A relict of vegetational landscape related to seasonal migratory grazing in the south Italy: The “Bosco dell’Incoronata” (Foggia-Southern Italy).

In the past transhumance of sheep was an important phenomenon which took place all over the territories of central and southern Italy. The flocks, which in summer were pastured in the mountains of the central Apennines, 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-rearing is disappearing as well as the characteristics of the landscape which resulted from these journeys. We examine what remains of the characteristics of the landscape and vegetation of the 'Bosco dell'Incoronata' one of the last winter pastures of Puglia.