Location of the study area in Italy (upper left panel, in red) and location of the control (in green) and test (in orange) areas at the opposite ends of Lake Iseo (upper right panel). The lower left panel depicts the control area (in green), where the Oglio River enters Lake Iseo. The lower right panel depicts the test area, the Sebino Peat Bogs (Torbiere del Sebino), a Nature Reserve declared in 1984. Three different areas of the Reserve are named and shaded in yellow, blue and magenta, based on their depth, vegetation and numbers of human activities permitted. Satellite and aerial imagery are from Google Earth.