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Background The Italian Forestry Corps is responsible for the management of an important network of State Natural Reserves, which in many cases are included, or include, Natura 2000 sites. These protected areas are scattered over the Italian peninsula from the Alps to Calabria and host many habitats of EU importance such as mountain forests, lowland wo ...

Background The Mesola Forest is a coastal plain forest that has grown on fossil dunes since the 15th century. It comprises of mainly a holm oak wood (Quercus ilex) (the largest in northern Italy) on the dune chains while in the hollows between the dunes, there is a mesophilic forest of common oak, ash, hornbeam and oriental hornbeam. The site is of except ...