Murgia Alta - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Murgia Alta
Short name
Murgia Alta
Country
Italy
Site Manager
Palma Blonda
Site Description
The Site of Community Importance Murgia Alta IT9120007 is located in Puglia, Italy, and it has an area of 1258,89 km2. The most important habitat types in this site, according to 42/93/EEC directive are 6210(*)Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (*important orchid sites) and 6220* Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea. The regional Authority, in charge for compliance to the Habitat directive is most concerned of the degradation of the habitat (loss, fragmentation, quality depletion) particularly in connection to the conservation of Falco biarmicus feldeggi and Falco naumanii, (globally threatened and priority species according to the Bird ...
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Last modified
2020-11-27 13:11:17

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1998
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Projects
EcoPotential (H2020)
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
10 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 41.0044279 Longitude: 16.3149389

Size
ca. 68077.00ha
Elevation (average)
500.00msl
Elevation (min)
300.00msl
Elevation (max)
679.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Grasslands
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
13.10°C
Precipitation Annual
604.00mm
Vegetation
Habitats:

?6210(*) Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (*important orchid sites)
?6220* Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea
?62A0 Eastern sub-mediteranean dry grasslands (Scorzoneratalia villosae)
?9250 Quercus trojana woodlands
?8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Mediterranean steppe grasslands (Stipa austroitalica, Festuca circummediterranea, Thymus spinulosus, Koeleria splendens and Asphodelus ramosus);
Cultivated areas;
Planted coniferous forest
(habitats: 62A0, 6220*,6210, 8210,8310,9250,3150,3170, 91AA, 9250).
Main indicator species: lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), Lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus feldeggi)
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
7 dataset(s) in total:
Digital Land Model (DTM)
Geodetic networks
Global Navigation System (GNSS) Puglia Network
Land Use (2011)
Landscape Thematic Territorial Urban Planning (PUTT/p)
Multitemporal Territorial Indicators
Regional Technical Cartography (CTR)
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.