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b
Figure 1. Localization of the litter incubation sites in the South Italy. A - sites in Campania region: 1,
Natural Reserve of Castel Volturno; 2, Natural Reserve Tirone-Alto Vesuvio; 3, WWF Oasis “Bosco di
San Silvestro”; 4, Taburno-Camposauro Mountains Complex. B - site in Calabria region: Natural
Reserve “La Fossiata”, Sila Mountains.
Table 1. Some climatic and edaphic characteristics of the studied sites
Golia
Forest
Castel
Volturno
Reserve
Taburno-
Camposauro
WWF
Oasis
S.Silvestro
Tirone Alto
Vesuvio
Reserve
(Terzigno)
Dominant plant
species
Pinus
laricio
Cistus
incanus
and
Myrtus
communis
Fagus
sylvatica
Quercus
ilex
Pinus pinea
Altitude (m a.s.l.)
1300
6-9
1100
200
250
Mean annual
temperature (°C)
9.0
18.6
7.9
16.3
13.2
Mean temperature of
the coldest month
(°C)
1.6
10.6
-0.3
9
5.9
Mean temperature of
the hoddest month
(°C)
18
28
18
26
23
Annual precipitation
(mm)
1225
680
2166
1190
960
Substrate type
siliceous
Siliceous-
calcareous
pyroclastic
material
calcareous
lapillus
sandy
sandy
sandy
sandy
sandy
