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Table 1 List of the all selected study areas, including those (in italics) that have been the object of previous studies (see Methods) and have been considered here for comparative purposes only.

From: The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy

Community/area code

Community/area name

Region

Ecological and economic characteristic of the community/area

Ethnicity/Language

Number of interviewees

N1

Val Canale/Kanatal and Carnia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Mountainous/alpine area: small-scale agriculture, tourism

German, Slovenian, and Friulan

25

N2

Val Lagarina

Trentino-South Tyrol

Mountainous/pre-alpine area: tourism, agriculture, industrial activities

Northern Italian

25

N3

Alta Valsassina

Lombardy

Mountainous/pre-alpine area: tourism, cow breeding, intensive industrial activities nearby

Northern Italian

25

N4

Val Grande and Verbania/Countryside

Piedmont

Mountainous/pre-alpine area: tourism

Northern Italian

25

N5

Valchiusella

Piedmont

Mountainous/pre-alpine area: eco-tourism, industrial areas close by

Northern Italian

25

N6

Moncalieri and Ternavasso Lake area

Piedmont

rural/industrialised area: intensive agriculture (vineyards), industrial activities

Northern Italian

47

N7

Verduno

Piedmont

Rural/industrialised area: intensive agriculture (vineyards), eno-gastronomic tourism, minor industrial activities

Northern Italian

23

N8

Val Nervia

Liguria

rural area: intensive agriculture (flowers, olive trees, vineyards); thermal tourism near by

Northern Italian

25

N9

Chiavari hills

Liguria

Rural area: tourist activities near by

Northern Italian

28

N10

Quattro Castella

Emilia-Romagna

Rural/industrialised area: intensive agriculture, pig breeding, food industries

Northern Italian

25

C1

Massa Carrara/Countryside

Tuscany

rural area: agriculture (olive trees), industrial activities nearby

Central Italian

25

C2

Garfagnana

Tuscany

Mountainous/rural area: tourism, small-scale agriculture, minor industrial activities

Central Italian

95

C3

Terni/Contryside

Umbria

rural area: agriculture (olive trees and vineyards); industrial activities nearby

Central Italian

27

S1

Ginestra

Basilicata

Rural area: agriculture (vineyards and olive trees), industrial activities nearby

Albanian

68

S2

Castelmezzano

Basilicata

Rural area: small scale agriculture, tourism

South Italian

86

S3

Gallicianò

Calabria

Rural area: small scale agriculture

Greek

36

S4

Pisano Etneo

Sicily

Rural area: small scale agriculture, industrial activities nearby

South Italian

21

S5

Messina/Countryside

Sicily

Rural/industrialised peri-urban area: small scale agriculture, industrial activities nearby

South Italian

25

S6

Alcamo area

Sicily

rural area: agriculture (olive trees and vineyards), eno-gastronomic tourism

South Italian

25

SAR

Dorgali, Oliena, and Gavoi

Sardinia

Rural area: small scale agriculture (olive trees), minor industrial activities nearby

Sardinian

25

AB1

Milan/Hinterland

Lombardy

Industrialised peri-urban area

Northern Italian

24

AB2

Valverde

Lombardy

Rural area: small scale agriculture and food industries

Northern Italian

23

AB3

Val Sangone and Susa Valley

Piedmont

Mountainous/pre-alpine area: tourism

Northern Italian and Franco-Provençal

26

AB4

Naples/Countryside

Campania

Rural/industrialised peri-urban area: intensive agriculture, industrial activities nearby

Southern Italian

25

AB5

Trisobbio

Piedmont

Rural area: intensive agriculture (vineyards)

Northern Italian

30