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Figure S Il. (a) Artificial forest plantations with conifers on Mount Pellegrino (Palermo); (b) the arable lands characterizes
large tracts of the landscape of the Sicilian inland: in the "Gessoso-Solfifera" Formation (Villapriolo, Caltanissetta), these
aspects alternate themselves with steppic grasslands with prevalence of Ampelodesmos mauritanicus (alliance Avenulo-
Ampelodesmion mauritanici), totally denuded of the natural woody communities; (c) other extensive tree crops of xeric hilly
environments, in particular with Almond (Prunus dulcis) and Olive (Olea europaea); (d) vineyards in the Trapani area
(North-Westem Sicily); (e) the landscape of the hazel trees is typical of the Tyrrhenian side of the Nebrodi Mts. and the
eastem part of Mount Etna; (f) highly urbanized landscape in the Palermo Plain.