Red squirrel conservation: The assessment of a reintroduction experiment

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-167

  Fornasari, Lorenzo ^a   Casale, Paola ^b   Wauters, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Parco del Lanza c o Parco Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Drey counts; Food abundance; Red squirrel; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

CONSERVATION; RED SQUIRREL; REINTRODUCTION;

ITALY;

EID: 0031396251     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356190     Document Type: Article

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