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Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
Official Journal of the Societa Botanica Italiana
Volume 146, 2012 - Issue 4
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New Trends in Biodiversity Informatics

VegItaly: The Italian collaborative project for a national vegetation database

F. Landucci Department of Applied Biology, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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A. T. R. Acosta Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome 3, 00145 Rome, Italy
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E. Agrillo Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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F. Attorre Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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E. Biondi Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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V. E. Cambria Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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A. Chiarucci Department of Environmental Science ‘G. Sarfatti’, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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E. Del Vico Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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M. De Sanctis Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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L. Facioni Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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F. Geri Department of Environmental Science ‘G. Sarfatti’, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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D. Gigante Department of Applied Biology, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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R. Guarino Department of Environmental Biology and Biodiversity, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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S. Landi Department of Environmental Science ‘G. Sarfatti’, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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D. Lucarini Department of Environmental Science, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino, MC, Italy and
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E. Panfili Aspix Consultancy Company, 06023 Gualdo Tadino, PG, Italy
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S. Pesaresi Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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I. Prisco Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome 3, 00145 Rome, Italy
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L. Rosati Department of Biology DBAF, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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F. Spada Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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R. Venanzoni Department of Applied Biology, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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Pages 756-763 | Received 08 Oct 2012, Accepted 11 Oct 2012, Published online: 12 Nov 2012
 
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Abstract

Two years after its official start, the national vegetation database VegItaly, a collaborative project supported by the Italian scientific community and developed by a large group of scientists, is presented. This article offers a concise overview of the content of the database, currently consisting of 31,100 vegetation plot, including published and unpublished data. Some basic statistics are analysed; for example, data distribution in space and time, represented vegetation types expressed as physiognomic categories. Although rather young and still in progress, VegItaly already contains data from all the Italian regions and stands as an optimal candidate for the development of an Italian national vegetation database. Its main goals,theoretical basis, technical features, functionalities and recent progresses are outlined, showing glimpses of future prospects.

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