Ecological relationships between small mammals and age of coppice in an oak-mixed forest in central Italy

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-291

  Capizzi, Dario ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COPPICING; ROTATION CYCLE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ITALY;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CROCIDURA; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0029660547     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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