Abstract
From North to South: a voyage through plant biodiversity in the Italian mountains
Highlights
Is among the European countries richest in biodiversity, mainly due to a wide variety of geomorphological and climatic conditions
The voyage from North to South through the Italian mountain plant diversity is an opportunity to observe the responses of plant species and habitats to climate and land use changes that very rapidly are transforming our mountain landscapes, at lower altitudes, as expected, but, surprisingly, along the whole altitudinal gradient
On one hand the responses of plants to these changes confirm that they are a threat for plant biodiversity, but on the other hand that plants have a surprisingly rapid capacity to face abrupt climatic or land use variations
Summary
Is among the European countries richest in biodiversity, mainly due to a wide variety of geomorphological and climatic conditions. As in many other mountains of the world, both the Alps and the Apennines host an extremely rich flora which forms peculiar plant communities characterizing several priority habitats listed in Directive 92/43/EEC and forming wonderful mountain landscapes, where nature and human work merge increasing biodiversity.
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