Analisi diacronica della trasformazione del paesaggio

Biodiversity, management and conservation in a remnant wetland along the Tyrrhenian coast: The "Palude di Torre Flavia". - In nature reserve management, the knowledge of biodiversity is a priority. In protected areas embedded in anthropized landscapes, strategies of management and conservation are effective if technicians and managers know the complex relations among nature, territory and human activities. In this study area, driving forces such as agriculture, high human density, urbanization and economic activities (e.g., pisciculture), land use changes and anthropogenic disturbances act on specific components at different ecological levels (species, communities, ecosystems). their knowledge is strategic in management of nature reserves, especially if they are residual and fragmented. Aims of this work are: 1) Understanding of the biodiversity at local level of a remnant wetland to plan specific management strategies; 2) To contribute to applied ecology and conservation biology with a study case of anthropic disturbances on a Mediterranean residual wet zone.