Reproduction of the red fox Vulpes vulpes in Central Italy

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-274

  Cavallini, Paolo ^a   Santini, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0029798947     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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