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matter, were 10 times lower than those of the
sites within the Stag none and were similar to
those reported for other Mediterranean areas
(see Pusceddu et al. 1999).
Acknowledgements. Authors would like to thank Dr. M.
Caruso and Dr. David Catalano (University of Palermo) for
help in chemical analyses and Dr. S. Vizzini for suggestions on
improving the early version of the manuscript. The Ministero
Politiche Agricole and Ministero Universita Ricerca
Scientifica Tecnologica (Italy) fmancially supported this
work.
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