystems, Land Use and Nutrition (iFZ), Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, Gießen, Germany
17:30 – 17:40 - SHORT TALKS (5 min)
Giacomo, Calvia*, Erika Bazzato, Andrea Lallai, Alessandro Ruggero, Giuseppe Brundu, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Lina Podda
Tracking and Projecting Invasive Cactaceae in Sardinia in a Warming Mediterranean
*Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences. Piazza Università, 5, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Jorge Sánchez Navarro*, Alberto Satta, Robert Paxton, Panagiotis Theodorou, Antonella Soro, Ignazio Floris, Michelina Pusceddu
Cross-Species Transmission of Bee Viruses: A Field-Based Study on Honey Bees, Bumblebees, and Solitary Bees
*University of Sassari, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Viale Italia 39/a, Sassari, Italy
17:40 – 18:40 - Poster Session
09:00 – 12:30
AGROECOLOGY AND NBS
9:00 – 9:30 - Keynote Talk
Bart Muys
Biodiversity Function of Agroforestry Systems: How to Move from Controlled Experiments to Resilient Treescapes?
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium, and EFIMED, Spain
09:30 – 10:00 - Keynote Talk
Eleonora De Falcis
Agrobiodiversity as a Pathway to Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems
Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, Italy
10:00 – 10:45 - Oral presentations (12 min + 3 Q&A)
Gabriela Alandia*, Marraccini Elisa
The Potential of Gene Banks in the Promotion of Local Agroecological Practices and Systems
*University of Udine, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (DI4A), Via delle Scienze 206, Udine, Italy
Simona Castaldi*, Giovanna Battipaglia, Gianluigi Busico, Elio Coppola, Rosaria D’Ascoli, Francesca Diana, Rita Grieco, Eleonora Grilli, Christian Landi, Rossana Marzaioli, Micol Mastrocicco, Franca Munno, Alessia Palazzo, Stefania Papa, Gaetano Pedana, Piccolo Mariagrazia, Martina Pirozzi, Flora Angela Rutigliano, Alessia Saviano, Monica Scogliamiglio, Sandro Strumia, Ettore D’Andrea, Antonello Prigioniero, Maria Tartaglia, Daniela Zuzolo, Carmine Guarino
Combined Effect of Fire and Forest Plant Community on Soil Specific and Functional Diversity Related to C and N Cycling
*DISTABIF, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Silvia Macis*, Antonio Vargas Ordóñez, Erika Bazzato, Eloisa Pajuelo, Michela Marignani, Miriam Muñoz Rojas
Native Soil Microbes as Nature-Based Solutions to Enhance Plants under Salinity in Mediterranean Wetlandsu
*University of Cagliari, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Viale S. Ignazio, 13, Cagliari, Italy.
10:45 – 11:00 - SHORT TALKS (5 min)
Francesca Bretzel*, Marta Cotti Piccinelli, Maria Genovese, Gianluca Panzi, Miriam Di Blasi, Leonardo Violi, Chiara Baldacchini, Carlo Calfapietra
Ground-Mounted Photovoltaic Systems as Nature-Based Solutions: Best Practices for Design, Construction, and Management
*National Research Council, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR-IRET), Pisa (PI), Italy
Edoardo Asquini*, Giacomo Boscarol, Paolo Cingano, Giacomo Trotta, Dino Paniccia, Marco Vuerich, Pietro Zandigiacomo, Francesco Boscutti
When Fens Flower Again: Assessing Restoration Outcomes through Plant–Pollinator Networks
*Department of Earth and Sea Sciences (DISTEM), University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 22, Palermo, Italy
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00 - Keynote Talk
Marta Rivera Ferre
Agroecology as a Transformative Approach Towards Sustainability
INGENIO CSIC-UPV, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
12:00 – 12:15 - Oral presentations (12 min + 3 Q&A)
Hassan Awada*, Luca Doro, Alessandro Sanna, Mario Pirastru, Pier Paolo Roggero
Soil–Vegetation Interactions and Water Dynamics in Mediterranean Silvo-pastoral Landscapes
*Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39/a, Sassari, Italy
12:15 – 12:30 - SHORT TALKS (5 min)
Giovanni Rivieccio*, Pier Paolo Roggero, Simonetta Bagella
Linking Floristic Composition, Grassland Quality and Sustainable Management
*University of Sassari, Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, Physical, Via Piandanna, 4, Sassari, Italy
Romeo Di Pietro*, Paola Fortini, Adriano Di Pietro, Michele Aleffi, Giancarlo Tondi
Encourage Basic Studies Before Invoking Nature-Based Solutions. The Case of the High-Altitude Fens and Scrubs in the Central Apennines
*Department PDTA, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via Flaminia 72, Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Brundu*, Simone Mereu, Costantino Sirca, Maurizio Mulas, Maria Teresa Tiloca, Alessandro Deidda, Vanessa Lozano, Tony Chahine, Filippo Gambella, Andrea Porceddu, Donatella Spano
Biodiversity Manipulation Experiment in Agroforestry: A New Permanent NBFC Site
*Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39/a, Sassari, Italy
12:30 – 13:00 - AWARDS AND CLOSING REMARKS
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 17:30 - Symposium Excursion