Latest Articles from Plant Sociology Latest 2 Articles from Plant Sociology https://plantsociology.arphahub.com/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:37:57 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://plantsociology.arphahub.com/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Plant Sociology https://plantsociology.arphahub.com/ Does an open access journal about vegetation still make sense in 2020? https://plantsociology.arphahub.com/article/55913/ Plant Sociology 57(1): 85-88

DOI: 10.3897/pls2020571/09

Authors: Daniela Gigante, Gianni Bacchetta, Simonetta Bagella, Daniele Viciani

Abstract: The current issue is the first one of the new version of Plant Sociology, the international peer-reviewed journal of the "Società Italiana di Scienza della Vegetazione" (SISV). The technical management of the journal has been entrusted to the editorial platform Pensoft, the Editorial Board has been largely reshaped, now including also a dedicated Social media team. Plant Sociology is focused on all aspects of vegetation from phytocoenosis to landscape level, through time and space, at different geographic and ecological scales; the journal contributes to spread around the issues related to management and conservation of plant communities and plant diversity. All the articles are freely available in Open Access (OA) with affordable article processing charge (APC). In the present Editorial, we briefly discuss the importance of opening the access to knowledge and data about vegetation. We believe that disseminating plant science might be a precious tool for understanding ecological processes, modelling future trends and supporting decision makers. The introduced technological improvement will hopefully allow a larger visibility and circulation for the papers published on Plant Sociology.

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Editorial Fri, 3 Jul 2020 16:17:11 +0300
The potentiality of Sentinel-2 to assess the effect of fire events on Mediterranean mountain vegetation https://plantsociology.arphahub.com/article/50519/ Plant Sociology 57(1): 11-22

DOI: 10.3897/pls2020571/02

Authors: Walter De Simone, Michele Di Musciano, Valter Di Cecco, Giorgia Ferella, Anna Rita Frattaroli

Abstract: Wildfires are currently one of the most important environmental problems, as they cause disturbance in ecosystems generating environmental, economic and social costs. The Sentinel-2 from Copernicus Program (Sentinel satellites) offers a great tool for post-fire monitoring. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of Sentinel-2 in a peculiar mountainous landscape by measuring and identifying the burned areas and monitor the short-term response of the vegetation in different ‘burn severity’ classes. A Sentinel-2 dataset was created, and pre-processing operations were performed. Relativized Burn Ratio (RBR) was calculated to identify ‘burn scar’ and discriminate the ‘burn severity’ classes. A two-year monitoring was carried out with areas identified based on different severity classes, using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to investigate the short-term vegetation dynamics of the burned habitats; habitats refer to Annex I of the European Directive 92/43/EEC. The study area is located in ‘Campo Imperatore’ within the Gran Sasso – Monti della Laga National Park (central Italy). The first important result was the identification and quantification of the area affected by fire. The RBR allowed us to identify even the less damaged habitats with high accuracy. The survey highlighted the importance of these Open-source tools for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of fires and the short-term assessment of vegetation recovery dynamics. The information gathered by this type of monitoring can be used by decision-makers both for emergency management and for possible environmental restoration of the burned areas.

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Research Article Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:04:09 +0300