Parco delle Orobie Valtellinesi

Scientific coordinator of the research and co-author of the volume is prof. Guido Tosi from the University of Insubria - Publication edited by Parco delle Orobie Valtellinesi, Parco dello Stelvio, Comunità Montana Parco Alto Garda Bresciano, Istituto Oikos, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Consorzio Forestale della Valvestino, Regione Lombardia, sezione Qualità dell'Ambiente - printed in February 2005.

The Wood Grouse is considered one of the most fascinating and mysterious animal of the Alps, even if is one of the less known. As a matter of fact, if you know our mountains rather well, you will also know that it is not easy to meet this wonderful animal loving intact and not very busy woodlands. The reason is that the Wood Grouse is an elusive animal but, above all, that the populations interesting its alpine area of distribution are constantly diminishing, and it has disappeared from some valleys which have always been considered ideal for it (...)

• Author/s: AA.VV.
• Pages: 128
• Year: 2005
• Price: 7.00 €