Articles | Volume 21, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-2717-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-2717-2024
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06 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2024

Remote sensing reveals fire-driven enhancement of a C4 invasive alien grass on a small Mediterranean volcanic island

Riccardo Guarino, Daniele Cerra, Renzo Zaia, Alessandro Chiarucci, Pietro Lo Cascio, Duccio Rocchini, Piero Zannini, and Salvatore Pasta

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Copernicus Sentinel-2 Collection 1 MSI Level-2A (L2A) ESA https://doi.org/10.5270/S2_-znk9xsj

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The severity and the extent of a large fire event that occurred on the small volcanic island of Stromboli (Aeolian archipelago, Italy) on 25–26 May 2022 were evaluated through remotely sensed data to assess the short-term effect of fire on local plant communities. For the first time, we documented the outstanding after-fire resilience of an invasive alien species, Saccharum biflorum, which is a rhizomatous C4 perennial grass introduced on the island in the nineteenth century.
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