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Avian Ecological Diversity as an Indicator of Urban Forest Functionality. Results from Two Case Studies in Northern and Southern Italy

Giovanni Sanesi, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Leonardo Lorusso, Luciana Bottoni and Raffaele Lafortezza
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 2009, 35 (2) 80-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2009.015
Giovanni Sanesi
Giovanni Sanesi, Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, via amendola 165/a-70126, Bari, Italy
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Emilio Padoa-Schioppa
Emilio Padoa-Schioppa (Corresponding Author), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e del Territorio, Research Unit of Landscape Ecology, piazza della Scienza 1-20126 Milano, Italy,
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Leonardo Lorusso
Raffaele Lafortezza, Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, via amendola 165/a-70126, Bari, Italy
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Luciana Bottoni
Leonardo Lorusso, Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, via amendola 165/a-70126, Bari, Italy
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Raffaele Lafortezza
Luciana Bottoni, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e del Territorio, Research Unit of Landscape Ecology, piazza della Scienza 1-20126, Milano, Italy
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    Spearman correlation coefficient and regression analysis for number of species and area of the greenspace. Forest cover is the area covered by trees.

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    Synthetic park’s features. Forest cover (the area covered by trees) correlation was not evaluated in Lama Balice park, because the natural vegetation was populated with shrubs and not trees.

    Urban forest areaArea (ha)CodeDistance from the cityForest cover (ha)
    Milano Parco NordMI1596,5716880,117
    Milano TrennoMI261689546,71
    Milano Bosco in cittàMI349,8880038,628
    Milano SempioneMI451,2150326,912
    Milano Monte stellaMI538,6525615,858
    Milano MontanelliMI619,4142410,54
    Parco RavizzaMI77,818123,284
    Milano CaveMI8119,1703237,042
    Parco SolariMI95,619512,122
    Milano ForlaniniMI1059,7557231,834
    Giardini Via PallavicinoMI116,223962,352
    Milano LambroMI1271,7577438,539
    Parco Trotter di TurroMI1313,143066,967
    Bari Umberto 1BA11,80,10,27
    Bari 2 giugnoBA2420001
    Bari Lama BaliceBA31197500N.A.
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    Number of bird species identified and number of specimens detected in each greenspace.

    Green spacesCodeN of speciesN° of specimens
    Milano Parco NordMI1381378
    Milano TrennoMI218193
    Milano Bosco in cittàMI332244
    Milano SempioneMI419397
    Milano Monte stellaMI519206
    Milano MontanelliMI61275
    Parco RavizzaMI7640
    Milano CaveMI834379
    Parco SolariMI91278
    Milano ForlaniniMI1022276
    Giardini Via PallavicinoMI111039
    Milano LambroMI1226227
    Parco Trotter di TurroMI13855
    Bari Umberto 1BA18402
    Bari 2 giugnoBA211125
    Bari Lama BaliceBA316122
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Giovanni Sanesi, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Leonardo Lorusso, Luciana Bottoni, Raffaele Lafortezza
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Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Mar 2009, 35 (2) 80-86; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.2009.015
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