Journal de la biodiversité et des espèces menacées

Monitoring on bird communities present in a Regional Nature Reserve in the municipality of Rome.

Abstract

Alessio Rivola and Alessandro Ammann

The Marcigliana Regional Natural Reserve was established in 1997 in the northern area of Rome district. It is 4,729 hectares wide and it is managed by the Regional Istitutio “Roma Natura” and the importance of the area, object of our study, is demonstrated by the specific richness and mainly by the percentage of Passerine/Non Passerine that show the great importance of mosaic agriculture areas for birds' conservation.