We reviewed 272 bird atlases (standardised surveys intended to document the distribution
of birds) from around the world. Atlases we located were conducted in 50 countries from six …

The 2011 Red List of Italian breeding birds. The purpose of Red Lists is to assess the short-
term risk of extinction in a given taxon, and they are drafted according to guidelines …

Le linee guida comunitarie per monitorare lo stato di conservazione delle specie e degli
habitat richiedono che gli Stati membri forniscano un'indicazione del “Favourable Reference …

Abstract The Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) and the Hooded Crow (C. corone cornix)
have parapatric ranges in Europe with narrow areas of hybridization. Reproductive biology …

Habitat loss and degradation are main global threats to biodiversity, and land-use changes
in agriculture-dominated landscapes are crucial for an important portion of biodiversity …

The Scops Owl Otus scops is probably the least known European owl. We surveyed Scops
Owls in the Trento region (6200 km2) of the central–eastern Italian Alps between 1995 and …

A good water quality bio-indicator should be sensitive to different forms of water degradation
in any geographical area, and effectively track water quality changes in time. We …

The sun-exposed open areas of the Brescia hills overlooking the Po Valley (Avanalpica
region) were created by man starting from the 11th century. After the Second World War …

Il Bosco della Fontana, uno dei pochi relitti dell'enorme foresta di latifoglie meso-igrofile che
copriva con ampia continuità la pianura padano-veneta fino a circa 2000 anni orsono, risulta …

Between the 1980s and 1990s, conservation policy in Lombardy (NW Italy) was enhanced
with the establishment of the Protected Areas System, which encompassed a wide area of …