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Background Climate change is affecting Europe's forest ecosystems. Southern Europe, where lack of water is a limiting factor for vegetation growth, is particularly affected by climate change, which is causing prolonged droughts, rising temperatures and longer periods of unsettled and windy weather. As a result, fires are becoming more frequent and severe, ...

Background Coturnice di Sicilia (Alectoris graeca whitakeri)is a subspecies of rock partridge endemic to Sicily that is included in Annex I of the Birds Directive. The Sicilian metapopulation of rock partridges is fragmented into small isolated populations and remains heavily threatened by: reduction and transformation of the bird’s habitat following r ...