Appointment in Comacchio
A seminar organized by the will be held on April 4th in Comacchio (FE). Park of the Po Delta Emilia Romagna dedicated to the birds of our countryside. Birds, especially common nesting species, represent excellent ecological indicators, thanks to some of their peculiar characteristics.
Habitat monitoring
They are animals sensitive to environmental changes, they are easily contactable especially during the reproductive period (when they show evident territorial behaviours, including singing), they allow the monitoring of habitats on a large scale and, occupying high levels of the food chain, they reflect the changes also undergone by other taxa that occupy lower trophic levels.
Life Perdix Project
The scientific initiative is part of the LIFE Perdix Project which aims to recover and conserve the Italian partridge (Perdix perdix italica), declared extinct in the wild. The main actions of the project are: genetic analysis, captive breeding and the reintroduction of viable populations within the Natura 2000 Valle del Mezzano site, Special Protection Area (SPA IT4060008) in the Po Delta (source: ISPRA ).