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List of works by Alicia T. R. Acosta

A bridge between tourism and nature conservation: boardwalks effects on coastal dune vegetation

scientific article published on 19 January 2021

A first checklist of the alien-dominated vegetation in Italy

scientific article published in 2020

Above‐ and belowground traits along a stress gradient: trade‐off or not?

scientific article published on 9 June 2023

Alien flora across European coastal dunes

scientific article published in 2020

An Unexpected Consequence of Plastic Litter Clean-Up on Beaches: Too Much Sand Might Be Removed

Are differences in functional diversity among plant communities on Mediterranean coastal dunes driven by their phylogenetic history?

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Assessing conservation status on coastal dunes: A multiscale approach

article published in 2009

Assessing land take and its effects on dune carbon pools. An insight into the Mediterranean coastline

scientific article published in 2018

Assessing the effects ofCarpobrotusinvasion on coastal dune soils. Does the nature of the invaded habitat matter?

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Beach litter occurrence in sandy littorals: The potential role of urban areas, rivers and beach users in central Italy

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Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

scientific article

Biogeographic variability of coastal perennial grasslands at the European scale

scholarly article by S. Del Vecchio et al published 11 January 2018 in Applied Vegetation Science

Boundary-based analysis for the assessment of coastal dune landscape integrity over time

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Bryophytes in Mediterranean coastal dunes: ecological strategies and distribution along the vegetation zonation

scientific article published in 2018

Carpobrotus spp. patches as trap for litter: Evidence from a Mediterranean beach

scientific article published on 18 October 2021

Changes in plant species composition of coastal dune habitats over a 20-year period

scientific article

CircumMed Pine Forest Database: an electronic archive for Mediterranean and Submediterranean pine forest vegetation data

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Classification of European and Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation

article published in 2018

Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Coastal Dune Invaders: Integrative Mapping of Carpobrotus sp. pl. (Aizoaceae) Using UAVs

scientific article published in 2023

Coastal Vegetation Zonation and Dune Morphology in Some Mediterranean Ecosystems

Community structure in montane grasslands of central Argentina in relation to land use

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Comparison of native and alien plant traits in Mediterranean coastal dunes

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Darwin's naturalization hypothesis: scale matters in coastal plant communities ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: April 2013)

Dealing with scarce data to understand how environmental gradients and propagule pressure shape fine-scale alien distribution patterns on coastal dunes

article by Marta Carboni et al published 31 May 2011 in Journal of Vegetation Science

Disentangling native and alien plant diversity in coastal sand dune ecosystems worldwide

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Disentangling the relative effects of environmental versus human factors on the abundance of native and alien plant species in Mediterranean sandy shores

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Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published in 2022

Distance decay 2.0 – a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published on 19 March 2021

Does flowering synchrony contribute to the sustainment of dry grassland biodiversity?

scientific article published in 2016

Drivers of plant community (in)stability along a sea–inland gradient

scientific article published on 21 August 2023

EU priority habitats: rethinking Mediterranean coastal pine forests

Ecosystem classification for EU habitat distribution assessment in sandy coastal environments: an application in central Italy.

scientific article

Effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in conserving Mediterranean coastal dune habitats

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Effects of Posidonia oceanica beach-cast on germination, growth and nutrient uptake of coastal dune plants

scientific article

Effects of trampling limitation on coastal dune plant communities

scientific article published in March 2012

Environmental Factors Influencing Coastal Vegetation Pattern: New Insights from the Mediterranean Basin

Environmental gradients and micro-heterogeneity shape fine-scale plant community assembly on coastal dunes

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Environmental tuning of an insect ensemble: the tenebrionid beetles inhabiting a Mediterranean coastal dune zonation

scientific article

Exploring Temporal Trends of Plant Invasion in Mediterranean Coastal Dunes

scientific article published in 2021

Floristic patterns of the neotropical forests, savannas and scrublands with Trithrinax campestris (Arecaceae) in central Argentina

scientific article published in 2021

Focal species diversity patterns can provide diagnostic information on plant invasions

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From abundance-based to functional-based indicator species

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Functional rarefaction for species abundance data

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Functional trait differences and trait plasticity mediate biotic resistance to potential plant invaders

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Getting the measure of the biodiversity crisis in Mediterranean coastal habitats

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Global relationships in tree functional traits

scientific article published on 08 June 2022

Going beyond taxonomic diversity: deconstructing biodiversity patterns reveals the true cost of iceplant invasion

article by Tommaso Jucker et al published 30 August 2013 in Diversity and Distributions

GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

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Grazing and the Phenology of Flowering and Fruiting in a Montane Grassland in Argentina: A Niche Approach

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Hard times for Italian coastal dunes: insights from a diachronic analysis based on random plots

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ILTER – The International Long-Term Ecological Research Network as a Platform for Global Coastal and Ocean Observation

scientific article

Impact of invasive alien plants on native plant communities and Natura 2000 habitats: State of the art, gap analysis and perspectives in Italy

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Invasion dynamics and potential future spread of sea spurge across Australia’s coastal dunes

scientific article published on 25 January 2022

Invasion success on European coastal dunes

scientific article

Landscape change and ecosystem classification in a municipal district of a small city (Isernia, Central Italy).

scientific article published on September 2005

Landscape fragmentation, land-use legacy and propagule pressure promote plant invasion on coastal dunes: a patch-based approach

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Landscape pattern and plant biodiversity in Mediterranean coastal dune ecosystems: Do habitat loss and fragmentation really matter?

