The effects of fire and mechanical habitat destruction on survival of the tortoise Testudo hermanni in northern Greece

Biological Conservation

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-333

  Hailey, Adrian ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fire; Greece; Habitat destruction; Survival rate; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; FIRE; HABITAT LOSS; MORTALITY; REPTILE;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO HERMANNI;

EID: 0033966407     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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