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Discovery of a regular nesting area of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in southern Italy: a new perspective for national conservation

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Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta nesting in Italy had been reported to be limited to the Pelagian Islands and only sporadically elsewhere. As presence of loggerhead turtle nests had occasionally been reported (1988–1999) along about 200 km of the Ionian coast of Calabria, we carried out a project to assess the actual state of the nesting population between 2000 and 2004. We divided the coastline in two sectors (A: 52 km, and B: 146 km) that were monitored from mid-June to end of July for a total of n = 174 monitoring days and 1,813.6 km patrolled on foot with different intensities (extensive versus intensive). In sector B, through extensive monitoring we did not find any emergence tracks, but in sector A by intensive survey (2002–2004: one survey/3.64 days) we detected 3–8 nests/year. In total, 25 nests (both observed and reported), were recorded in our study area, and an assessment of a total of 15–16 nests/year was suggested. These figures, within the national scenario depicted from the review of known nesting events in the last 40 years (88 records concerning more than 143–144 nests), show that loggerhead turtle nesting has been underestimated in Italy, due to inadequate monitoring protocols, and that nesting is more frequent than expected (at least 30–40 nests/year). Conservation strategies in Italy should then focus not only on the reduction of mortality at sea, but also include large-scale actions to preserve scattered (but regular) nesting events.

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The authors are grateful to the students and other observers who participated to the fieldwork: Antonia Celani, Alessandra De Lucia, Elena Giardinazzo, Nunzia Micò, Manuela Policastrese, Salvatore Salice, Emilio Sperone, Patrizia Rima and Gianpalmo Venuto. A special thank is due to local people for their enthusiastic support, namely Filippo Benavoli (Brancaleone, Italy), Pasquale Polimeno (Palizzi, Italy), Sebastiano Stranges (Palizzi, Italy) and Giuseppe Tuscano (Bova, Italy). A special appreciation is given to Professor Sandro Tripepi (Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy) for his help at the starting of the project. We also are indebted to people who helped in data collection for the Italian nesting overview, including: Roberto Basso (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale del Delta del Po, Ostellato, Italy), Flegra Bentivegna (Acquario di Napoli, Italy), Giovanni Boano and Giovanni B. Del Mastro (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Carmagnola, Italy), Daniela Freggi (WWF, Lampedusa, Italy), Francesco Galia (Oasi WWF di Torre Salsa, Italy), Gianni Insacco (Centro Studi Cetacei SWF, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Comiso, Italy), Fabio Lo Valvo (Regione Siciliana, Palermo, Italy), Mario Lo Valvo (Università di Palermo, Italy), Davide Morelli (Arbus, Italy), Paola Nicolosi (Museo di Storia Naturale di Padova, Italy), Sergio Nissardi (Cagliari, Italy), Helmar Schenk (Cagliari, Italy) and Fabrizio Turrisi (Università di Catania, Italy). Finally, we are grateful to Giuliano Matessi, (Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK) for revising the English, and to an anonymous referee for constructive comments.

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    Toni Mingozzi, Giampiero Masciari, Brunella Pisani & Manuela Russo

  2. WWF ITALIA, Fondo Mondiale per la Natura, Delegazione Calabria, Vibo Valentia, Italy

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  3. Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Università di Firenze, Via Romana 17, I-50144, Firenze, Italy

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Mingozzi, T., Masciari, G., Paolillo, G. et al. Discovery of a regular nesting area of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in southern Italy: a new perspective for national conservation. Biodivers Conserv 16, 3519–3541 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-006-9098-6

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