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Landscape-scale patterns of alien plant species on coastal dunes: the case of iceplant in central Italy

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Let the concept of indicator species be functional!

Linking plant communities on land and at sea: The effects of Posidonia oceanica wrack on the structure of dune vegetation

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Malcolmia littorea: The isolated Italian population in the European context

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Marine litter in Mediterranean sandy littorals: Spatial distribution patterns along central Italy coastal dunes

scientific article

Measuring Alpha and Beta Diversity by Field and Remote-Sensing Data: A Challenge for Coastal Dunes Biodiversity Monitoring

scientific article published in 2021

Measuring ecological specialization along a natural stress gradient using a set of complementary niche breadth indices

Measuring forest fragmentation using multitemporal forest cover maps: Forest loss and spatial pattern analysis in the Gran Chaco, central Argentina

scholarly article by Maria Laura Carranza et al published November 2015 in Landscape and Urban Planning

Measuring forest fragmentation using multitemporal remotely sensed data: three decades of change in the dry Chaco

article by Maria Laura Carranza et al published January 2014 in European Journal of Remote Sensing

Measuring non-biological diversity using commonly used metrics: Strengths, weaknesses and caveats for their application in beach litter management

Mediterranean coastal pine forest stands: Understorey distinctiveness or not?

scientific article published in 2017

Mediterranean dunes on the go: Evidence from a short term study on coastal herbaceous vegetation

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Modeling plant invasion on Mediterranean coastal landscapes: An integrative approach using remotely sensed data

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Modelling Acacia saligna invasion on the Adriatic coastal landscape: An integrative approach using LTER data

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Monographs of invasive plants in Europe: Carpobrotus

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Multifaceted Analysis of Patch-Level Plant Diversity in Response to Landscape Spatial Pattern and History on Mediterranean Dunes

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Multiple drivers of plant diversity in coastal dunes: A Mediterranean experience

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

Native woody vegetation in central Argentina: Classification of Chaco and Espinal forests

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New insights into plants co-existence in species-rich communities: The pollination interaction perspective

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Passive Recovery of Mediterranean Coastal Dunes Following Limitations to Human Trampling

Patterns of plant community assembly in invaded and non-invaded communities along a natural environmental gradient

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Pervasive plastisphere: First record of plastics in egagropiles (Posidonia spheroids).

scientific article

Phytosociology and ecology of treeline ecotone vegetation in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal

scholarly article by Marta G. Sperandii et al published 20 July 2017 in Phytocoenologia

Plant invasion in Mediterranean Europe: current hotspots and future scenarios

scientific article published on 5 March 2024

Plant invasion risk: A quest for invasive species distribution modelling in managing protected areas

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Plant invasions in Italy: An integrative approach using the European LifeWatch infrastructure database

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Plant–environment interactions through a functional traits perspective: a review of Italian studies

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Plastisphere in action: evidence for an interaction between expanded polystyrene and dunal plants

scientific article

Quantifying ecological mosaic connectivity and hemeroby with a new topoecological index

Rarefaction of beta diversity

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Sandy coastal landscape of the Lazio region (Central Italy)

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Seed germination responses to varying environmental conditions and provenances in Crucianella maritima L., a threatened coastal species ⬇️

scientific article published on December 6, 2011

Shedding light on typical species: implications for habitat monitoring

scientific article published in 2021

Spatial connectivity and boundary patterns in coastal dune vegetation in the Circeo National Park, Central Italy

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Specie vegetali esotiche negli ambienti costieri sabbiosi di alcune regioni dell'Italia Centrale

scientific article published in 2007

Strength in Numbers: Combining Multi-Source Remotely Sensed Data to Model Plant Invasions in Coastal Dune Ecosystems

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Synergetic use of unmanned aerial vehicle and satellite images for detecting non-native tree species: An insight into Acacia saligna invasion in the Mediterranean coast

scientific article published in 2022

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Temporal Changes in Forest Contexts at Multiple Extents: Three Decades of Fragmentation in the Gran Chaco (1979-2010), Central Argentina

scientific article published on 2 December 2015

Temporal changes in the vegetation of Italian coastal dunes: identifying winners and losers through the lens of functional traits

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The biogeography of alien plant invasions in the Mediterranean Basin

scientific article published on 28 December 2020

The cotton buds beach: Marine litter assessment along the Tyrrhenian coast of central Italy following the marine strategy framework directive criteria

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

The fate of threatened coastal dune habitats in Italy under climate change scenarios

scientific article

The germination niche of coastal dune species as related to their occurrence along a sea–inland gradient

The impact of Acacia saligna invasion on Italian coastal dune EC habitats ⬇️

scientific article published on July 17, 2013

Urban expansion depletes cultural ecosystem services: an insight into a Mediterranean coastline

scientific article published on 07 December 2019

VegDunes – a coastal dune vegetation database for the analysis of Italian EU habitats

scientific article published in 2012

Within-species variation of seed traits of dune engineering species across a European climatic gradient

scientific article published in 2022

sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

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