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General illustration of the Rendina study site, illustrating a number of aspects of desertification. (These images are also used in the Rendina study site description content page.)
Location of Rendina basin (GoogleEarth, 2009)<br>

Rendina basin location
Rendina basin (Basilicata region, Italy). Wheat fields and degraded pasture (Sept. 2008)

Rendina basin
Recent burned area (dark upper part of the slope) close to the Rendina reservoir (Sept. 2008)

Recently burned area
Wildfire in rangeland produced by residue burning activity – close to Rendina Reservoir (Sept. 2008)<br><br>

Wildfire in rangeland
Intense rilling (Sept. 2008)

Intense rilling
Connectivity effects and deposition close to a riverbank (Sept. 2008)<br><br>

Rills and deposition
Concentrated water erosion at field border before residue burning activities (Sept 2008)<br><br>

Concentrated water erosion
Sources for pedological information: E. A. C. Costantini, F. Urbano, G. L’Abate. SOIL REGIONS OF ITALY www.soilmaps.it. Podis Basilicata http://basilicata.podis.it/ctr/ctr2.phtml

Soil information
Soil map of Rendina Basin (Classification WRB’98)

Soil map
Land use map of Rendina Basin.

Land use map
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Acknowledgement

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Global Change and 
Ecosystem.
 
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