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Ecological Networks and Fluvial Corridors in Calabria (Southern Italy)

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  • 1. Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean, (I.S.A.Fo.M.), C.N.R., Rende, CS, Italy

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  • 1. Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean, (I.S.A.Fo.M.), C.N.R., Rende, CS, Italy

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The anthropic pressure on natural systems is the main cause for the present process of biodiversity loss in terrestrial biosphere [1]. Really, the human disturbance on Earth affects the 74.1% of terrestrial and marine habitats, including 22.4% completely modified, 51.7% partially disturbed and just the 25.9% in natural and pristine conditions [2]. At the beginning of third millenium, in the middle of a post-industrial era, named “Anthropocene” [3], mankind is causing the greatest mass extinction of wildlife in terrestrial biosphere [4-6].

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Environmental Sciences.
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