MULTI-TAXON MONITORING IN THE STRICT NATURE RESERVE “MONTAGNA DI TORRICCHIO” (ITALY)

Leonardo Salvatori ¹, Francesco Chianucci ², Alessandro Campanaro ³, Alice Lenzi ⁴, Silvia Gisondi ⁵, Renato Benesperi ⁶, Lorenzo Guazzini ⁶, Luca Di Nuzzo ⁷, Mirca Zotti; Simone Di Piazza ⁸, Stefano Chelli; Giandiego Campetella; Roberto Canullo; Maura Francioni; Antonietta La Terza; Martina Coletta; Marco Monticelli; Aurora Torresi; Marco Cervellini ⁹

School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy ¹, CREA - Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Arezzo, Italy ², Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Florence, Italy ³, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Florence, Italy; University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, Siena, Italy ⁴, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Rome, Italy ⁵, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy ⁶, BIOME Lab, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy ⁷, Laboratory of Mycology, Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Science, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy ⁸, ⁹

Global climate changes and the intensification of human activities may threaten biodiversity at various spatial and temporal scales, in turn compromising nature’s contributions to people’s life. Efficient and effective monitoring surveys become pivotal to measure biodiversity changes. We performed a biodiversity investigation applying a multi-taxon approach through the project “Monitoring Integrated Multi-taxon Biodiversity” (MIMTB). We monitored nine plots in the beech forests of the Strict Nature Reserve of "Montagna di Torricchio" (also part of the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)). Sampling lasted from April to October 2024, and we applied standardised protocols for seven taxa: vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, saproxylic insects, earthworms, soil arthropods, micro- and macro-fungi. We also evaluated the canopy cover and forest structure together with climatic variables such as air humidity and temperature. We aim to: i) infer patterns and drivers of multi-taxon diversity; ii) investigate relationships among the different taxa and between species richness and forest structure; iii) test new approaches and schemes of biodiversity investigations; iv) obtain a checklist of species, also detecting the occurrences of threatened species for conservation purposes.

Main author career stage: PhD student

Contribution type: Poster

First choice session: 3. Biodiversity and global change

Second choice session: 2. Ecology