%0 Journal Article
%T Rehabilitation of habitat connectivity between two important marsh areas divided by a major road with heavy traffic
%A Carlo Scoccianti
%J Acta Herpetologica
%D 2006
%I Firenze University Press
%X ¡®Vignarca¡¯ is a major road between Piombino and Follonica along the coast in Southern Tuscany, in the Province of Livorno. Until the 1940s, the area crossed by Vignarca was a large marsh, which in turn was the remains of an ancient costal lake (Lake Piombino). Over the years the area was reclaimed, and now only two wetlands remain: one is a typical brackish water marsh (¡®orti¡¯) and the other a freshwater marsh (¡®Bottagone¡¯) with large areas of reedbeds. These marshes are bisected by the Vignarca road. Since 1991, the marshes have been protected by the WWF by the establishment of the orti-Bottagone Nature Reserve.
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