VARALDO , Lucia

Climate change is dramatically threatening biodiversity. Narrowly distributed species are especially exposed to extinction risk due to their narrow ecological niche. We used Species Distribution Models at fine spatial resolution (50 m) to investigate changes in the distribution of three range-restricted species of Santolina (Asteraceae) endemic...

Many species exhibit intraspecific ecological variation, and to not consider this ecological differentiation can confound predictions made with species distribution models (SDMs). This problem may be particularly relevant for species where there are few populations with potential local adaptations. To increase the performance of niche models...

The identification of plants in the Italian works of art, both in terms of botanical systematic and about their symbolic meaning, it is a topic of great interest for its multiple applications. The recognition of different plant species within the works of art in Genoa has been addressed so far only for paintings on canvas and wood in Liguria in...