The full extent of the ecological threat posed by non-native invasive leguminous N-fixing trees to Italian ecosystems has not been thoroughly documented at the national level. This study, conducted by the Working Group on Alien Species of the Italian Botanical Society, aims to develop a comprehensive dataset that provides information on invaded and non-invaded areas, supporting multi-scale ecological analyses on the impact of...

Riparian vegetation consists of different Structural Vegetation Types (SVTs): woodland, shrubland, and herbaceous communities. Since each SVT may respond differently to abiotic and biotic drivers, our study aimed to disentangle the independent and shared effects of these drivers on distinct SVTs. Using a stratified random sampling approach, we collected 144 plots in a Mediterranean river of central Italy. We applied RDA and va...

Wetlands are among the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. Particularly in the Mediterranean region, farmland ponds are strongly influenced by the agricultural land use in their surroundings, though supporting unique biodiversity. This study aimed to highlight the patterns of farmland pond plant diversity across different pondscapes—networks of interconnected ponds within a landscape—and different spatial scales, from local (p...

The changes of agriculture led to deep transformations of arable plant diversity. The features of arable plant communities are determined by many anthropic, environmental, and geographic drivers. Understanding the relative importance of such drivers is essential for conservation and restoration purposes. In this work, we assessed the effects of agronomic, climatic, geographic, and landscape features on α-diversity, β-diversity...