Programme
The pilot actions of the USEit project
10:00 – 11:00 Registration and welcome coffee
11:00 – 11:30 Opening session and institutional greetings | Prof. Stefano Piraino, Director of DiSTeBA, University of Salento, & Prof. Alberto Basset, Manager of the LifeWatch Italy JRU and Director of the LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre
11:30 – 12:00 The USEit project and programme presentation | Ernesto Azzurro & Pierluigi Strafella, CNR IRBIM
12:00 – 12:15 Monitoring and management of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys in Sardinia | Laura Loru, CNR IRET
12:15 – 12:30 Hunting for tree-of-heaven: cloud computing and statistical learning for monitoring terrestrial IAS from satellite data | Marco Ciolfi, CNR IRET
12:30 – 12:45 Understanding the invasion mechanisms of Ailanthus altissima: the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | Paola Pollegioni, CNR IRET
12:45 – 13:00 Stable isotope analysis on Ailanthus altissima and ecological studies | Marco Lauteri, CNR IRET
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 14:45 Ark shells (Anadara kagoshimensis and Anadara transversa) in the Adriatic Sea: data extraction and sharing for adaptive management | Marina Chiappi, CNR IRBIM
14:45 – 15:00 1H NMR metabolomic approach for the characterization and discrimination of different marine alien species | Beatrice Fracasso, University of Salento
15:00 – 15:15 Movement ecology of Callinectes sapidus using bio-telemetry techniques | Vincenzo Maximiliano Giacalone, CNR IAS
15:15 – 15:30 The blue crab Callinectes sapidus: market potential in Italy and management practices | Sara Bonanomi, CNR IRBIM
15:30 – 16:45 Round table: USEit, what legacy? Open discussion on results, perspectives, and synergies
16:45 – 17:00 Closing session and aperitif
The research on alien species in Italy: towards a shared strategy
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and opening session
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote speech: Biological invasions, trends, impacts, and response strategies | Piero Genovesi, ISPRA
10:00 – 10:20 Effects of the expansion of Halophila stipulacea in Salento | Luigi Musco, University of Salento
10:20 – 10:40 The Mediterranean under siege: biological invasions in a changing sea | Adriana Giangrande, University of Salento
10:40 – 11:00 Prioritizing invasive alien species in Italy | Andrea Monaco, ISPRA
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 11:50 Biological invasions in Italy: trends, impacts, costs and responses | Lucilla Carnevali, ISPRA
11:50 – 12:10 Interactions between alien and native species in marine-coastal environments | Tamara Lazic, University of Bari
12:10 – 12:30 The Mar Piccolo of Taranto and alien species: a centuries-long history | Antonella Petrocelli, CNR IRSA
12:30 – 12:50 Discontinuous management: the need for a long-term approach in applying control of homeothermic IAS | Francesco Bisi, University of Insubria
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 14:45 Principles and approaches for improving data management of alien species in Italy | Ilaria Rosati, CNR IRET
14:45 – 15:00 The role of the LifeWatch Italy infrastructure in supporting the scientific research on invasive alien species | Cristina Di Muri, CNR IRET
15:00 – 15:15 Six good practices for collecting, sharing, and communicating data on alien species in Italy: the opinion of 90 national experts | Ernesto Azzurro, CNR IRBIM
15:15 – 16:45 Round table: Alien Species in Italy — how to improve the scientific research?
16:45 – 17:00 Closing remarks and end of session
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