A RELICT OF VEGETATIONAL LANDSCAPE RELATED TO SEASONAL MIGRATORY GRAZING IN THE SOUTH OF ITALY - THE BOSCO-DELL-INCORONATA (FOGGIA) SOUTHERN ITALY

In the past transhumance of sheep was an important phenomenon which to ok place all over the territories of central and southern Italy. The f locks, which in summer were pastured in the mountains of the central A pennines, in winter were moved across an intricate network of tracks ( called 'Tratturi' in Italian) to the lowlands of the Adriatic cost and the plains of Puglia. As a result of a crisis this type of sheep-rear ing is disappearing as well as the characteristics of the landscape wh ich resulted from these journeys. We examine what remains of the chara cteristics of the landscape and vegetation of the 'Bosco dell'Incorona ta' one of the last winter pastures of Puglia.