Habitat Management for Red–backed Shrike, Lanius Collurio, Conservation in Farmland Systems

Habitat Management for Red–backed Shrike, Lanius Collurio, Conservation in Farmland Systems

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Abstract

La Provincia del Verbano Cusio Ossola (Piemonte nord-orientale) ha realizzato nel periodo 2003-2007 un Progetto LIFE-Natura incentrato sul sito Natura 2000 “Greto del Toce tra domodossola e Villadossola”. Una delle azioni previste dal progetto attiene la gestione naturalistica di praterie da feno e di ambienti arbustivi con tecniche che favoriscano specie ornitiche di interesse comunitario, in particolare Lanius collurio. Tali interventi hanno portato a un incremento della popolazione nidifcante di tale specie, da 9 a 25 coppie in 5 anni.

English Abstract

The Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, north-Eastern Piedmont, carried out a LIFE-nature project during the period 2003-2007. The project focused on a Natura 2000 site, located along the middle course of river Toce. One of the interventions was directed at the conservation of the breeding population of Lanius collurio through dedicated management of lowland hay meadows (with maintenance of unmown portions) and shrublands (with increasing habitat openness in overgrown shrublands). Those interventions resulted an increase in the local breeding population of the species from 9 to 25 pairs in 5 years.

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Article Information

Title (non-english): Misure gestionali in campo agro-pastorale per la conservazione dell’Averla piccola, Lanius collurio
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Year: 2013
Study Design: After
Authors: Fabio Casale // Radames Bionda // Riccardo Falco // Paolo Siccardi // Valentina Toninelli // Diego Rubolini // Mattia Brambilla
Journal: Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology (RIO)
Volume: 82
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 20-24
City/state or province/country: Domodossola and Villadossola / Verbano Cusio Ossola / Italy