A large-scale model of wolf distribution in Italy for conservation planning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 150-159

  Corsi, Fabio ^a   Duprè, Eugenio ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^b  

^a Istituto Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 0032967065     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97269.x     Document Type: Article

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