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Land-use modifications and ecological implications over the past 160 years in the central Apennine mountains

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  • Arianna Ferrara
  • Marianna Biró
  • Luca Malatesta
  • Zsolt Molnár
  • Stefano Mugnoz
  • Federico Maria Tardella
  • Andrea Catorci

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Today’s Mediterranean landscapes result from the interaction between ecosystems and anthropogenic activities. This study aims to assess how the land-use changes between the mid-nineteenth and end of the twentieth century influenced the temporal continuity of the ecosystems in central Apennines (central Italy). Information was acquired from Gregorian cadastral maps, orthophotos and aerial photos (1850, 1954, 1980 and 2010), digitised and georeferenced using QGIS 3.10.1 software. Marked changes in land-use types were found. From 1850 to 1954, grasslands were widely transformed into arable lands, but in the next 60 years they changed again into new grasslands and forests. Forests underwent a slow but continuous expansion from 1850 to 2010. Only a small percentage of the forest and grassland patches (14 and 16%, respectively) have seen ecological continuity. These considerations call attention to temporal continuity of ecosystems, together with the historical dynamism of landscapes, in defining land management and nature conservation policies.

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  • Arianna Ferrara & Marianna Biró & Luca Malatesta & Zsolt Molnár & Stefano Mugnoz & Federico Maria Tardella & Andrea Catorci, 2021. "Land-use modifications and ecological implications over the past 160 years in the central Apennine mountains," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(7), pages 932-944, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:46:y:2021:i:7:p:932-944
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2021.1922997
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    1. Jan Zarzycki & Joanna Korzeniak & Joanna Perzanowska, 2022. "Impact of Land Use Changes on the Diversity and Conservation Status of the Vegetation of Mountain Grasslands (Polish Carpathians)," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Alessandro Bricca & Federico Maria Tardella & Arianna Ferrara & Tiziana Panichella & Andrea Catorci, 2021. "Exploring Assembly Trajectories of Abandoned Grasslands in Response to 10 Years of Mowing in Sub-Mediterranean Context," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-20, October.

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