Status of the Italian snake fauna and assessment of conservation threats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-225

  Filippi, Ernesto ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b  

^a I 00139 ^*  (Italy)

^b Environmental Studies Centre DEMETRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Ecology; Italy; Multivariate statistics; Snakes; Trade

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY; SNAKE;

ITALY;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERA URSINII;

EID: 0034013764     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00138-X     Document Type: Article

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