@article{BARTOLOZZI_BONINI_BORETTI_BUSSOTTI_CENNI_CHIARUCCI_COZZI_DE DOMINICIS_FERRETTI_GROSSONI_LANDI_LEONZIO_VIGNOZZI_2002, title={Forest ecosystem monitoring in Tuscany (Italy): past activities, present status and future perspectives}, volume={61}, url={https://www.jlimnol.it/jlimnol/article/view/jlimnol.2002.s1.129}, DOI={10.4081/jlimnol.2002.s1.129}, abstractNote={Since 1987 the Region of Tuscany has been actively monitoring crown status in its forests, in order to protect them from atmospheric pollution, biotic factors and environmental change. Over this period the Region has performed periodical inventories on crown condition in publicly-owned forests (Level I network) and established a network of permanent plots (MON.I.TO., Level II – III) to study long-term changes occurring in forest ecosystems. Some of these permanent plots were later included in the national programme CONECOFOR, managed by the Ministry for Policy in Agriculture and Forest. Currently a further development of MON.I.TO. is being implemented, called MONITO III – TOpModel, the aim of which is to broaden the information potential of the monitoring system to include carbon stocks and biodiversity evaluation. This paper provides an up-to-date report on the status of the various surveys and recommends a closer connection between MON.I.TO. and the other regional information systems, especially the Regional Forest Inventory, in order to produce information that may be useful in forest planning and in Sustainable Forest Management.}, number={s1}, journal={Journal of Limnology}, author={BARTOLOZZI, Luigi and BONINI, Ilaria and BORETTI, Renzo and BUSSOTTI, Filippo and CENNI, Enrico and CHIARUCCI, Alessandro and COZZI, Alberto and DE DOMINICIS, Vincenzo and FERRETTI, Marco and GROSSONI, Paolo and LANDI, Gianluca and LEONZIO, Claudio and VIGNOZZI, Giovanni}, year={2002}, month={Sep.}, pages={129–136} }